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Lucco, Robert J.; Meekins, Philip E. – 1977
In order to seek clarification of instructional goal priorities, the Virginia Beach, Virginia, school division designed a comprehensive model for the assessment of instructional needs, described in this paper. The principal objectives of the needs assessment include (1) providing a mechanism for the systematic involvement of community residents…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Willard, Richard W.; Glick, Leonard J. – 1975
The Delphi technique was used as one instrument in an evaluation of the Ruppert Education Center, an alternative high school. One of its contributions stemmed from its conventional use as a way to assess goal priorities of school policy-makers. In addition it helped to (1) focus the evaluation; (2) assess community interest, knowledge and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
Murray, Saundra R.; Murray, Charles A. – 1979
Unlike classical experimental evaluation techniques, this evaluation design is intended to accommodate maximum flexibility and a dual purpose: to learn from the program under scrutiny and to help the program in its efforts. The program being evaluated here is the PUSH for Excellence (PUSH-EXCEL) Program whose activities focus on promoting an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1974
Georgia's Needs Assessment Package, which has many sample forms, includes a procedure which helps to identify short-range and long-range educational needs. This procedure utilizes community participation which broadens the decision-making base and serves to legitimatize actual decisions. It utilizes the opinions of professional educators,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
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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
Apker, Wesley L. – State Education Leader, 1982
In order for education to improve, it must undergo change implemented by teachers and administrators; directives from governing bodies will not accomplish much. The process for change could be based on the Japanese management model of redefining the corporate mission every few years with input from the employees. Schools need to listen to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement
Braithwaite, John; And Others – 1983
This book concerns the Mt. Druitt Early Childhood Project, which was developed to provide quality educational programs for disadvantaged children living in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. In order to set the subsequent discussion in broader perspective, chapter 1 addresses several key issues influencing project development. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Kane, Michael B. – 1976
Covering the first 3 years of the Experimental Schools (ES) 6-year program (begun in 1971), this interim report presents: the conceptual design of the ES program; the 10 rural project sites and the 18 comparative school districts; the educational changes proposed by the ES projects; and the comprehensive evaluation design. Data presented on the…
Descriptors: Administration, Change Strategies, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement
White, Roy; Murray, John – 1978
Based upon the premise that school divisions in Manitoba, Canada, should evaluate and improve upon themselves, this evaluation model was developed. The participating personnel and the development of the evaluation model are described. The model has 11 parts: (1) needs assessment; (2) statement of objectives; (3) definition of objectives; (4)…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Rookey, T. Jerome – 1975
The concept of needs and educational assessment is a blending of community participation and evaluation. There are four primary steps in this concept: goal definition, program assessment, needs identification, and decision making. This document offers a guideline model aimed at a simple, economical method of needs and educational assessment. It…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Coordinators, Data Collection, Decision Making
Heuristics, Inc., Dedham, MA. – 1971
The St. John Valley Bilingual Program for 1970-71 was instituted to help overcome the educational problems of French-speaking children in schools where lessons are conducted in English. Basically the program conducts instruction in the student's first language with an increasing use of the second language. This report focuses on the assessment of…
Descriptors: Administration, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Educational Objectives
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1982
In this update, 49 more goal-based programs are added to the 50 programs described in the directory's initial 1981 edition. The programs are goal-based in that they make use of such concepts as minimum competency testing, mastery learning, and continuous progress curricula, among others. As in the initial edition, each program receives a one-page…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Community Involvement, Competency Based Education
Sokol, Alvin Paul – 1977
A final evaluation (two interim evaluations were previously conducted) was made of Project ICE (Implementing Career Education), which attempted to infuse career education into elementary and secondary school curriculum in St. Louis. While the earlier evaluations concentrated on the elementary level, this third one assessed the program's operation…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Leonard, Joycelyn – 1975
Major goals of the Gila River Adult Basic Education Experimental Demonstration Project in this program description are identified as: (1) improving the academic skills of hard-to-reach adult dropouts and (2) training non-degreed local residents (people 19 years old or older with an 8th grade performance level) to recruit, counsel, and teach…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Community Education, Community Involvement
Ryan, Charles W.; And Others – 1974
The manual was developed through the combined efforts of the Maine University College of Education staff after carefully assessing the suggestions of Maine teachers who participated in a series of workshops conducted in the spring of 1974. It provides guidelines for planning a series of inservice training sessions for infusing career education…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement, Course Content
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