This report describes what schools and educators across Kentucky are doing to implement school reform in school-based decision-making based on the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA). The School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) component of KERA is a decentralized governance structure that vests great authority in SBDM councils operating at…

Intended to promote and describe service learning at Arizona's Pima Community College (PCC), this handbook reviews the roles of teachers and students and provides tips for incorporating service learning into the curriculum. Following an introduction, the mission of service learning at PCC is described, indicating that it emphasizes community…

Information is a consumer-driven commodity; the very existence of libraries and information centers is based on the patrons' need for specific information or material. This professional resource shows how to use management methods to implement a strong customer service program to deliver better service to patrons. This book outlines the reasons…

Once a community college foundation is well established, an alumni program can be developed, although the focus should be on making contacts and gaining supporters rather than raising funds. The following steps can help establish a successful alumni program: (1) conduct a feasibility study on campus; (2) form a committee to establish program…

In an attempt to provide a model of language intervention tailored to toddler needs, this poster session gives an overview of a playgroup program implemented by a speech-language pathologist and an early intervention specialist. The program's aim is to improve communicative abilities while maintaining the integrity of the child-caregiver…

This compilation presents material relating to the Content Reading in Secondary Schools (CRISS) program, developed by Kalispell, Montana schools. The program focuses on science, math, English, and social studies and is designed to help all students read, write, and learn more effectively. The compilation contains general information about the…

This book offers school librarians, media specialists, classroom teachers, computer coordinators, and others involved with educational technology step-by-step procedures for planning and implementing technologies into both library and curricula. The interdisciplinary projects use print sources, as well as CD-ROMs, online databases,…

This guide describes 35 programs developed by the Wisconsin Leadership Identification Program. The Leadership Identification Program offers mentee participants a structured mentee/mentor relationship, an opportunity to design a formal professional growth plan, a statewide leadership training session, visibility through a statewide newsletter, and…

This book provides the steps, methods, and strategies that a team of professional educators successfully used in one school to develop Total Quality Education (TQE). As the final volume in the TQE series, the book is a useful guide for teachers, administrators, and parents in creating the self-renewing school. Seven chapters are based on the…

This booklet is intended to assist vocational educators in building business-education partnerships through extended campus and preapprenticeship programs. It contains suggestions for implementing preapprenticeship, extended campus (job site), and apprenticeship-type programs that can be constructed within the framework of existing vocational…

This tech prep planning handbook is based on the research conducted at the Office of Community College Research and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The study involved information gathering procedures at each of the 17 tech prep pilot sites about their planning activities. Seven sections are included: (1) tech prep in…

This guide provides standards for school principals and other administrators exploring school-age child care programs, reviews child care research and effective practices that have emerged over the past two decades, and describes characteristics of effective programs. An introduction describes the growing need for day care services; defines…

Issues in and suggestions for designing and implementing an interdisciplinary or integrated curriculum are discussed in this book. The first section reviews current research concerning interdisciplinary curriculum. Chapter 1 describes various types and purposes of such curriculum, and chapter 2 presents a step-by-step process for designing…

In order for schools and community agencies to develop the capacity to support persons with severe patterns of problem behaviors in typical community settings, they need to be knowledgeable about recent behavioral advances and have processes in place for implementation of these advances. This need creates a new challenge for inservice training of…

This guide is intended to help develop and implement an outcomes assessment program at the school, district, or state level. An introduction summarizes the purposes of this approach to assessment, which focuses on results rather than process. A four-step process is outlined. The first step is to establish a solid foundation for assessment efforts,…