Proceedings from a national conference on community college professional development: sharing what works

On October 18 and 19, 1991, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) conducted an on-site national conference entitled 'Community college professional development: sharing what works'. The objectives of the conference were to focus on innovative approaches to designing, implementing and evaluating effective professional development programs and to share outcomes from research projects relating to technical, junior and community colleges. The papers are divided into five areas. Section one, 'Development and implementation of technical preparation (tech prep) programs', contains the following papers: Effective leadership strategies for planning and implementing tech prep / Debra D. Bragg and Glenda K. Huffman; Small business management-tech prep / Helen M. Harvey; Educational reform and the new mission / James L. Hoerner; The development and implementation of a tech prep program designed to integrate academic and vocational education in the feeder high schools of a community college district / Paul McInturff; Tech prep in Texas: an implementation strategy / Carrie Hughes Nelson; Tech prep: an integrated curriculum / Till J. N. Peters and Linda S. Peters; Educational reform: a broadening of tech prep / James Suksi. Section two, 'Integration of academic and vocational education', contains: The high technology high school: a campus-based collaborative effort / Brian McAndrew, Thomas Bistocchi and Gregory DeCinque; An evaluation of the outcomes of the applied mathematics demonstration sites in Indiana / Jerry Pepple, Steve Tozer and Frank O'Connor; Integration of occupational and academic education: illustrated using interior design vignettes / Thomas D. Sepe, Dorothy Miller and Margaret Wylie. Section three, 'Professional development of occupational/technical faculty', contains: Human resource development for higher education and industry / Lowell D. Anderson, Robert E. Croker and Ivan V. Simmons; The Georgia Instructor Academy / K. Brent Askins and Michael J. Galloy; Evaluating part-time faculty / Corrine M. Brown; Innovative solution to an educational challenge (a consortium approach for faculty development) / Midge Carleton, Fernon P. Feenstra; Candis M. Martin and Lawrence E. Ordowski; The C-A-R model: linking administrative performance and professional development with institutional planning / James A. Drake; Strategies and resources for part-time faculty programming / Dee A. Fentiman; The preparation and nurturing of occupational education leaders / Curtis R. Finch; An introduction to teaching consultation / Michael Kerwin and Judith Rhoads. Section four, 'Strategies for teaching at-risk youth and adults in the 1990s', contains: Faculty inservice: alternative strategies for students with disabilities / Susan B. Asselin and Jeananne Dixon; The Technology Intervention and Support Program / Shirley Barton and Elaine Shively; Interinstitutional educational alliances as an at-risk student recruitment and retention strategy / John L. Bradley; Exemplary vocational education programs serving postsecondary special needs populations / Carolyn Maddy-Bernstein and Zipura T. Burac; Creating a special place for unique students today / Judy Rotkis and Nancy McDaniel. Section five, 'Miscellaneous', contains: Empowerment: the link between faculty development and curriculum improvement / Peggy Ball and Sharon Morrissey; Using instructor-produced videos to teach an open-entry/open-exit automotive technology program / John J. Clifford; Juvenile justice computer assisted instructional program / Arthur B. Cordova and Brian Fitzpatrick; Pictures in the head: keynote luncheon speech / David L. Crippens; A framework for learning advanced vocational skills / John W. Schell; Health careers opportunity program: Summer Institute 1991 / Linda Shields and Margaret Thompson; Developing faculty course planning skills with an artificial intelligence software package: the secrets behind an expert system / Daniel E. Vogler and Thomas Leitzel. Section six, 'Roundtables', contains: How to spell vocational education with three 'Rs': integration of occupational and academic education / Ethan Allen and Gloria Garner; The Integrated Thinking Skills Project: teaching teachers to teach thinking / Diane D. Cheatwood; Teaching the fourth 'R': integration of occupational and academic education and development of occupational/technical faculty / Robert S. Clark and Mary E. Myers; Integration of academic and occupational education at Eastern Idaho Technical College: a practical application / Kenneth Erickson; Inservice education needs of part-time business faculty / Susan L. Faulkner; Institute for Professional Development of Part-Time Occupational Instructors / David L. Goetsch; Training for the development of tech prep / Robert C. Harris; Identification and dissemination of articulated tech prep: practices for at-risk students / James L. Hoerner, Darrel A. Clower and James C. Impara; Strategic planning: charting the course / Linda Luehrs; American colleges and universities offering coursework on two-year institutions: results of a national survey / D. Barry Lumsden and G. Bryan Stewart; The National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational and Technical Education: the network that works / Richard C. Makin; Faculty development strategies for meeting the needs of senior and novice occupational faculty / Elaine Mohn; Tech prep in Texas: an implementation strategy / Carrie Hughes Nelson; Teaching for success: a fresh approach to part-time faculty development / Jack H. Shrawder; Job search techniques: a required course for the associate degree / Merilynne Smith; Relevancy in the classroom: using current media to teach reading, writing, and critical thinking / Merilynne Smith. Show less