Planning Inservice Education for Improving Teaching and Learning Skills in Reading and Related Language Arts.

Overview & Synopsis

School principals must assume responsibility for initiating inservice education programs to improve reading and language arts teachers' skills and to promote quality education. Discussions provided in this paper focus on the following questions in the development of effective inservice programs: What is the nature and definition of inservice education? Who should assume responsibility for program development? When should programs begin and how long should they last? How is a sequential program planned and implemented? How are programs used to effect change? What techniques of presentation or patterns of organization exist for conducting dynamic, relevant sessions? How are educational changes, emerging as a result of inservice education, controlled administratively? An annotated bibliography provides a concise selection of professional inservice educational materials to aid program planners. (KS)