Date of Award
1990
Document Type
Practicum
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Center for the Advancement of Education
Advisor
Danny Reed
Committee Member
Jo Ellen Salce Rogers
Keywords
assessment surveys, certified personnel, community-based instruction, consistency of services, disabilities, individualized training, instructional improvement, instructional techniques, junior high school, K–12 education, middle school, non-certified personnel, personnel training, personalized training, post-testing, pre-testing, professional development, program consistency, program design, service training, severe disabilities, profound disabilities, special education, staff development, student support services, training evaluation, training materials, training packets, workplace learning, educational personnel, instructional practices, skills development, community instruction programs, staff competencies, individualized instruction, educational training programs, program implementation, service delivery, employee development, special needs education, training effectiveness, support personnel, teacher training, staff assessment, professional competencies, instructional support, continuing education, educational services, community-based learning, personnel assessment, program evaluation, special education services, staff skills, training consistency, educational interventions, school personnel, workforce training, individualized professional development, special education programming, instructional service delivery, community-based education, educational support programs, staff knowledge, personnel competencies, special populations, training outcomes, employment orientation, educational program improvement
Abstract
This practicum was designed to improve the skills of the personnel working with students with severe and/or profound handicaps in junior high school to improve staff development and to increase the consistency of services offered in the community-based instruction program K - 12. The primary goal was to increase the skill level of personnel in areas specific to the unique needs of students involved in community-based instruction. A secondary goal was to offer the same training to all personnel regardless of their length of employment to improve the consistency of programming.
The writer administered an assessment survey to certified and non-certified personnel to determine the techniques used and rate of understanding of techniques unique to the program design packets for individual training, and five of the techniques distributed packets for pre- and post-testing and administered an evaluation component.
The results of the practical were positive and the analysis of the data revealed that the individual packets contained the needed information to implement the techniques and was an effective method to present personalized training on an individual basis.