This study was undertaken to examine the staff development provisions for part-time instructors in the public community college system in Florida, including: funding; commitment to staff development activities; desired and actual content of programs; important delivery systems for implementing desired provisions; problems that have occurred in the past, are currently being faced, and are projected for the future. / A questionnaire designed to answer the research questions was conducted with 17 Florida public community colleges included in the survey. All staff and program development administrators and the college officials in charge of staff development activities for part-time instructors were respondents. The findings showed that about half of the community colleges in this survey offered formal staff development programs with most of these occurring once per term. Almost 60% of the institutions reported that Staff and Program Development funds were utilized in staff development activities. / While the most desired content, delivery systems, and past, current and future problems, were essentially the same for the credit and non-credit instructor, both the college administration and full-time faculty showed a greater commitment to staff development for part-time credit faculty than did part-time faculty themselves. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-04, Section: A, page: 1092. / Major Professor: Marion Neil. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78233 |
| Contributors | Ellis, Roy Douglas., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 203 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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