Course Outline 

EDtJC 486/845D 

Louis Rubin 

Issues and Strategies in Staff Development will 

provide the student with a comprehensive overview of 

contemporary staff development theory. The course 

will deal with organizational factors -- time, place, 

incentive structures, evaluation; process factors -- 

effective teaching procedures, collegial relationships, 

content determination, collaborative action research; 

and motivational factors --effective communication and 

shared goals, the teacher's sense of personal efficacy, 

instructional leadership responsibilities, and anticipated 

outcomes. 

Students will have an opportunity to apply these 

staff development principles to their own teaching 

situation, through an individual practicum, as well as an 

opportunity to design a prototype staff development program 

in an area of personal interest. Finally, the course will 

provide a review of current recommendations regarding 

school impovement, and a consideration of subject-matter 

knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and stylistic idiocyncracies 

in artistic teaching. 

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Summer Institute on Teacher Education 

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Training Session 

July 30 

Implementation of Curricula and Staff Development 

Louis Rubin 

The training session will offer a "hands-on" approach 

to curriculum development through staff development activities. 

Particular attention will be given to the relationship 

between teacher evaluation and staff development; the 

staff development requirements imposed by curriculum change; 

and the integration of both curriculum development and staff 

development in school improve-Tent efforts. A variety of 

practical strategies-c in coupling inservice programs with 

curriculum reform will be described. In addition, the 

training session will familiarize the participants with 

the role of the instructional leader in promoting effective 

articulation between method and content. 