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Download full textO'Connor, Mal – 1997
The Family to Family Initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation has encouraged states to reconceptualize, redesign, and reconstruct their foster care systems. By 1996, the Foundation had selected and funded five states and six counties in two other states to develop family-centered, neighborhood-based family foster care systems within one or more…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Organizational Development
Fiene, Richard J.; Nixon, Mark G. – 1981
This guide defines a methodology for program monitoring and discusses positive results achieved in Pennsylvania by implementing Instrument-based Program Monitoring (IPM) in the field of child day care services. IPM uses checklists or special questionnaires to structure monitoring interviews and site visits. This method differs substantially from…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Guidelines
Metis Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1999
This booklet provides basic information and guidelines to rural New York school districts competing for grants or other competitive funding. Section 1 examines new realities in the education landscape: the demand for higher academic standards, requirements for increased accountability, the call for systemic change, the need to integrate and align…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Stein, Sondra – 1992
This guidebook is intended to help state literacy leaders evaluate their states' progress in implementing five key strategies for establishing an integrated literacy system. Chapters are devoted to each of the following strategies: determine the dimensions of the literacy problem, set priorities and performance expectations, create quality…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Check Lists
PDF pending restorationTashie, Carol; And Others – 1993
The 5-year New Hampshire Statewide Systems Change Project has provided training and technical assistance to educators, families, and communities to effectively implement the full inclusion of students with disabilities in New Hampshire schools and communities. This guide was developed to disseminate successful strategies for starting the process…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems
Collier, Douglas J. – 1980
The results of a 1977 assessment of the value of uniform financial data for the Oregon community college system are described. The utility of both programmatic data and auditable accounting data is also addressed. Business managers, presidents, and governing board chairmen at four community colleges and representatives of six different state…
Descriptors: Accounting, Case Studies, Classification, College Administration
Maine State Dept. of Labor, Augusta. – 1999
This handbook is designed to help Maine's citizens and business persons understand why work force development is important in Maine and how Maine's new work force development system will be organized to enable the state to implement the Workforce Investment Act. The following are among the topics discussed throughout the handbook: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Counseling Services
