The process through which teachers transform the curriculum over time is best explained by incremental change theories. Teachers will tinker at the margins of the curriculum, effecting incremental change, until they begin to feel comfortable with the dissolution of disciplinary boundaries, and they are willing to cede control of some curricular…

Achieve and the U.S. Education Delivery Institute have developed a practical Common Core Implementation Workbook for all states in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). This workbook uses a proven performance management methodology known as "delivery" to lay out clear action steps for states and districts. It…

Described is a guidance oriented curriculum concept for the aurally handicapped for use in planning and development at the secondary level. (BD)

"Curriculum alignment projects, towards developing a need to know", presents an approach to curriculum design that could be considered truly constructive in its format. Successful completion of the project requires students to synthesize a number of concepts that make up the block's learning objectives.

The authors propose a redesigned curriculum to fit the broadened definition of vocational education. (Editor)

Examines whether students would learn about friendship through guidance lessons led by their teachers with a sample of 5th grade students. Results indicate that students and teachers were receptive to the lessons. Teachers reported behavior change in some students. Students' perceptions showed an increase in using positive behavior toward other…

In September 1969 a program called Early Bird Guidance'' was designed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in response to one of the most deep-seated and crippling problems that black children experience in elementary school--negative self-concept. (Author/CB)

This is a review of the relevant literature and current practices in the field of occupational guidance. Because it was prepared in connection with the beginning of a seventh grade occupational guidance class in Utah, it deals, in the first part, with the vocational-maturational level of seventh graders. The second part summarizes contemporary…

Seventeen guidelines spell out major considerations for thinking about, planning, and implementing a middle school. The authors offer them as the basis for school and community discussions. (Editor)

This article attempts to outline a framework for enhancing the occupational guidance programs for elementary schools by having teachers and guidance counselors assume more responsibility. (Author/RP)

This digest summarizes the essential aspects of Myrick's Teacher Advisor Program (TAP) concept, discussing: (1) why schools need a teacher advisor program; (2) whether teachers are qualified to provide counseling; (3) what a teacher advisor program would involve; (4) what should be included in a guidance curriculum; (5) the counselor's role in…

This booklet is the report of a task force appointed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals to examine the contemporary American social scene and the place of secondary education within that context. The report focuses mainly on the educational program of secondary schools, rather than attempting to survey all aspects of…

This digest describes the structural and programmatic components of the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program Model, a model designed to help school districts develop comprehensive and systematic guidance programs oriented toward overall student development. It discusses the content of the model (based on the concept of life career development)…

This document describes a model for a developmentally based K-12 school guidance program which parallels the identifiable developmental stages children go through as they mature, and systematically addresses the learning, personal/social, and career needs that students have at various developmental stages. Lists of competencies are provided in…