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Alzahrani, Yassir G.; James, Waynne B. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The focus of this article is to highlight adult education in Saudi Arabia. It also investigates the roles of early official and volunteering initiatives that established the adult education and literacy system in Saudi Arabia. In addition, a brief overview of the development of adult agencies such as Night Literacy Schools and Adult Education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Evening Programs
Murk, Peter J.; Stephan, Jane F. – 1990
Volunteers assume a wide variety of responsibilities in community organizations. In service-oriented activities, adult and community educators make extensive use of volunteers, asking them to fulfill a number of roles and giving them such responsibilities as tutoring, counseling, problem solving, and decision making. Issue- or cause-oriented…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Turnover, Motivation, Program Development
Seguin, Mary M.; McConney, Polly F. – 1982
This description of the volunteer program at the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, suggests that older adults can improve the quality of life for themselves and others by building bridges of understanding between: generations within an organization, paid and unpaid workers, parts of an organization,…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Guidelines, Human Resources, Older Adults
Meltzer, Phyllis – 1988
As new types of volunteers come into the field--working people, retirees, executives--new methods are needed to hold their interest and ensure their cooperation while preserving the goals of the organizations they serve. Some of those organizations, especially museums, are using volunteer service agreements to attract and hold volunteers and to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Andragogy, Contracts
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Coleman, Yvonne K.; Sprince, Leila J.; Baldwin, Liz – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1996
Presents three papers addressing the topic of using youth volunteers in public libraries: "Teen Corps Reaches Out with Pride" (Yvonne K. Coleman); "Whose Teen Advisory Board is this, Anyway?" (Leila J. Sprince); and "It All Started in the Summer..." (Liz Baldwin). (AEF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Information Services, Library Services, Program Development
Everitt, John; Gfellner, Barbara – 1989
The "Share Our Services" program was established in Killarney (Manitoba), to Streamline existing volunteer services, to develop new services, and to collaborate with formal services to meet the needs of older and infirm adults living in the community. A sample of 212 older adults were interviewed in their homes concerning their housing,…
Descriptors: Adult Foster Care, Caregivers, Foreign Countries, Needs Assessment
Kornblau, Esther; Kruuse, Myrna – 1979
Intended as a guide to aid inservice teachers and school administrative personnel in developing an effective program for the utilization of school volunteers, this document discusses the merits of a volunteer program and provides concrete suggestions for program design and implementation. Five steps towards a volunteer program delineated by the…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Program Development, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
Bull, Kay Sather – 1988
The paper provides guidelines to rural school districts developing community support and resources for their gifted education programs. The following seven questions are addressed: (1) Does your gifted/talented program and community need a formal community resource development team? (2) If so, how should it be developed? (3) How can you get other…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Human Resources
Crume, Charles T., Jr.; And Others – 1992
This guide provides information on organizing a state volunteer hunter education association, and reviews the development and accomplishments of the Kentucky Hunter Education Association. State associations use volunteer instructors to provide programs educating hunters on good sportsmanship, honesty, citizenship, self-reliance, and prevention of…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Nonprofit Organizations
Frame, Ron – 1987
To assist persons with developmental disabilities in South Dakota to become more independent, productive, and integrated into the community, the South Dakota Advocacy Project, Inc. implemented the Volunteer Skills Data System (VSDS). As South Dakota is primarily rural, accessibility to services and programs is a particular concern. Community…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Helping Relationship
Batenburg, Mark P. – 1995
Agency-school collaborations are examined from the point of view of the agency. The data for the analysis were gathered through interviews with staff people from six different community-based organizations in California, all of whom have experience working with schools and youth volunteers. The study found that there often are culture clashes…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, High School Students
Junior and Community Coll. Inst., Washington, DC. – 1986
This resource book provides a variety of materials that were presented at a national workshop on the development, organization, and activities of two-year college alumni associations. The first section, which looks at the organization of alumni programs, presents information related to Clinton Community College's (Ohio) Alumni Association,…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Graduates, Community Colleges
Gilberts, Guy H. – 2002
Peer tutors can facilitate the inclusion of students with disabilities into regular education classrooms, especially in schools where money is not available for aides. The first steps in such a program are determining the best placements for students with disabilities and training the peer tutors. Training should cover expectations of peer tutors,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Peer Teaching, Program Development
Greenblatt, Sadelle T. – 1988
Little Brothers--Friends of the Elderly is a non-profit, non-sectarian federation of agencies devoted to meeting the needs of the elderly poor, those poor not merely in worldly goods, but in love. The organization examined how it might more effectively spread its services and assure the establishment throughout the United States of programs with…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Needs Assessment, Nonprofit Organizations, Older Adults
Bell, T. H. – 1984
Small businesses can participate in a variety of partnerships with the educational community that can result in benefits to all partners. Examples of successful school-business partnerships in Arizona include the Aquafria Foundation in Evandale; the partnership among the University of Arizona, Pueblo High School, and the Puma County-State Bar…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Benefits
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