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Cecilia Idika-Kalu; Aaron Smith-Walter; Jenna Vinson – Teaching Public Administration, 2025
Public administrators can play a vital role in the articulation of demands emerging from the community and can serve to advance these demands by their position of authority, skills and knowledge to help facilitate the development of programs and projects to address public needs. This article describes the role that a small Master of Public…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Policy Formation, Program Development, School Community Relationship
Fisher, Jami N. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Most postsecondary American Sign Language programs have an inherent connection to their local Deaf communities and rely on the community's events to provide authentic linguistic and cultural experiences for their students. While this type of activity benefits students, there is often little effort toward meaningful engagement or attention to…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2008
"After School: Connecting Children at Risk With Responsible Adults to Help Reduce Youth Substance Abuse and Other Health-Compromising Behaviors (After School)" helped develop intermediary organizations in Boston, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area in order to create citywide systems of after-school programs. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, After School Programs, Youth Programs, Health Behavior
Fredrickson, Ronald H., Ed.; And Others – 1973
Committees composed of representatives from major guidance organizations in Massachusetts developed guidelines for counselors to use in assisting teachers, students, administrators, and local citizens in implementing career education in the schools. The guidelines first present the rationale for career education, (defining it and distinguishing it…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling Theories, Educational Objectives, Guidance Objectives
Oxford Public Schools, MA. – 1978
The School-Community Collaboration Project was conducted to train personnel to infuse career education elements into the ongoing educational process and to increase the involvement of parents and the employment community in the process. Five Massachusetts school systems participated in the project, including fifty-four educational personnel and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Fused Curriculum, Program Development
Sorli, Hedwig M. – 1970
This report briefly describes and evaluates a program designed to provide medical and public health consultation to Project Head Start in Massachusetts. The program consisted of teams of community medical and public health professionals made available to Head Start programs for planning and implementation of health programs, and education and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Family Health
Chase, Elizabeth C. R., Ed.; McLain, Thomas W., Ed. – 1980
Designed as a resource manual for use in conjunction with state and/or local level career education staff development training sessions, this handbook also provides local practitioners with information to develop new or improved career education programs. Chapter 1 overviews the concept, rationale, goals, and objectives of career education in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Resources, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Thayer, May M., Ed.; Chase, Elizabeth C. R., Ed. – 1981
This guide provides descriptions of 33 promising practices in career education in Massachusetts, which represent a cross-section of geographical locations, student populations, and program components. It is designed for use by school administrators, guidance personnel, teachers, and community members who are looking for suggestions on how to…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Cooperation, Demonstration Programs
InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC. – 1978
The proceedings at fifteen career education site visits are detailed in this phase 2 final report. (Phase 1, community organization mini-conferences, is described in CE 020 110.) Notes from these visitations cover such programs as career education centers, school system-based programs, and education-work councils. Several site-visit purposes are…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Programs
McClain, Thomas W.; Sockol, Richard A. – 1978
This program guide on establishing community education/work (E/W) linkages presents a variety of program options which have been tested at twelve Massachusetts E/W linkage sites. Community E/W linkages are defined as arrangements among members of the community to facilitate the transition of young people between institutional education and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Career Development, Community Involvement, Cooperative Education
Najarian, Michael – 1976
Project Reach is based on the assumption that youth, adults, and other target populations will be assisted to a significant degree in knowing more about occupations and in making occupational choices more effectively through the planned interaction with trained retired resource counselors. The project will address three major problem areas: The…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, College School Cooperation
Campbell, Elizabeth – 1982
Because it is based upon the premise that learning is a lifelong process and that citizen involvement is essential to neighborhood problem solving, community education is particularly attuned to the current needs of cities and can be particularly effective in responding to urban housing needs. One way in which leaders can simultaneously address…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Community Education, Community Involvement
Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Inst. for Governmental Services. – 1979
Guidelines to aid in formulating a workable career guidance program at the local level are provided in a handbook for Massachusetts counselors and educators. An overview of the handbook and a position paper of the State Board of Education are presented in chapter 1. The next five chapters discuss (1) program planning and development; (2) school…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration