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Asera, Rose; McDonnell, Rachel Pleasants; Soricone, Lisa; Anderson, Nate; Endel, Barbara – Jobs For the Future, 2013
It is a truism of American social policy that our nation has great success generating innovative programs that improve outcomes for participants--but that we are far less effective at moving from small, "boutique" programs into broadly applied solutions that improve the prospects of large numbers of individuals. This is certainly true in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Scaling, Sustainability
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Baldwin, Lee; Parks, Candace – ERS Spectrum, 1992
Describes a Florida county's attempt to address increasing demands for assessment. Guided by responses from 1,007 administrators and teachers (75 percent of a random sample of 1,343), a broad assessment framework was developed encompassing advocacy, administration, reporting, training and development, and technical assistance. (13 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
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Morgan, Anthony W. – Review of Higher Education, 1992
The use of selective, as contrasted with across-the-board, state funding as an incentive for program improvement in higher education institutions is discussed, and the experiences of four states (New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee) are examined for forces that work against the long-term feasibility of this approach. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Incentives, Models
Hammons, Frank T. – 1995
This document provides a process for evaluation of Florida's tech prep programs. It first summarizes the philosophy guiding tech prep activities in Florida and then it outlines the tech prep evaluation process. The evaluation process section includes the following: the goals and objectives of the process; its characteristics; the continuous…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Models, Postsecondary Education, Program Development
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Hughes, William – Music Educators Journal, 1992
Describes the creation of a high school general music class by a university methods professor, a graduate assistant, and a high school choral director. Explains that the class used university methods class students to serve as guest lecturers and performers in the high school course. Discusses evaluation, benefits, and suggestions for creative…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Curriculum Development, Learning Activities, Methods Courses
Waltz, Freddie C.; And Others – 1983
This study was conducted to develop a means for implementing proven recruitment strategies to attract and retain students in postsecondary vocational programs in Florida. In order to achieve this purpose, the following objectives were set: (1) to identify methods to overcome the most significant barriers to student retention identified by…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Roblyer, M. D.; Castine, W. H. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Reviews the efforts undertaken in the Florida Model Microcomputer Trainer Project (FMMTP) and its statewide impact. Outlines its procedural strategies, trainer curriculum, networking system, and the results of its multiplier effect. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Kelly, Forrest Robinson, Jr. – 1984
This guide provides a model for guidance needs assessment for elementary school counselors. Following an introduction discussing the lack of appropriate needs assessment instruments for the elementary level, background information on the development of the model instrument is given. The rationale for the verbal, interactive model, which was…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Guidance Objectives, Guidance Programs
Monroe County School District, Key West, FL. – 1992
This guide describes the Model of Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps (MITCH) program and suggests ways to implement this training program for Florida caregivers of infants and toddlers with disabilities on a local level. It includes guidelines for conducting training sessions and for training instructors. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Day Care, Disabilities
Dilger, Sandra C.; Roland, D. Craig – 1993
The paper affirms the necessity to incorporate new technology and new assessment techniques into any restructuring of the way the Florida state system of public schools now functions at the local school level. If the intent of public education is to prepare students to become thinking, contributing members of the 21st century, teachers not only…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Fisher, Constance Q.; Poitier, Vera R. – 1987
Nontraditional Options in Training for Employment (NOTE) informed displaced homemakers and high school women about the advantages of nontraditional work and encouraged them to pursue vocational training. The first objective was to recruit 60 displaced homemakers and high school women and to inform them about the advantages of technological…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Displaced Homemakers
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1993
This resource guide is designed to bring together information and resources on career preparation for students with disabilities in Florida's schools. The intended audience includes special and vocational teachers and administrators who have an interest in improving outcomes for students with disabilities within their districts. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs
Hickey, Delina R. – 1986
A study examined the ways in which practitioners in four states were defining the terms coordination/cooperation/collaboration when directing the monies set aside in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funding for use in coordination among educators and job training providers. Case studies of the use of 8 percent set-aside monies were conducted in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Thomas, Hollie B.; And Others – 1983
A project was undertaken to design and field test a facility development model for competency-based vocational education programs in Florida. During the first phase of the project, the researchers conducted an in-depth case study of programs and facilities in which successful competency-based technical education programs had been conducted. Next,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities
Woodley, Cynthia D.; And Others – 1992
This guide is designed to provide information about successful administrative and instructional practices and the models used to integrate academic and vocational education in Florida schools. It is divided into seven chapters, including a summary and conclusions section. The first chapter discusses various Florida initiatives. Outlined next are…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Role, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies
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