To stem the tide of students dropping out, many schools and districts are turning to early warning systems (EWS) that signal whether a student is at risk of not graduating from high school. While some research exists about establishing these systems, there is little information about the actual implementation strategies that are being used across…

Recommendations for adapting instruction for learning disabled high schoolers can be made to regular teachers according to a four-part format: frequently observed instructional modifications, difficulty factors based on an average of a sample of general education teachers, comments regarding the implementation, and suggestions for making the…

Individuals with autism successfully participated in a group musical activity involving a handbell choir. Described is the teacher's role in introducing students to the bells, assigning appropriate bells to each ringer, selecting the music, and directing the choir. (JDD)

The booklet is intended to help classroom teachers to provide appropriate education for gifted elementary students. A first section rebuts typical arguments against gifted programing (such as that identification procedures are too costly) and discusses the teacher's role in bringing schools and parents together. The second section considers the…

In designing consultation programs for special education teachers, three factors must be considered: (1) characteristics of consultation; (2) practitioner needs of consultation information; and (3) specific consultation skills to include in the training sequence. (Author/CL)

Elementary special education teachers can enhance the transition of handicapped students into mainstreamed classes by careful planning and preparation of the regular class teachers, nonhandicapped students themselves. Followup communication with the regular class teacher must be maintained. (CL)

Physical education teachers can establish successful therapeutic exercise programs for mainstreamed handicapped students by involving peer helpers in a carefully designed program. (CL)

The responsibilities of a gifted education program coordinator are many and varied. Guidelines are provided for many questions that new coordinators should ask when evaluating the existing gifted education program, developing the program, selecting new teachers, specifying the coordinator's role in both teaching and administration, and making a…

Designed as a practical guide for educators and parents, the guidelines explain cluster grouping of gifted students, i.e., the intentional placement of several gifted students in a regular classroom with a teacher who has additional training in gifted education. Personal teaching styles related to success with gifted students are noted as are…

Problems in implementation and practice of a whole-school approach to integration which features transposing regular and special educators are cited, and seven phases for carrying out such a scheme are described. (CL)

The consultant interested in helping teachers adopt curriculum-based assessment techniques should consider the process of innovation along with aspects of school culture. The consultant should examine four stages in developing a model program: creating a need, supporting change, implementing a guided practice, sequence, and allowing for…

When seriously emotionally disturbed students from an institution are placed in public schools, transition programs are critical. Responses of public school teachers and institutional teachers to a questionnaire identified communication and long range planning as major concerns. (CL)

Suggests that secondary school reading specialists desiring to establish a school-based, schoolwide reading program form a reading committee composed of content area teachers who propose ideas and help implement them. (MKM)

Discussing faculty role in planning and implementing P.L. 94-142, this article presents a model for maximizing faculty leadership by becoming familiar with the law's provisions and school district policies and procedures and by establishing a committee composed of all concerned (principal, parents, teachers, support staff) to plan and evaluate the…

This article describes the origins of and the planning involved in a successful school-based staff development program called "Teacher Sharing." The program is simple, informal, and based entirely on teacher input. (IAH)