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Download full textOhio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Office of Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1984
The purpose of this handbook is to provide guidelines for developing and implementing structured parent/community involvement programs in bilingual education and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs in local school districts. Section One concerns the assessment of school, parent, and community needs; this section contains suggestions for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Kane, William M. – 1993
This guide provides school leaders with a framework and tools for developing and implementing a comprehensive school health program. Theoretical and scientific information relating to students' needs is outlined, and approaches that have proven successful in other schools are described. The book is divided into three parts: The first, "Why…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Community Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Decker, Larry E.; And Others – 1994
This book describes how school systems across the nation are seeking new ways to involve parents while strengthening efforts already in place. The introduction describes the need for strengthening the school's ties to the community, in light of increasing numbers of children living in conditions that predispose them to being at risk, such as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Ownby, Lisa L.; Hooke, Amanda C.; Moore, Dee Wylie; Garland, Corinne W.; Frank, Adrienne – 1999
Four manuals on implementing the Partners Respite Model, which provides respite care for children with disabilities or chronic illnesses, comprise this document. The Community Planning Manual offers a step-by-step guide to replication of the Partners Respite Model and is divided into sections on developing the Partners program, implementing the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Disabilities
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
A set of principles that focus on issues concerning implementation of a successful dropout prevention program is presented by a consortium of national educational organizations. The key elements of this "blueprint" consider local adaptations and effective results among various programs. The booklet discusses seven principles for dropout…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Yates, Larry – 1993
The principles and practices of successful parent centers in urban schools are presented so that parents and staff can use them when developing a center. The successful center begins with adoption of a model or philosophy to guide parents and staff. An interactive learning model is suggested as the most workable one, and its principles are…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Interaction
Wikelund, Karen Reed – 1990
This guide describes program elements considered essential to any successful collaboration between families and schools. Initial contents offer a brief discussion of the basic types of parent involvement and the benefits of and barriers to effective parent involvement programs. The guide then focuses on ways to insure that necessary program…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Freeman, Margery, Ed. – 1987
This manual provides information for pastors, parents, and church members who are starting a child care program in their church, and for churches that are changing or expanding their child care program. Chapter 1 reports the results of a 1982 survey of child care in local parishes by the National Council of Churches. Chapter 2 explains four steps…
Descriptors: Certification, Check Lists, Church Programs, Church Role
Moery, Kathryn – 1993
This manual on development of transition planning programs/services for high school youth with disabilities and their families is based on the premises that both youth and family members need to be actively involved in every step of the transition planning process, that empowered families can access necessary transition and adult services needed…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Wheeler, Jill – 1987
This book is intended to assist anyone who is interested in the quality of life afforded persons with moderate and severe disabilities, including educators, residential providers, vocational rehabilitation personnel, social staff, parents, and advocates. The first section, which deals with the reasons why transition is needed, covers the following…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Henderson, Anne – Education Law Center, 2004
During the summer of 2003, a statewide committee of representative educational stakeholders on "cooperative rulemaking" was convened jointly by the Department of Education and the Education Law Center. The Supreme Court in "Abbott X" had directed the establishment of this committee to develop new regulations more consistent…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Community Involvement, Parent Role, Resource Materials
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
