Romain Bertrand is a middle school math teacher and Opportunity Culture enthusiast. As the 2012-13 school year wound down, he was already thoroughly looking forward to the next--when he will become a multi-classroom leader at Ranson IB Middle School, taking accountability for the learning results of 700 students. At Ranson, a Project L.I.F.T.…

The last decade has seen significant changes in the interaction between publicly funded higher education institutions and the private sector. This has led not only to collaborations between the public and the private sectors but also to the public higher education sector seeking to learn from and, in some instances, to replicate the private…

Uses theoretical considerations and examples from past educational experience, including the Pilot State Dissemination Program, to argue that rational, goal-based, sequential planning models inhibit educational planning. (Author/RW)

Briefly reviews the theoretical perspectives that underlie current planning efforts and their concomitant decision criteria, and points out the signs indicating that both theory and values will require considerable rethinking of both the what and the how of planning. (Author/IRT)

A new planning model takes into account the unpredictability and conflict often encountered in educational organizations. (MCG)

A model which draws on alternative schools, community education, and community based social services is advocated to provide variety and to certify minimum skill achievement for all. Gifted students could select courses which would permit progress in areas of their choice. (CL)

Strategic planning, a logical framework for organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling the work of an organization, spans three philosophies: "satisficing, optimizing, and adaptivizing." While higher education's traditional orientation is satisficing, continuing education agencies can lead the movement toward adaptivization of…

The institution of results-oriented technology in delivering predictable learner success is explored. Models for the Systematic Approach for Effectiveness (SAFE), educational planning, and closed/open looped instruction and learning are offered. (RAO)

The act of collaboration is important when improving communication between administration and teachers, guiding school personnel to collectively clarify teaching and learning outcomes, and facilitating school stakeholders to engage in strategic institutional planning. As necessary as collaboration is, adults often do not know how to collaborate…

Effective strategic planning has clearly become a skill that is essential to the survival of managers in public and private sector agencies alike. While sometimes thought of as being an overly quantitative and excessively time-consuming activity, strategic planning does not need to be characterized in these terms. In its simplest and most…

Publications have been one of the primary delivery methods used by the Cooperative Extension Service. However, concerns have been expressed by Extension administrators about such problems as lack of new publications to address emerging demands, low supplies of useful publications, overproduced and/or outdated publications, inadequate budgets, and…

Describes six models or formats for mass communication internships as a means of incorporating the internship into the mass communication department's overall program. (HOD)

The most important feature of successful curriculum differentiation for special needs students is good planning, which involves the stages of curriculum support, development of units of work, adapting materials, grouping students, providing individual supports, and assessment. This model is applied to the classroom, the key stage or department,…

Bjorkquist and Lewis's model for training research includes workers' concerns (autonomy, compensation, health, and worker-environment fit) as well as influences on training outcomes (performance deficiencies, learning conditions, and worker commitment). Rosen's reaction considers whether meaningful worker participation in planning can take place…

Suggests that the planning framework developed by Cervero and Wilson (CE 529 367) is useful in theorizing about educational program planning, but the analytical instruments used need to be refined. (SK)