This report describes the Community Child Care Services and Funding Plan, which is a plan for future collaborative child care efforts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The plan was developed through the Child Day Care Planning Project in Cuyahoga County. The first section of the report provides an introduction, which is followed by an overview of the…

The history of French immersion instruction in Canada is reviewed, and the literature relating to that history is examined. The first chapter offers three distinct perspectives on the emergence of French immersion: (1) chronological; (2) phenomenological and pragmatic; and (3) methodological and pedagogic. Also in the first chapter, the immersion…

The South Carolina Alternative Certification Program (ACP) is an alternate route to certification which provides teachers for the shortage areas of mathematics and science. Earning certification through the ACP requires completion of a rigorous pedagogical curriculum founded on teaching effectiveness research and on-the-job teacher training. The…

The report describes a 1.5-year project to create a comprehensive plan for the development of residential services for persons with developmental disabilities in New Mexico. Findings represent input from advocates, family members, state officials, community representatives, legislators, and local service administrators. Part One of the report…

A series of model five-year teacher education programs are described. Two main types of programs are included--state-initiated programs and university-based fifth-year programs. An analysis and description of of the following programs is presented: (1) Florida Performance Program Management System--Beginning Teacher Program; (2) Kentucky…

This model for an inservice program designed to provide training in peer coaching for teachers contains information sheets on the following: (1) elements of an effective program; (2) program purpose; (3) program components; (4) program content; (5) program assessment; (6) what teachers say about peer coaching; (7) why coach; (8) preconditions for…

This paper explores the background to and process of quality circles as well as the implications of circles for training. In the first section, the emergence and growth of quality circles in Japan and the United States are traced. Next, the theoretical and conceptual bases of quality circles are examined, while section 3 looks at implementation in…

This publication is intended as a reference for school-level personnel, such as nurses, selected teachers, and administrators, on the procedures for initiating and maintaining a scoliosis screening program for girls in grade seven and boys in grade eight. It provides school personnel with a document that contains standards for school screening…

The manual introduces the framework of STARS (Striving Together and Reaching Success), a program for serving behaviorally disordered students in grades 1-8. The underlying philosophy is to provide a consistently structured instructional program to promote successful reintegration into a less restrictive educational setting. An overview section…

Cross age tutoring is the subject of this document. In this teaching method, secondary school students tutor elementary students in basic skills. The goal is to enhance the learning and motivation of the tutors, in contrast to the practice in which the learning of the tutee is the primary focus. This document, one of a series of seven on this…

This pamphlet produced by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) outlines the development and progress of a project designed to develop a model for vocational training in telecommunications. The Course Development in Telecommunications (CODEVTEL) approach is discussed in terms of job-related training, teaching materials, sharing…

The Little Falls City School District's K-12 gifted and talented program is organized on three sequential levels. The elementary grades program is part of the nationally replicated Talents Unlimited Program based on Bloom's Taxonomy, and is taught by the regular classroom teacher to all students in a participating classroom. Students participate…

Intended primarily for students of the Education for the Retirement Years training workshops (University of Oregon Center for Gerontology), this manual for pre-retirement education facilitators is a practical guide to the methodological concepts discussed and demonstrated during the on-campus training. Chapter 1 offers a brief statement on…

This is the third of three volumes that constitute the final evaluation report of Project STAR (State Technical Assistance Resources), an undertaking of the Maryland State Department of Education designed to help 36 elementary schools improve their reading programs. This volume is the project handbook and contains information concerning the…

This paper overviews the organization, objectives and impact of an experimental interdisciplinary training program at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, for preparing specialists to work with infants and preschool children. (Author/RH)