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Garza, Cris; Rodriguez, Victor – 1999
This resource guide was developed for teachers and administrators interested in participating in intercultural and international exchange programs or starting an exchange program. An analysis of an exchange program's critical elements discusses exchange activities; orientation sessions; duration of exchange; criteria for participation; travel,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Updating School Board Policies, 1983
Educators should recognize both the special needs of single-parent students and their parents and be aware of child custody laws and the school's responsibility for a child's safety when parents divorce. Such measures as extended care programs and informal discussion between school staff and parents help ensure equal treatment in the education…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Parents, Faculty Development
Connotillo, Barbara Cahn, Ed.; Jackson, Walter, Ed. – 1984
Information about teacher exchange programs around the world is provided, including faculty needs as reported by foreign governments, and the approximate number of faculty positions available annually within American international schools abroad. Questionnaires were sent to foreign governments, the U.S. government, U.S. and foreign private…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Elementary School Teachers, Eligibility, Employment Opportunities
Report on the Role of Higher Education in Enhancing Cooperation with the Public Schools in Maryland.
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
The potential for college-public school partnerships and issues of faculty workload, incentives, and rewards were assessed by an advisory task force. Six areas of possible cooperation were identified: responding to teacher shortages, improving the transition to college, providing tutoring and other volunteer services to public school students,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), College Role, College School Cooperation
Wonacott, Michael E.; Hamilton, James B. – 1983
This document reports the results of work in identifying promising approaches to the provision of technological update to vocational/technical teachers, and discusses barriers and facilitators to the use of these approaches. Technological update refers to the technical knowledge and skills needed by vocational/technical teachers to provide…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Industrial Training, Inservice Teacher Education, Internship Programs
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of the Director for Vocational Education. – 1983
Intended for administrators of schools within the Hawaii Department of Education, this document provides descriptions of 34 alternative strategies implemented by small, rural, and/or isolated secondary schools across the nation to improve the quality of their vocational programs. Introductory materials discuss the document's purpose, the need for…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Education, Correspondence Study