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A Class of Their Own: When Children Teach Children.
Briggs, Dennie – 1998
Current educational reform initiatives could be strengthened by more actively involving students in teaching younger students with the collaboration of teachers and other adults. This handbook for teachers, students, and parents provides information about training and providing opportunities for students to tutor younger students. The book shows…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship
Guide to Implementing TAP. Teens for AIDS Prevention Project.
Center for Population Options, Washington, DC. – 1990
Teens for AIDS Prevention (TAP) is a model peer intervention program designed by the Center for Population Options to increase knowledge and change attitudes and behaviors among youth to reduce their risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. The program utilizes peer pressure in a positive sense: to encourage youth to protect…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Community Education, Group Activities
Bully Proofing Your School: Creating a Positive Climate.
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Garrity, Carla; And Others – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1997
This article identifies the components of school programs necessary for preventing physical or emotional "bullying." The need for a systems approach that places power with the "caring majority" and encourages the assertive use of prosocial interventions is stressed, along with the importance of training all school staff and non-bullying students.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Bullying, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Athletes Off the Field: A Model for Team Building and Leadership Development through Service Learning. Linking Learning with Life.
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Haughey, Laurie – 1999
This booklet provides step-by-step guidelines for developing a leadership-through-service-learning component for a school athletic team. It is based on a program called LIFE LINE (Leaders in Football and Education) founded in 1996 as a peer leadership group that would increase team unity and success both on and off the field. The guide summarizes…
Descriptors: Athletics, Citizenship Education, Educational Practices, Moral Development
Columbia/Willamette Skill Builders Consortium. Final Performance Report. Appendix 5C: Workforce Literacy at LWO Corporation. English in the Workplace (Beginning and Intermediate). Instructors' Reports and Curriculum Materials.
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Schneider, Ann L. – 1991
Interviews with managers and other staff were used to assess the communication and language development needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) workers at Lattice Works of Oregon (LWO) Corporation. Task analysis was used by Portland Community College (Portland) to develop a curriculum for twice-weekly classes held before or after shift changes.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Making It Work. An In-Service Training Program for Vocational Educators. Module I. "Conquering Your Dropout Woes." Strategies for Retaining Students in Vocational High Schools. Trainer's Manual and Participant's Manual.
Scott, Joyce; And Others – 1983
This module, the first in a three-volume series, deals with dropout prevention, and is organized in two parts: a trainer's manual and a participant's resource manual. It is designed for inservice training of teachers, counselors, and administrators in vocational schools. Addressed in the individual chapters of the trainer's module are the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Counseling Techniques