Personnel Development The growing recognition of the need for continuing teacher education coincides with the efforts of the Leadership Training Institute and the Center to point out the usefulness of protocol materials in staff development programs.The purpose and nature of protocol materials and the history of their development was presented thematically in the Winter 1974 issue of the Journal of Teacher Education XXV, no. 4. Also discussed were their usefulness and potential as materials for preservice and continuing preparation of education personnel, the need for their dissemination, and the desirability of development of new protocols.A National Resource and Dissemination Center (NRDC) for protocol materials was established in the fall of 1974 at the University of South Florida in Tampa.* This action was taken after intensive consideration of dissemination issues and problems by the Leadership Training Institute for Educational Personnel Development and the directors of projects which developed protocol materials. These issues included consideration of commercial outlets, individual project distribution plans, universitybased dissemination, and effective distribution of materials at a minimum cost to the user. The activities of the National Resource and Dissemination Center are governed by a board of directors selected by directors of protocol materials projects and members of the Leadership Training Institute. The Division of Educational Resources of the University of South Florida assists with the distribution of protocol materials and provides technical consultation.Protocol materials from six of the projects are available directly from the Center, as is information about securing the protocols of those projects which have made other arrangements for distribution. Those projects which have made other arrangements have generally conformed closely to the policies established by the Center in order to avoid major inconsistencies in distribution plans. Other informational products are also available, including : (a) a film, (b) a filmstrip and cassette tape describing the total protocol program, and (c) a film on the use of protocols. A brochure may be requested from the NRDC which lists the protocol materials available from the Center as well as the sale and rental costs. A current catalog of all protocol materials may be secured from the During this first year of operation, the Center and the Leadership Training Institute are attempting to provid information about protocol materials and their use to a agencies, institutions, and associations concerned wit. initial and continuing teacher education. There has bee: widespread distribution of the brochure, and pre sentation-demonstrations are being made at numerou national, regional, state, and local meetings of educator, In addition, the directors of protocol material projects am members of the Leadership Training Institute hav become familiar with all protocols and can provid consultation in their use.The initial results of this broad-scale effort to inforr ...