This manual provides a set of guidelines for organizing and conducting workshops or other in-service training programs to develop the planning skills of corrections personnel. The guidelines are intended to be flexible rather than fixed, to permit agencies as much latitude as possible in adapting the needs. The materials presented address the…

This report describes inservice training programs in six eastern United States school districts. The districts range in student population from 4,400 to 65,000 and initially desegregated between 1970 and 1978. A team of investigators visited each of the districts and interviewed approximately 40 administrators, inservice trainers, and training…

This handbook is designed to assist persons assigned to lead staff development activities in school districts that are committed to implementing and expanding career education programs and activities. The handbook contains a collection of activities and resources that can be used in master trainer workshops with administrators, teachers,…

Senior centers are growing in size, number, variety, and sophistication of programs. However, administrative salaries are low, turnover is high and educational backgrounds are very diverse. A training needs assessment survey was carried out by means of a 57-item questionnaire mailed to 1,963 members of National Council on the Aging's (NCOA's)…

THIS PAPER OUTLINES RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIVISION OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS UNDER THE EDUCATION PRACTICES ACT OF 1948. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE ACT WAS TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATORY COLLEGE ADMISSION POLICIES, BUT IT HAS SINCE BEEN WIDENED TO INCLUDE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND RACIAL BALANCE AT ALL SCHOOL LEVELS.…

GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ARE PRESENTED. THEY ARE THE RESULTS OF A SERIES OF CONFERENCES THAT INCLUDED ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATORS, SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF…

A SURVEY WAS MADE OF MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, USING DATA OBTAINED FROM 49 CORPORATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST SALES VOLUME IN 1964. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRAINING TECHNIQUES MOST EFFECTIVELY USED INCLUDED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, CONFERENCE AND DISCUSSION GROUPS, AND JOB ROTATION, AND THAT UNIVERSITY COURSES, MANAGEMENT SEMINARS, AND AMERICAN…

THE CURRENT INSTITUTE PROGRAM EVOLVED FROM A TRANSLATION OF FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS DEVELOPED BY BANK STREET COLLEGE. THE PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL METHOD WAS BASED UPON THE PREMISES THAT INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING IS LIMITED BY PARTICULAR PATTERNS OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSE AND THAT THESE COGNITIVE FACTORS INTERACT TO SUPPORT OR…

This training package represents a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. The package is designed for use by city managers to familiarize themselves with public purchasing systems. The first manual in this package introduces the concepts to be addressed and gives an overview of the…

This in-service guide to the San Mateo Nutrition Activity Curriculum (SNAC) was designed to assist the Nutrition Educator and/or the Food Service worker toward a better understanding of the relationship between the "reimbursable" lunch/breakfast program and the dietary needs of elementary school students. The curriculum is based on a series of…

A World Health Organization (WHO) working group discussed continuing education and career development of health care personnel at a meeting in Budapest, October 31-November 2, 1978. Group members defined continuing education, analyzed its methods and organization in various countries, and explored the relationship of continuing education to career…

Resulting from a 3 year project to develop competency based programs for camp personnel working with the physically handicapped, the four field guides task analyze the roles of the camp secretary, camp nurse, camp food services staff, and camp maintenance supervisor. All guides contain an introduction and information on general duties, job…

This document presents information on one school district's approach to the introduction of success-based instruction. The first section defines success-based instruction, also called "predictable learner mastery" (PLM) and the requirements for having an operational system. The second section compares mastery learning with the PLM system…

The inservice program and learning kit described here focuses on the development of a communications process between school personnel and a local community. The kit includes analysis, planning, communicating, and evaluating public relations programs and is designed for use by the entire school staff. This descriptive report provides information on…

This is the second and final year report on the CLASP (Central Massachusetts Library Administration Simulation Project) which developed and tested a simulation model that would enable library personnel to learn and practice skills of negotiation, decision making, budgeting, and program planning. Specific program objectives were: (1) to upgrade the…