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Vegneskumar Maniam; Veronica McKay; Robert Boughton – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2025
In 2008 the South African Government launched the "Kha Ri Gude" mass literacy campaign to address the country's adult illiteracy problem. The Campaign drew upon the Cuban "Yo, Si Puedo" campaign model. In 2012, an Australian non-governmental organisation, Literacy for Life Foundation, likewise informed by the Cuban "Yo, Si…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Models
Tepper Jacob, Robin; Armstrong, Catherine; Willard, Jacklyn Altuna – MDRC, 2015
This study reports on an evaluation of the "Reading Partners" program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in underresourced elementary schools. Established in 1999 in East Menlo Park, California, the mission of "Reading Partners" is to help children become lifelong readers by…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Volunteers, Reading Difficulties, Tutoring
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Hazzard, Eric L.; Moreno, Elizabeth; Beall, Deborah L.; Zidenberg-Cherr, Sheri – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
To ascertain best practices for schools implementing or sustaining instructional school gardens by interviewing key members in 10 schools with exemplary instructional school gardens programs in California. Practices of schools with exemplary instructional school gardens programs were analyzed by constant comparative analysis using qualitative data…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Data Analysis
National School Volunteer Program, Inc., Alexandria, VA. – 1981
The major factors affecting successful recruitment and utilization of school volunteers are reviewed in this booklet. The possibilities opened by such programs and the control that can be exercised over them are stressed in the opening pages of the document to encourage program implementation and assuage unnecessary fears. A 17-step process for…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation, Orientation
Greaser, Thomas C., Jr. – 1995
This practicum was designed to provide an after-school activity program to middle school students not engaged in interscholastic sports. Utilizing community volunteers, an enrichment-prevention program that featured 19 different activities in 2 class sessions per week over a 10-week period was developed and implemented. Activities included…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Community Involvement, Enrichment Activities, Intermediate Grades
Iscoe, Louise – 1995
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health created the School of the Future (SoF) project to enable selected Texas schools to coordinate and implement school-based social and health services on their campuses and to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method of service delivery by evaluating the project. This booklet focuses on the Parent Volunteer…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Involvement, Delivery Systems, Elementary Education
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Carter, Dorothy A. – ERS Spectrum, 1993
Although parent involvement is essential, state education agencies have provided little financial support for staff and programs needed to improve school-family connections. This article discusses elements of good parent involvement programs and describes several successful examples. Advice is given for creating and managing school volunteer…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Parent Participation
Commission on National and Community Service, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report characterizes the current state of community service in the United States, discusses actions the Commission on National and Community Service has taken, and sketches some alternatives for the future. An executive summary presents the main themes of the report. Chapter 1 describes the promise of national and community service for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Citizen Participation
Valente, Maureen Godsey – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Discusses use of volunteers to augment local government services such as libraries, parks, paralegal aid, elderly care, data processing. Outlines requirements of successful programs and steps toward initiating volunteer programs. Presents case studies of volunteer programs in two Maryland communities and 41 examples of how local governments can…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services
Andress, Shelby – 1993
Information is presented to help individuals and groups translate their concerns about youth into concrete, constructive action in the community. At the heart of the guide is a step-by-step process for action. The first section deals with taking individual action, exploring ways that the individual can make a difference. The second part of the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
Sanders, Mavis G. – 1997
Since 1987 schools in Baltimore (Maryland) have been working with the Fund for Educational Excellence and the education research center at Johns Hopkins University to develop comprehensive programs of school-family-community partnerships. To understand better how these schools are building and improving their partnership programs, administrators,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship
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East, Whitfield B.; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1989
"The Fit Kids" program, which assessed the physical fitness level of more than 1000 students, resulted from a public school-university-business alliance. Development and implementation of the program are described, and guidelines are provided on how to use community resources to develop, promote, and implement a comprehensive fitness…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Elementary Education
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Educational Services. – 1986
Produced by an urban school district, this manual provides guidelines for developing and implementing a preschool screening and follow-up program that is based on community involvement. Part 1 of the manual presents a rationale for preschool screening and outlines the major components of a screening program. Also included in part 1 is a discussion…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Early Identification, Guidelines, Inservice Education
Bauldry, Shawn; Hartmann, Tracey A. – Public/Private Ventures, 2004
This report, the third derived from research out of the National Faith-Based Initiative (NFBI), examines how faith-based organizations designed and implemented mentoring programs for high-risk youth. Focusing on four NFBI sites (in the Bronx and Brooklyn, NY; Baton Rouge, LA; and Philadelphia, PA), the report takes up three key questions: How were…
Descriptors: Mentors, Volunteers, Youth Opportunities, Youth Problems
Riley, Mary Tom; And Others – 1984
Designed for Head Start grantees, this book provides training guidelines for improving Head Start staff competency. Chapter I offers a rationale for staff training activities, while chapter II characterizes the Head Start trainee. Chapter III addresses assessment of training needs on program and staff levels. The development of a training plan is…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines
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