The article reviews basic behavioral program evaluation designs, and suggests how they might be effectively integrated into special education programs serving handicapped (and particularly learning disabled) children. It is concluded that the techniques of behavioral design, coupled with the essentials of teaching, enable the special education…

This resource guide is designed to provide Peace Corps trainers with common demoninators of knowledge about Peace Corps training philosophy, its goals, and the expectations and training skills required by the Peace Corps. It is intended as a resource to help plan, prepare, and conduct a program that is responsive to a variety of training…

Describes Research In Teacher Education (RITE), a staff development model that uses school district staff to train teachers and that identifies effective teaching and staff development practices. Information is presented on the model's characteristics and implementation, research contributing to the model, a field test, and San Diego's adoption of…

Intended to serve as a resource for school systems interested in developing a comprehensive and effective environmental education program, this model includes 10 phases addressing: committee development; environmental education goals and objectives; literature reviews; program goals; curriculum development; inservice teacher education; a…

After 10 years' experience, the Salem County Vocational Technical Schools (New Jersey) have had positive results from developing objectives annually and clarifying long range goals. The Salem County Board of Education's philosophy is to operate the district as a business would, defining its function as human service and its product as the people…

The three-year Spanish program curriculum guide for Alberta public high schools outlines: (1) program objectives reflecting the basic education goals as well as a rationale for including Spanish in a school program; (2) specific minumum expectations for each language skill (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and for cultural understanding…

It is difficult to evaluate the goals and effectiveness of programs to recruit and retain minority students in medical education by current methods. Management by objectives is proposed as an appropriate process for refining program goals and fairly evaluating the programs. (Author/MSE)

This module is the second in an inservice education series for extension professionals that consists of seven independent training modules. It is an introduction to, and guided practice in, the premises, concepts, and processes of nonformal extension education--planning, designing and implementing, and evaluating and accounting for extension…

This document on Courses of Pre-Vocational Education (CPVE) in Great Britain includes two parts and two appendices. Part 1 provides the basic principles of prevocational education, particularly as they are included in the CPVE framework. It discusses the background of CPVE, including prevocational education, the CPVE framework, what and how…

This guide to designing an effective second language instructional program in the public schools provides parents, community leaders, and school personnel with practical guidelines for reviewing current foreign language instructional programs and for introducing changes in the curriculum that are in line with the emphasis on communication. An…

The Long Beach Fire Department (California), developed a program to foster and improve the development of future fire department managers who are promoted from within the department. A 10-day orientation program was developed. The competency-based program featured a mix of management-leadership training (the nature of leadership, personnel…

Designed to be used for planning, developing and evaluating media programs that will support the competency based curriculum delineated in North Carolina's Teacher Handbook, this third edition of Media Program Recommendations contains guidelines and criteria for the school and system-level media services and resources that are essential for…

The purpose of this guide is to provide state and local Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program administrators with an approach to developing meaningful and relevant negotiated performance standards that will serve as a management and evaluation tool. The guide is organized in four chapters. Chapter I provides background information on the…

This program guide identifies primary considerations in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a marketing education program. An occupational description and program content are presented. A curriculum framework specifies the exact course title, course number, levels of instruction, major course content, laboratory activities, special…

This program guide is intended to provide information that is useful to local school district and community college administrators, instructors, program advisory committee members, and others charged with the responsibility for offering vocational education programs. It serves to identify the major considerations in the organization, operation,…