Provides guidelines for international camping programs including specific information with regard to characteristics for participants, orientation, logistics, contacts, budget, and quality assurance, Topics include desirable attitudes and backgrounds from campers and staff, staff leadership and practical skills, cultural awareness training, legal…

A four step model, developed to help college union staff help students independently determine and fulfill their leisure time needs, features identification of needs and skills, classification of these needs and skills, participation, and evaluation. (CJ)

A practical guide and checklists for planning a conference concerning strategies for the advancement of women in higher education administration are presented. The guide is based on the planning of two conferences in Kentucky. Checklists are provided for each of the following 15 planning/implementation steps: determine the size and characteristics…

This program planning kit contains information and activities on evaluation, change, leadership, and sex stereotyping which provided the basis for planning Project MOVE (Maximizing Options in Vocational Education) programs but which can be generalized and adapted for use in planning other programs. Assumptions ano guidelines based upon theory and…

This guide summarizes lessons learned from the author's experience of organizing and moderating five non-pedagogical online conferences that use World Wide Web-based conferencing software, whether synchronous or asynchronous. Seven sections cover the following topics: (1) the pros and cons of online conferencing; (2) setting objectives; (3)…

This manual for supervisors in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) provides background on SYEP and tips on program supervision. Section 1 is a brief introduction. The history and purpose of SYEP are presented in section 2. Section 3 contains nine SYEP supervisor work rules (concerning time records, safety, accidents and illness,…

This booklet is intended as a guide for community educators on planning and teaching educational programs for older adults. Chapter 1, Getting Started, discusses the program plan which identifies the sponsoring agency, advisory committee, and ways of determining needs and interests. Chapter 2, Designing the Program, focuses on the participants,…

This guide contains information intended to help schools set up volunteer programs and use volunteers to conduct and enhance adult education programs. Although the handbook is aimed at the field of adult education, it also contains information that could be used to recruit and use volunteers in programs in any field. The guide is organized in…

These guidelines for choosing candidates for advisory committee membership are intended for use by managers of large or small public school continuing education programs. Contents include (1) Background (of guidelines development), (2) Size of Committee and Terms of Members, (3) Compilation of Candidate List and Selection to Membership, (4)…

This training manual deals with developing and implementing work force education (workplace literacy) programs. It consists of three sections and an appendix. Discussed in the first section are the scope and purpose of work force education, work force education participants, types of basic skills problems and solutions, and the need for…

This guide distills lessons from an extensive body of research into practical advice for policymakers and practitioners concerned with helping hard-to-employ individuals find jobs and succeed in the work force. Part 1 examines the following topics: characteristics of the hard-to-employ; the prevalence of various barriers to employment; and the…