Developed for personnel in postsecondary institutions throughout Alabama, this implementation mode is intended to provide a stimulus for infusing career education activities and goals into each department and area of study. It begins with a matrix showing the goals of career education. An explanation follows of the seven goals (self-awareness,…

The program management guide to Title IV Indian Education projects acquaints participants with program management concepts relative to application forms and encourages the development of management plans and objectives. Sections provide discussions, charts, and examples for the following: regulatory authorities, administrative organizational…

The Programmatic Emphasis project was conducted at the University of Illinois to build the university's capacity for addressing the problems of serving special needs youth and adults in vocational education. A series of activities were undertaken to design and implement a preservice, inservice, and graduate-level instructional program; a research…

This handbook provides information related to the development and implementation of a public/private venture in the development of summer jobs for youth. Chapter I briefly describes preliminary planning. Chapter II focuses on developing a task force, including its composition, recruitment, and responsibilities. Chapter III discusses activities of…

This manual for district and school health personnel contains guidelines to facilitate the planning and implementation of vision screening programs in California public schools so that all students may benefit from optimal use of their sense of sight. The major program objectives, the legal basis, minimum requirements, and authorized personnel are…

This publication is designed to accompany the "Dropout Prevention" manual (1984) and to serve as a guide for the staff development training of administrators, faculty, and staff in the initiation of a dropout prevention program. The staff development program contains materials to assist staff in becoming aware of the scope of the dropout…

This handbook demonstrates a practical approach for establishing and presenting quality in-school programs that bring students, teachers, and professional artists together. The first of five chapters presents a rationale for arts education, emphasizing that art can "turn on" children to the pleasure and excitement of aesthetic experience,…

A program and related materials for providing child care free of charge in the aftermath of widespread disaster to children ranging in age from infancy through second grade are described in this guidebook. In Section I, the Temporary Emergency Child Care (TECC) program is discussed. In particular, the nature of TECC services is indicated, the…

This handbook provides background information and practical suggestions for home economics cooperative education teacher-coordinators in Texas. It is intended for teacher-coordinators using the six courses of study in occupational home economics prepared by the same agency. Addressed to the teacher-coordinator in a narrative format, the handbook…

Addressed to adults working in a tutorial capacity with young people engaged in the process of vocational preparation, this manual offers ideas, poses issues, and describes skills and tasks that will help tutors to develop their work with students--either on their own or through staff development programs. The aims of vocational preparation,…

To help New Jersey parents and other citizens increase their involvement in schools, this handbook describes school-site management, a form of decentralized administration that can help broaden effective citizen participation in educational management. Part 1 first defines school-site (or school-based) management--a type of school governance in…

This publication presents a comprehensive student-centered guidance program for the total school experience, kindergarten through adult education and is designed to provide school personnel with the necessary information and incentive to translate the concepts which are central to a comprehensive guidance program into the specifics of effective…

This paper contains the revised drug education guidelines for the state of California, which emphasize prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. The materials define school-based alcohol and drug abuse prevention programming as a comprehensive process that not only provides students with accurate information about alcohol and drugs, but also enhances…

This manual is designed to provide school personnel with the information necessary to plan, implement, and evaluate a school-based placement program. Chapters 1-3 introduce the material, discuss the placement program structure, and address manual use. Chapters 4-6 focus on one of the three stages of planning, implementation, and evaluation and are…

Although interest in and literature about career education for the handicapped has been growing very rapidly in the last few years, many professionals have been hard pressed to keep pace with the knowledge explosion in the field. This book is intended to aid teachers in acquiring up-to-date knowledge of career education for the handicapped and…