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Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2006
"The Achiever" is a monthly newsletter designed expressly for parents and community leaders. Each issue contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) New Legislation Promises More Choices for Low-income Families; (2) A Look at Three Schools Reaching for "No Child…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Academic Achievement, Federal Legislation, Low Income Groups
Appalachia, 1986
Aimed at stimulating new jobs in Appalachia, especially through creation/expansion of small businesses, the 1986 workshop attracted 200 participants from throughout the region, including state and local officials and community and business leaders. Workshops addressed new developments in capital opportunities, market development strategies,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Innovation, Job Development, Marketing
Clark, Donald M.; Hughes, James H. – 1986
The final report describes activities and products of a 3-year project to prepare private sector volunteers to become actively involved in special education through a networking system of industry-education partnerships. Using a trainer of trainers model, the project conducted workshops and produced a training package which includes a program…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Industry, Models
Tucker, Evelyn – 1984
This document presents a rationale and procedures for a series of workshops on land use planning. It was developed initially as a response to the need for information and materials for land use planning in rural Alaska. A four cycle planning model is provided and a suggested format is offered for an individual workshop session. Each session…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Land Use
Appalachia, 1986
Describes 11 Appalachian Regional Commission funded projects designed to improve education in Kentucky, many of which focus on dropout prevention, including Laurel County Alternative School, Owsley County Dropout Prevention Program, ADOPT, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Technical Assistance Grant, potential projects, documentary on dropout…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2007
As a community-based organization, community leader or activist, individuals are in a unique position to take the lead in raising awareness about resource conservation, good solid waste management, and safeguarding the environment for future generations. This paper is designed to help individuals plan and execute community events that promote the…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Wastes, Sanitation, Conservation (Environment)
Hettler, Charles W. – 1983
The community networking model presented in this report was prepared to aid community members in strenthening and developing the networking process among business, community service agencies, government, churches, arts, recreation, and education. The model is designed to be used in a workshop in which participants are grouped in teams of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Business, Church Role, Community Action
Lyle, Marguerite R. – 1983
Because many parents are beginning to recognize the need for improvement in family communication, a lecture-forum program presented in the South Louisiana area encompasses the skill of listening to children. Defining communication as any behavior that carries a message that is perceived by someone else, the program explores the difference between…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Family Communication, Family Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
McIlwain, Doris W. – 1984
A project sought to extend Central Piedmont Community College's (CPCC) expertise in quality circles. Objectives were to provide low-cost quality circle training for personnel in community colleges and business and industry and to provide instruction in quality circles for college students. Three hundred educators and business people attended…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Participation

Feazel, Charles Tibbals; Aram, Richard Bruce – Journal of Geological Education, 1990
Described is a program which includes a teacher workshop, visits by scientists to science classes, free public lectures, and a school district science fair. The cooperation of schools, industry, teachers, and the community is stressed. Details of the teacher workshop are provided. (CW)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1982
Beginning in 1978, the Rural Education Program at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory developed materials of the Keys to School Boardsmanship Project for local school boards, including 13 workshop packages and 2 films. A policy board, with members from the five northwest state associations of local school boards, defined topics to be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Board of Education Role, Information Dissemination, Leadership Training
Platt, Chet; Secord, Debra A. – 1987
Under a Title VI-B grant, California's Coastline Community College (CCC) conducted a needs assessment survey establishing a database of international training needs, developed five courses and 10 workshops in international business, and formed the World Trade Center Institute (WTCI). This report provides information on the activities and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc., Charleston, WV. – 1983
Descriptions of several programs of the Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc. (Charleston, West Virginia) are presented. Included in this document are: (1) a description of the Shawnee Hills Day Training Center, a cooperative program of Shawnee Hills and several county school boards for severely/profoundly impaired…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Daily Living Skills
Winchell, Dick G.; Jones, Cynthia – 1981
The process of planning for community based education for the Yavapai Indians of Fort McDowell, Arizona, involves developing educational goals and objectives based on an understanding of the conflicts between the Anglo and Yavapai educational systems and considering the function of community education within the Fort McDowell setting. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History
Olcott, Lynn – 1981
This booklet, prepared for the Peace Corps, describes the operation of the Volunteer Rehabilitation Project, a handicraft project for handicapped persons (mostly leprosy patients) in Ethiopia. Along with the project description are step-by-step instructions for carrying out a similar project and a discussion of the principles underlying the…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Developing Nations, Disabilities, Educational Facilities