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National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative, 2021
The checklist in this document is intended to provide schools, districts, or other stakeholders in secondary transition with a framework for determining the degree to which their program is implementing practices that are likely to lead to more positive post-school outcomes for students with disabilities. A team should consider the definition of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Self Evaluation (Groups), Check Lists, Predictor Variables
Kinney, Patti – Principal Leadership, 2005
This article discusses student-led conferences. Student-led conferences can be organized in many ways; most involve students following an outline or a script to share work with their parents. Although this is a seemingly simple process to follow, student-led conferences require considerable planning and organization. The benefits, however, are…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Conferences, Skill Development, Student Development
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Wheetley, Kim Alan – Stage of the Art, 1996
Presents excerpts from a workshop that actively explores four instructional activities to illuminate the let's-put-on-a-show myth. Notes that the workshop illustrates the National Theatre Standards in action by integrating several aspects of the art form: script writing, acting, designing, directing, researching, comparing art forms, analyzing and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Student Development, Student Participation
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Kronholm, Kay; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Describes a homeroom advising program developed at Central Junior High School in Omaha, Nebraska. The original goal of the program was to give students a sense of belonging, but the program accomplished much more and carried over into all aspects of the school. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, School Attitudes, Student Development
Stein, Rita; Richin, Roberta; Banyon, Richard; Banyon, Francine; Stein, Marc – 2000
The decisions today's students make ripple outward to their immediate family and school community. How can teachers help students make the right decisions and do the right things? When teachers help students make the connection between character and conduct, they begin to offer students a safe environment conducive to learning. This book shows how…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Parent Participation
Tierney, Robert J. – Learning, 1992
Describes portfolio assessment, recommending it as a means of dynamic and ongoing student evaluation. For students, portfolios stimulate thinking and promote independence. For teachers, they provide a multidimensional view of each child's development. The article explains how to get started, customize portfolio contents, collect notes, and manage…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Development
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Chickering, Arthur W. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2000
Suggests ways to create community within individual courses in order to increase the involvement of commuter students. Describes application of these strategies in an introductory course on leadership and organizational behavior. Proposes seven principles for creating community within individual courses, including recognizing differences in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Commuting Students, Courses, Higher Education
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Gillentine, Andy; Daughtrey, Clay – Strategies, 2001
Presents information on how physical education and sport faculty members can integrate student personal and professional development activities into the curriculum, examining: the importance of having a student organization; how to start a student program; the advisor's role; incorporating the program into instructional and program goals;…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Professional Development, Program Development, Secondary Education
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, IN. – 1979
This manual encourages teachers, business people, and administrators to create innovative local school/business programs by listing and describing American programs that have been proven successful. A directory describing the role of businesses in education is included. Additional comments and program descriptions are divided into three…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Jacoby, Monica D. – Journal of Educational Public Relations, 1989
For young adolescents, the link that exists between learning during the school day and opportunities for educational and social growth in the afterschool hours warrants attention. By implementing the connections of this link, young people will be able to utilize the proper skills, experiences, and guidance necessary to become contributing members…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities
David, Larry M. – 1988
A guide to implement, expand, or improve an extended college orientation course on campus is presented. Student success courses and extended orientation programs help students learn to be more effective in school and improve student performance and retention. These courses are sometimes designed for honors students, returning adults, athletes,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Students, Higher Education, Minicourses
Burdett, Lois; Coburn, Christine – 1994
Aimed at primary-age children, this book brings William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" to them, recognizing that children, properly guided, will take to Shakespeare's characters and stories like "ducks to water"; in the process they find their inner voices, they collaborate, they improvise, and they communicate. Illustrated with…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Expression, Instructional Innovation, Primary Education
Foster, Laura Kliewer – 1990
Reluctance to recognize the importance of parents in the education process has been overcome in the past few years. Consequently, states are searching for and implementing programs that involve parents in education. A survey of educators in the Midwest revealed strong support for parent involvement among teachers, principals, and superintendents.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics, Parent Participation
Karges-Bone, Linda – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1993
Suggestions are provided for encouraging and nurturing gifted young scientists (ages 4-10), such as subscribing to a science magazine, making science a natural part of family life, and linking sciences to the arts. Young children are characterized as perceiving their world through the acronym SCIENCE (Sensory, Classify, Inquisitive, Experiment,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Enrichment Activities, Family Life
National FFA Organization, Indianapolis, IN. – 2001
This guide presents the Future Farmers of America (FFA) 2000 Model of Innovation award winners' projects. Chapters demonstrated abilities to identify goals and objectives, create a workable plan of action, attain and evaluate results, and identify items learned and ways to improve. Chapter 1 discusses the FFA National Chapter Award program that…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Agricultural Education, Awards, Community Development
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