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Author:   Gordon E. Watts
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Volume:   No.120
Dimensions:   Width: 16.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.194kg
ISBN:  

9780787963309

ISBN 10:   0787963305
Pages:   100
Publication Date:   26 April 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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EDITOR?S NOTES (Gordon E. Watts). 1. Professional Development: Setting the Context (Gordon E. Watts, James O. Hammons) A perspective on the need for professional development as well as its struggles, current status, and challenges provides the context for the remaining chapters. 2. A New Faculty Orientation Program: Building a Core of New Faculty to Shape the Future of the College (Gerry F. Welch) In response to current and anticipated faculty retirements, St. Louis Community College developed an extensive and innovative orientation program for new faculty. 3. Part-Time Faculty Development at Johnson County Community College (Helen M. Burnstad) This chapter features an example of best practice in the development of part-time faculty in community colleges. 4. Web-Based Faculty Development Using Time-Revealed Scenarios (Patrick Nellis, David Hosman, Jeffrey M. King, Cathleen Armstead) Just as community colleges are making course work available to their students through a variety of delivery systems, so, too, are professional development programs creating on-line means of providing development activities for their faculty. 5. Leading Change Through Faculty Development (Fay Rouseff-Baker) A professional development system that is faculty owned, faculty driven, and has administrative support can and will change the institution. 6. Classified Staff Development: An Integrated Model (Kay Friesen) Quality programming and continuous access are the hallmarks of this comprehensive staff development program for classified staff. 7. Presidents Academy: An Evolution of Leadership Development (George R. Boggs, Evelyn L. Kent) This chapter focuses on the leadership development and recognition programs provided to community college presidents through the Presidents Academy. 8. Leadership Development for the Next Generation (Gordon E. Watts, James O. Hammons) This chapter addresses the need for leadership development and outlines strategies for enhancing current leadership development practices. 9. College of DuPage Teaching and Learning Center: A Comprehensive Professional Development Program (Karen T. Troller) This chapter describes a model of comprehensive professional development for all employee groups on a campus. 10. Recent Advances in Retreats: Adapting the Great Teachers Seminar Model to Serve an Entire College (Pam Bergeron, Mike McHargue) This chapter describes the Great Teachers Seminar model and its use in a variety of settings apart from teaching. 11. Sources and Information: Professional Development in Community Colleges (Ellen Bara Stolzenberg). INDEX.

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GORDON E. WATTS is professor of higher education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He previously served as vice president of instruction at North Arkansas College in Harrison and twice served as president of the National Council for Staff, Program, and Organizational Development.

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