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Download full textDruian, Janice; Sayers, Susan – 1978
This inservice program for principals was designed to assist the development and maintenance of effective Parent Advisory Councils (PACs), as mandated by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The manual first introduces the concept of the principal as a facilitator, outlining the principal's role and responsibilities within a PAC.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
PDF pending restorationSouthwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1974
This handbook, the production of which was funded under the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, offers techniques and suggestions for developing a well organized parental involvement program with emphasis on the migrant Mexican American parent. The team approach, which includes the principal, teacher, parent, visiting, community aide,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Counselor Role, Migrant Education
Massachusetts State Board of Higher Education, Boston. – 1969
This annual amendment to a Federally funded Massachusetts state plan for community service and continuing higher education concentrates on the improvement of local government. Suggested means include cluster committees for each of four key problem areas (environmental control, health and welfare, economic opportunity, education); development of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, City Government, Community Involvement
Rogers, Margot – 1995
In October 1994 the President signed into law the "Improving America's Schools Act." Title I, the largest primary and secondary federal education program was reauthorized by this legislation, which, among other things rewrote the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The reauthorized law provides parents, advocates, and school…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Robinson, Graydon, Ed. – 1973
The Community Centered School Support Program, also known as the Bingham Project, is not a new idea but rather a more structured application of an old concept. The plan assists small rural schools with inadequate guidance funds to establish a career information program at a minimum cost using the community, a heretofore untapped resource. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Involvement, Counselor Training
Brown, Roscoe C., Jr. – 1970
Research on District Decentralized Title I ESEA programs reveals conflict among school officials, community representatives, and community agencies. School officials mistrust and poorly communicate with community representatives. Community agencies compete for the economic resources brought by decentralization, while overlooking the main objective…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, Community Control
Gross, Norman Nathan – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate in what ways and to what extent Parent Advisory Committees on Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act (PACT) and school authorities influenced each other in regard to decisions concerning Title I programs. By means of a descriptive analytic case study approach, the interactions of the PACTs and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Boards of Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. Center for Community Education. – 1970
Contents of this report on Title I, E.S.E.A., include: the nature and purposes of Title I; the uses of Title I; Process for developing Title I proposals--responsible bodies: role of parents, community advisory committee, community school board, New York City Board of Education staff, State Department of Education; time-table for development of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Boards of Education, Community Action
Rookey, T. Jerome – 1975
The concept of needs and educational assessment is a blending of community participation and evaluation. There are four primary steps in this concept: goal definition, program assessment, needs identification, and decision making. This document offers a guideline model aimed at a simple, economical method of needs and educational assessment. It…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Coordinators, Data Collection, Decision Making
Moore, Terry E.; Turner, W. E. – 1976
The Wichita, Kansas Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Project was begun during the 1965-66 school year as a diversified attack on the problems of disadvantaged pupils. Over the past 10 years, the project has evolved to one which concentrates funds on a small number of programs. Supportive services have been eliminated in favor of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
Inskip, George B., Comp. – 1976
Designed to meet the children's academic, vocational, and social needs, Pennsylvania's migrant programs served 1,393 children during 1976. Social workers, local ministers, project staffs, and the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) office staff at Millersville identified and recruited the children. School records were used to identify…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Bilingual Education, Career Exploration, Community Involvement
Kravetz, Nathan – 1967
To increase the stability of communities undergoing social and economic change, increased specialized services are offered to meet the individual needs of pupils. In 79 elementary and 37 junior high schools, teaching and nonteaching staff were added so that corrective reading, counseling, special classes, and reduced class size could be provided.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Community Change, Community Involvement
