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McBride, Christi; Duncan-Davis, Brenda – Solution Tree, 2021
Foster confident, well-rounded, career-ready students. Written for teachers and administrators, this targeted guide introduces the Youth Employability Skills (YES!) framework, which has been adopted by schools across the United States. Learn how to use this powerful framework in a multitude of courses to ensure students develop the essential…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Employment Potential, Soft Skills, Skill Development
Child Care Information Exchange, 1989
Provides suggestions for the improvement of customer relations. Discusses 11 leadership traps. Describes a staff training technique designed to alert teachers to the dangers of labeling children. (RJC)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines, Leadership
Starr, Linda – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Presents 10 time management strategies to help administrators save time. The strategies discussed include lists, deadlines, work delegation, skill development, teamwork, flexibility, avoiding interruptions and procrastination, converting waiting or traveling time into productive time, and use of forms. (MBR)
Descriptors: Administrators, Check Lists, Efficiency, Guidelines
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Martin, Gary – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
Gaining expertise in leadership requires time, commitment, an adequate knowledge base, and a working plan for learning and growth. Without a plan for learning, only tacit or "how-to" expertise is developed. Leaders often know how to solve the problems facing them, but they fail to analyze and act on the underlying causes. This results in…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Qualities, Ethics, Leadership
National Assessment Governing Board, 2007
To gauge the civic knowledge and skills of the nation's 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students, an assessment has been scheduled for 2006 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This assessment will enable NAEP to report on trends in civics achievement from 1998 to 2006. The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), NAEP's…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Guidelines, National Competency Tests, Civics
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Martin, Gary – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
Gaining expertise in leadership requires time, commitment, an adequate knowledge base, and a working plan for learning and growth. Without a plan for learning, only tacit or "how-to" expertise is developed. Leaders often know how to solve the problems facing them, but fail to analyze and act on the underlying causes. This results in administrators…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Qualities, Ethics, Leadership
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1999
This document provides guidelines to school districts, BOCES, and teacher training institutions regarding technology-related skills that Colorado teachers, school library media specialists and other certified staff should have in order to meet the ever changing needs of Colorado's learners. The document is the result of deliberations by a working…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology
Glatthorn, Allan A. – 1987
This book is a manual for educators to use in curriculum planning and development. Chapter 1 examines the nature of curriculum and its relationship to instruction by (1) defining curriculum and the four main levels of curriculum work (curriculum policy, field of study, program of studies, and course) and (2) distinguishing between six types of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1987
Extended Campus is a partnership between education and the private sector that allows high school students an opportunity to acquire core employment skills applicable to a cluster of occupations. The program is also intended to stimulate and sustain a symbiotic partnership between education and the private sector. During their participation in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
McCain, Mary – 2002
E-learning's potential for responding to the challenges of adult literacy was explored through a review of research and input from program managers, developers, and funders. The study identified adult literacy e-learning products, programs, and resources that are available or in development. Challenges to greater use of technology in adult…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Morris, Andrew – 2002
The purpose of this document is to encourage collaboration in research and development in postsecondary education through providing increased understanding of the diversity of contributions from professional educational researchers, teachers, librarians, and other school personnel. Emphasis is placed on the role of the educational practitioner, as…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cooperative Planning, Developed Nations, Divergent Thinking
Vujovich, Lisa – 1999
This document presents materials to assist individuals responsible for coordinating mentor programs at career academies and materials to assist mentors. Section 1, which is addressed to coordinators, contains guidelines pertaining to the following aspects of planning and implementing mentor programs: policies and procedures; budgeting and funding;…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Career Education, Career Exploration, College Preparation
Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 2000
This document presents advice from the United Kingdom's Basic Skills Agency regarding developing local action plans. The first 20% of the document defines basic skills and discusses the following action plan components: (1) an estimate of the area's need for basic skills training; (2) a target to reduce the area's estimated scale of need; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Dean, Gary J.; Murk, Peter J.; Del Prete, Tony – 2000
This book, which is intended as a resource for individuals and organizations involved in adult and community education, presents guidelines and activities to assist in enhancing organizational effectiveness in adult and community education. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) experiencing professional and organizational development…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Frampton, Derek; Hull, Lynn – 2000
This guide explains how staff at further education (FE) colleges throughout England and Wales can engage in the Learning Gateway, which is a program featuring personal advisers, "front end" assessment and support, and life skills training to help disengaged 16- and 17-year-olds re-engage in education, training, and employment. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills