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Jehl, Jeanne – 1977
This guide presents a model for developing a team planning approach for optimum community involvement in San Diego City Schools in order to promote quality integrated education. Following a brief introduction basic purposes, goals, and tasks for implementation are listed. Next, the model is outlined as a step-by-step process. For each major topic…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Relations Programs
Arnsparger, Arleen; Kernan-Schloss, Adam; Plattner, Andy; Soholt, Sylvia – 1997
Focused on the practical tools that education leaders can use to improve communications with their own colleagues, with parents, and with the general public, this guide can be used by school districts and states to organize their communication efforts strategically to build public support. The guide includes step-by-step information to develop a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Planning
Kimmet, James L. – 1986
Three small rural school districts in Montana and Wyoming used alternate school day scheduling to make time for staff and curriculum development inservice programs. The schedule of one short and four long days delivered the instructional time of 175 6-hour days each year. Benefits of alternate scheduling included time for regular inservice…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development
Seitz, Andrea; And Others – 1994
This guide, designed for principals, on-site leaders or administrators, describes the implementation of the "Actions for Health" series, a comprehensive elementary school (Grades K-6) instructional program for health education. The guide is organized into four sections. The first section, "The Principal's Role," describes the steps a principal is…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Community Involvement, Comprehensive School Health Education
National Program for Secondary Credit Exchange and Accrual, Edinburg, TX. – 1993
This planner aims to assist program directors in establishing or enhancing secondary education programs for migrant students. A chart format enables review of essential elements of successful programs and facilitates discussion and planning of each element. The charts identify the task, the person responsible for accomplishing the task, the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Dropouts, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Gauthier, William J., Jr. – 1983
This paper describes the model and process developed by the Connecticut education department to assist schools in improving their effectiveness. The report offers an operational definition of the term "effectiveness" and summarizes the research that provides the conceptual base for the model. The characteristics selected from this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Pines, Marion; Callahan, Jim – 2000
This guide is designed to provide practical information for community leaders, local Workforce Investment Boards, Youth Councils, staff, and others committed to effective youth and workforce development. Its four sections provide technical assistance and training materials for Youth Councils. Chapter 1, "Planning the Menu," defines youth…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Instructional Materials
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1987
Addressed to the directors, deans, and faculties of medical and other health-related schools, this booklet contains a detailed explanation of the meaning of community-based education. It opens with a brief account of trends in both industrialized and developing countries that have created a demand for health personnel capable of responding more…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Needs
Maryland Alliance for Arts Education, Inc., Baltimore. – 1986
The development of a comprehensive state plan for arts education in Maryland is presented. The introduction states three program development goals and four major conclusions from a needs assessment of the mutual goals of the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Alliance for Arts in Education. The goals include the development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Education
Lopez, M. Elena; Balle, Kris – 1993
This guide, volume four of a six-part series, describes several community-outreach methods and provides practical outreach suggestions that are based on experience, as well as typical problems and the ways practitioners have chosen to resolve them. The guide is divided into three parts. Part 1 focuses on recruitment. Specific topics cover ways of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperative Programs
Toy, Steve – 1987
Addressing the concerns and resources of small, rural school districts, this book sets out a rationale and model plan for school-community relations. After introductory material and a review of what's been done, the first major section lists and describes 10 criteria shown by research to be most important for a small school district community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement
Wright, Jan – 1997
This booklet, which is addressed to school administrators, examines the principles of service learning as a way of teaching rather than just another program and explains how administrators can customize service learning to the unique characteristics of their own schools and communities. The booklet begins by defining service learning as a delivery…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development