A guide for providing after school day care for school age children is presented in this document. Tips are given on how to get a program started (e.g., how to meet with community members, survey needs, and consider alternative forms of day care). Steps in establishing non-profit status are listed. These include obtaining legal assistance,…

This description of a safe and interesting day care program for 2-year-olds can be used by parents as a guide to selecting good day care; it can also be used by a day care center to stimulate discussion about program planning and implementation. Although the program described is not considered to be a perfect one, it would meet New York State…

This practitioner-oriented guide provides nontechnnical, straightforward advice on how to stay on top of technological changes and innovation and how to design, implement, and run a computer lab and/or computer-assisted classroom. It addresses the fundamental overhead of the educational infrastructure that is necessary for classroom technology to…

This resource package provides guidelines for use in New Zealand to: (1) help early childhood personnel develop their response to children's special education needs; (2) create confidence among early childhood staff that they are able to cope with children who require special attention; (3) help staff plan for additional resources that may be…

Intended for use by local school district staff, this manual provides step-by-step guidelines for planning and implementing the incorporation of computer-based instruction in the curriculum. Procedures involved in five phases of planning and implementation are outlined, covering: (1) preliminary planning, where schools should establish planning…

This guide for implementing interactive television in elementary and secondary schools begins by arguing that the introduction of interactive television requires school districts to cooperatively solve the challenges of multidistrict consortia and to develop policies and procedures to help implement the new delivery system. It is also noted that…

This guide was developed specifically for educational administrators at the building, campus, district, system, and state levels, and is meant to serve as a framework to help them better understand why and how to effectively secure their organization's information, software, and computer and networking equipment. This document is organized into 10…

This handbook is intended to aid vocational education learning center coordinators in establishing and/or extending the services available in their learning centers. Following a listing of the objectives of a learning center program, various learning center operational procedures are described, including individualized student instruction,…

This handbook consists of guidelines and materials for use in the development, implementation, and administration of marketing and cooperative education programs in Missouri. The following topics are among those covered: nature and scope of Missouri's marketing education program; role of marketing education teachers; program development…