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Peace Corps, 2010
This idea book addresses key concepts in two earlier Peace Corps' publications, "Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA) Manual" [ICE No. M0053], and the "Gender and Development Training Manual" [ICE No. M0054]. These previous resources were large training manuals that introduced PACA to staff and Volunteers in the context of the Peace…
Descriptors: Community Action, Foreign Countries, Community Leaders, Nongovernmental Organizations
Vinje, Faye – Parks and Recreation, 1980
A successful community festival will be unique, will fit the character and interests of the community, and should be headed by a versatile coordinator who can administer fund raising, publicity, and recordkeeping. (RJG)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cultural Activities, Culture Contact, Folk Culture
Kentucky State Dept. for Human Resources, Frankfort. Div. for Community Services for Mental Retardation. – 1981
The document presents Kentucky's 3-year plan for services to persons with mental retardation. The plan is the product of volunteers serving in an advisory role to the Kentucky Citizen's Planning Council and contains input from over 300 citizens from around the state. An initial section offers the Council's recommendations for improving services,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Great Falls Public Schools, MT. – 1976
The Voluntary Action Center and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, in cooperation with the Great Falls Public School District's Career Education Program, developed and put into operation a Community Resource Center. Objectives of the center during the organizational phase were (1) selection of a volunteer coordinator to direct the project, (2)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs
Ford, Paul; And Others – 1980
An overview is presented of the objectives of the Far West Teacher Corps Network. A description is given of the development of the network and achievements in the areas of community involvement, inservice teacher education, exceptional child programs, management information systems, and project management and evaluation. Chapters are included on…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Planning, Exceptional Persons, Governance
De George, George P., Ed. – 1985
A collection of essays on the management of bilingual education programs is organized in three units: managing in a culturally diverse setting, balancing critical interactions, and special issues. The following papers are included: "Recruiting and Retaining Competent Personnel for Bilingual Education Programs" (Joan E. Friedenberg, Curtis H.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Resources, Computer Oriented Programs
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1973
The report for FY 1973 describes the planning and implementation of the secondary level Employer Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS). The report's introduction briefly describes the program's nature and objectives. Section 2, student recruitment and enrollment, describes the student population and the recruitment and selection…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs
Gober, Lydia A., Comp.; Wiseman, T. Jan, Comp. – 1979
Communities Alive For Living and Learning (Project CALL), designed at Kishwaukee College to help three local, rural communities develop educational, recreational, and cultural programs, is described in this report. The first sections of the report consider the need for and purposes of the project. The Project Coordinator's report presents an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1976
This second volume of a two-volume report of a New York State consortium for career education contains project performance and evaluation reports from five of seven component districts: Erie Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); Orleans-Niagara BOCES; Rockland BOCES; three rural districts; and the Syracuse City School District.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Resources, Consortia
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1976
This first volume of a two-volume report of a New York State consortium for career education contains the dissemination report and project performance and evaluation reports from two of seven component districts, Allegany Board of Cooperative Educational Services and East Aurora Union Free School District. (Volume 2 contains reports from the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Resources, Consortia
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Schroeder, Paul E. – 1981
This paper describing a system for delivering comprehensive services to offenders is the third of the five-part Comprehensive Community-Based Services for Offenders Information PAK that provides guidelines for developing a system to improve exoffender service delivery. (Parts 1 and 2, which also contain printed information, are available…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Better Jobs for Women (BJW) is an outreach program designed to place women in apprenticeships or similar unsubsidized on-the-job training programs in the skilled trade occupations. Among the first of its kind in the country, the Denver program has completed six years of operation and has placed over 400 women in more than fifty different skilled…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Apprenticeships, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Dale, Jack – 1976
Examples of placement and follow-up conceptual models developed for a program of vocational education (kindergarten through university) are presented. Section 1 contains a historical overview of placement and follow-up activities in Florida and describes a comprehensive model. Section 2, describing a model for utilizing community resources for the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Colleges, Community Resources, Computer Oriented Programs
Buffington (Thomas) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1979
This catalog of materials collected from projects funded for fiscal year 1978 by the Office of Career Education includes ideas and information for educational practitioners and others interested in career education development in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools as well as various adult populations. Ninety articles are divided into…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Career Awareness, Career Counseling