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Wilson-Gebhardt, Concetta; Plowman, Corlea S. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Provides guidelines to involve the entire community in a successful reading fair, based on procedures followed in Newport News, Virginia. (RL)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support, Exhibits
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Sheathelm, Herbert H. – Educational Planning, 1987
Increasingly, taxpayers are unwilling to suport educational programs they do not understand. Based on the premise that such support comes from an enlightened public, this article proposes a carefully orchestrated citizen visiting team to examine school programs and report results to the board. Includes two references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Support, Educational Planning
Lake, Dale B.; And Others – 1979
Designed to provide basic guidelines and examples that can be used by community colleges for organizing and conducting community impact studies, this booklet describes the experiences of Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC), Eastfield College (EC), and Valencia Community College (VCC) in conducting their impact studies. Introductory material…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Community Development
Rae, John; And Others – 1984
In fall 1983, a telephone survey was conducted by Macomb Community College (MCC) to assess community perceptions of the college's Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) and to aid in developing marketing strategies for the Center. Interviews were conducted with 500 randomly selected Macomb County (Michigan) residents to determine if they had…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges
Huitzing, D. A., Ed. – 1988
The efforts of national organizations, whether governmental or voluntary, to promote conservation and to develop public awareness and sympathy will be successful only in proportion to the extent that people identify these efforts with their own quality of life. This report focuses on the main theme of the conference held in May, 1985, by the North…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Support, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
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Matczynski, Thomas J.; Rogus, Joseph – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
By using the deductive or the inductive approach to needs assessment, or a combination of both approaches, school administrators can allocate physical or human resources in accordance with community priorities. (DCS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support, Deduction
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Miller, G. Larry – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
An ambitious school and community drug education program won community support after the appearance of a controversial school newspaper article featuring an anonymous interview with a drug pusher drew national attention to the problem of drug abuse in the community and schools. (DCS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Support
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Thiemann, Francis C.; Ruscoe, Gordon C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
By focusing on the entire community as stakeholders in the public schools, the school board, the superintendent, and principals are forced to identify and cultivate the diverse groups in the community. Eight essential steps to developing an effective stakeholder management strategy are listed. (Author/DCS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education
Bagin, Don; Gallagher, Donald R. – 2001
This book recognizes that publicity is required for interpreting the school to the community and the community to the school. Well-designed community-relations programs can create a sense of friendliness and good will toward faculties, provide adequate financial support for schools, and develop a sense of responsibility in the community for the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Influence, Community Relations, Community Support
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Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, FL. – 1983
The manual focuses on the development of a school-level home/school information system to improve communication and understanding of special education programs. A step-by-step plan for developing such a system is addressed in terms of five major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): basic information gathering (surveys and needs assessment),…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Community Support, Disabilities
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1986
A survey of 94 school boards across Canada provided information on recent developments in board handling of community relations programs. This report discussing the survey findings first notes that 85 percent of the surveyed boards expressed a need to find new, more effective strategies. The second part of the report explores methods used by…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Debra Wilcox; Soule, Jennifer A. – 1985
Designed to help librarians and trustees make informed planning decisions concerning the development or improvement of library literacy services, this manual discusses the following topics: (1) the problem of illiteracy; (2) identifying adult new learners; (3) providers of literacy services; (4) the library's role in literacy activities; (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Attitudes, Community Support
Long, Claudia – Principal, 1985
A survey of 100 principals known for their successful programs for obtaining community support brought many effective techniques to light. These methods fall into four categories: written and oral communications, community involvement in decision making, use of school volunteers, and encouragement of parent-faculty organizations. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Support
Coose, Lee – 1989
Educators are faced with policy development issues that will allow children with AIDS to be educated, provide AIDS education in the schools, and educate groups whose lack of information may cause difficulties for educators trying to implement these policies. This paper provides guidelines for development of a HIV/AIDS policy. The premises of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education
Venner, David G.; Cotton, Sally – 1986
Of potential interest to small towns in rural areas, this report describes England's first attempt at applying to a rural area the concept of a multi-agency information and advice center based on a library. The comprehensive review covers all phases of the project: (1) identification of a community's information and advice needs; (2) consultation…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Information Services
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