Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…

This booklet is a simplified guide for program planning and is intended to complement a somewhat lengthier companion booklet on program evaluation. It spells out in outline fashion the basic elements and steps involved in the planning process. Brief sections focus in turn on different phases of the planning process, including problem…

This document was compiled for the Participative Management Program at St. Louis Community College. It is composed of four parts, each dealing with an aspect of evaluation of objectives. Part 1, An Introduction to Evaluation, discusses the difference between measurement and indication, the three general evaluation types (internal data, surveys,…

This booklet describes a systematic procedure for developing and writing process objectives. Process objectives are designed to enable an examination of the activities within an educational program or agency. By describing the planned activities to be accomplished, process objectives become essential to the accomplishment of organizational goals.…

Management and supervision in a management by objectives system do not focus on the quality or efficiency of a list of activities. Rather, the manager and supervisor validate progress in reaching agreed outcomes. The implementation of a management and supervision by results approach requires (a) agreement on a statement of mission; (b) agreement…

The definition and purposes of evaluation are explained in this booklet addressed to members of boards of education. Evaluation provides information to the school board enabling them to make decisions about goals, personnel, administrators, and programs. Some guidelines are offered regarding responsibility in personnel and student evaluation. (SM)

The meaning of evaluation and the steps necessary to implement it are explained to parents in this booklet. The purposes and methods of evaluating student progress, teacher capability, programs, and school and community goals are related to improvement of the educational experience as a whole. Decision making is always a result of the data…

This document presents the management system developed by the University of New Hampshire-Portsmouth Twelfth Cycle Teacher Corps Project. This system, although very flexible and continually modified, is presented as a model that may be useful to other projects. According to the report, project goals, training objectives, and expected outcomes are…

The following elementary mathematics curriculum development projects are described in this report: Madison Project, Arithmetic Project for Teachers, Nuffield Project, Individually Prescribed Instruction - Mathematics (IPI), Individualized Mathematics System (IMS), Patterns in Arithmetic (PIA), Minnesota Mathematics and Science Teaching Project…

The manual discusses Project SAIL's (a special dropout prevention program) use of Goal Attainment Scaling as part of individualized education plans in the treatment of troubled adolescents and in overall program evaluation. The scaling is characterized as an explicit, respectful treatment contact through which the adolescent can learn to set…

A product of the Offender Research Project, this handbook is intended for use in designing and implementing offender programs. The first of six chapters explains the necessity and techniques for developing community and financial support for offender programs. Chapter 2 is a synopsis of the twelve model projects developed as a part of the research…

In a Program Development and Evaluation model, guidelines are presented for program directors at Delaware County Community College. Based on the premise that the process of developing programs is essentially that of evaluating programs, the model includes the following steps for both processes: (1) involve the appropriate publics; (2) identify…

This booklet describes the two main kinds of day care services, private homes and day care centers, tells how and where to find out about them. It offers some general advice on what to look for in selecting a day care facility and gives some practical information about what to do if there are no adequate day care facilities available in a…

Drawing on materials from a variety of sources, the authors of this guide survey the advantages and disadvantages of management by objectives (MBO), describe common errors made in setting objectives and in operating an MBO system, and provide samples of MBO planning calendars. The emphasis in most of these materials is on MBO as a means of…

The Michigan Council of Cooperative Nurseries (MCCN) is a corporation established with the following purposes: (1) correlate the work of the cooperative nursery groups in Michigan, (2) assist new cooperative groups, (3) upgrade day care standards, (4) encourage ongoing program evaluation in day care, and (5) sensitize families and communities to…