HEW Region II Staff Development Project: Final Report 1972-1975.

Overview & Synopsis

The final report of the Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Region II Adult and Continuing Education Staff Development Project, administered by Montclair State College, synthesizes the project's efforts for regionalization of staff development for New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Chapter 1 covers administrative structure, with the Coordinating Council as the key element and equal partnership granted to State directors of adult education and project staff. Chapter 2 covers regional project office activities, which have been categorized under: regional training, technical assistance, information sharing/dissemination, and coordination. The next four chapters describe the staff development activities of New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, in terms of objectives, major results, and recommendations. A concluding chapter summarizes the overall project impact: increased commitment to ongoing staff development by the State departments, improved system of intra-regional communication, a recognized leadership role in competency-based teacher education as applied to adult basic education, increase in staff development staff in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and increased cooperation between New Jersey and Puerto Rico in expanding and establishing adult education graduate programs. (EA)