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A HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN NEBRASKA SINCE 1965
Abstract
The purpose of this study was (1) to document the history of educational staff development in Nebraska from early statehood to 1965; (2) to review the literature regarding effective staff development practices, especially as those practices impact the last twenty years of Nebraska staff development; and (3) to document staff development practices between 1965 and 1985 as provided by the Department of Education, institutions of higher education, educational service units, and local schools. Participants in the study included school district principals from schools of each class size, county superintendents, Department of Education personnel, and deans/chairs of education from higher educational institutions which provide teacher education. The review of literature was related to effective staff development practices, current usage of those practices in Nebraska's schools, and implications for delivery of both preservice and inservice teacher training. A few of the major findings of the study were: (1) The Nebraska Department of Education has historically played a critical role in implementing legislative mandates and service as a catalyst for initiating staff development. (2) The Nebraska Unicameral has become involved in educational staff development, especially in the last ten years with the passage of LB 259 and LB 994. (3) Institutions of higher education have often been reactive to educational legislation and Department of Education regulations. The University of Nebraska has also been a leader in stimulating innovative staff development practices and cooperating with other agencies to deliver those practices. (4) The educational service unit system, created in 1965, has become the major provider of staff development programs for the local school district. Interagency cooperation among service providers has increased in recent years. (5) In the last twenty years, school districts have become more dependent upon ESUs for regional planning and implementation of their staff development programs. (6) County superintendents have become less involved with staff development programs, relinquishing those duties to local school superintendents and other agencies.
Subject Area
Curricula|Teaching
Recommended Citation
BARLOW, THOMAS W, "A HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN NEBRASKA SINCE 1965" (1986). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8704540.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8704540