This book is an incredibly valuable resource to anyone involved in building a master schedule. The author provides a comprehensive description of the processes involved and makes the reader aware of what needs to be considered and done throughout the process. One of the most time-consuming tasks for school leaders is creating a master schedule…

This career education consultant package for use with school administrators is one of a set of six packages of consultants' materials developed to serve as a guide for consulting staff presenting career education workshops in the following areas: Counselors, primary K-3, junior and senior high, intermediate, and administrators. (The "Career…

This "Learning That Lasts Field Guide" is intended to trigger discussion about ways to integrate and sustain high-quality service-learning, as well as to provide a clearer path to finding and employing the information in the Education Commission of the States' (ECS) 2002 publication "Learning That Lasts: How Service-Learning Can Become an Integral…

This monograph represents the outcome of a two-day workshop on Career Education Curriculum Development held on the campus of Des Moines Area Community College (Iowa) in 1976. The first section, by Joseph A. Borgen, presents specific ideas about leadership roles and techniques for career education curriculum development. Included are discussions of…

One of the most important correlates of an instructionally effective school is its climate. Effective schools have an atmosphere that denotes a safe and orderly environment, without being oppressive and where conditions exist that are conducive to learning. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development has identified a set of…

The purpose of the booklet is: (1) to assist teachers in understanding the roles and interrelationships necessary among teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and the community to integrate career education into the curriculum to identify (2) ideas and activities that will assist teachers within the classroom. Ideas are identified…

This handbook is designed to give school boards, school administrators, teachers, and community leaders in Iowa a step by step approach to designing a quality, multicultural, nonsexist education program in their local school districts. The role of each one of these groups in developing a multicultural nonsexist education program is described. In…

Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this second section (5.2) of module 5 (implementation--for administrators) centers on aiding in the implementation of a career education curriculum. Module 5 is one of six…

Intended to serve primarily as a guideline, this manual presents an example of how one rural school system restructured its curriculum to integrate career education into the program. Based on flexibility and adaptation, it presents six areas for consideration: (1) the eight elements of career education; (2) the advantages and disadvantages of…

The handbook provides a basic guide to the functions of a college governing body, the legal entity for a college in Britain. The governmental ano administrative context in which a college operates, the power and duties of the governing body based on British governmental guidelines, its historical role, and issues in governance are discussed. In…