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Brener, Nancy D.; Wheeler, Lani; Wolfe, Linda C.; Vernon-Smiley, Mary; Caldart-Olson, Linda – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The specific health services provided to students at school and the model for delivering these services vary across districts and schools. This article describes the characteristics of school health services in the United States, including state- and district-level policies and school practices. Methods: The Centers for Disease Control…
Descriptors: Prevention, School Nurses, Mail Surveys, School Districts
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1980
This monograph is one in a series designed to report, in narrative form, discussions that took place during a series of mini-conferences for local K-12 career education coordinators on the subject of staff development in career education. The monograph covers two broad concerns: the substance of staff development in career education; and how staff…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Heinzelmann, Fred – 1981
Crime Prevention deals with the effort to control crime and the fear of crime through a variety of community resources. Research efforts of the Department of Justice, first developed in the early 1970's, focused on increasing knowledge and understanding to promote more effective crime prevention. The National Institute of Justice has sponsored…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Resources, Crime
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Morgan, Robert M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989
Discusses the improvement of educational programs in developing countries. Highlights include systems analysis in education; education and national resources; instructional systems design (ISD) and improved efficiency; programed learning and teaching; and a development project to improve the efficiency of Korean elementary schools. (33 references)…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Educational Improvement
Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
The School Improvement Specialist Project prepared seven modules. School improvement specialists, as defined by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia, are change agents who work with schools to help them improve in the following areas so as to increase student achievement. These modules are intended to provide training materials for…
Descriptors: Specialists, Literature Reviews, Learning Modules, Change Agents
Montgomery, Diane; And Others – 1995
This paper examines how creative thinking techniques can be used to help rural educators provide effective transition programs and services to secondary students. Factors affecting transition in rural areas include a small, homogenous economic base; travel time and distance between job sites; lack of services and trained staff; the community role…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Creative Thinking, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship