The Teacher Education Accreditation Council's (TEAC's) "Guide to Accreditation" is primarily for the faculty, staff, and administrators of TEAC member programs. It is designed for use in preparing for both initial and continuing accreditation. Program personnel should understand and accept all the components of the TEAC accreditation process…

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) "Guide to Accreditation" includes a full description of TEAC's principles and standards, the accreditation process and audit, and detailed instruction on writing the "Brief." This revision includes expanded information on (1) preparing an "Inquiry Brief Proposal" and the audit of the "Inquiry…

The Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) is a bold approach to improving student learning by encouraging teachers, parents, and the community to work collaboratively to introduce innovative projects that address local needs. Initiated in 1999 by the Alberta Government and its partners, AISI provides targeted funding to school…

According to the author, vocational education is an anomaly of the day, plodding along on the same track and immune to changing needs. While the charge may be sweeping, suggestions are offered for projecting this vital aspect of education into current times. (Editor)

Many considerations are involved in obtaining and using federal funds for language arts programs. Before attempting to explore funding, educators should know the basic language arts programs available in their district and what kinds of programs are fundable by particular sources. They should then develop a written program statement that includes…

What should a student activities program be? What should it provide? Who should be responsible for its organization and smooth operation? Answers these questions in a discussion of this important part of every school's total program. (Editor/RK)

THIS ADDENDUM TO A REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM TO TEACH AND INTERRELATE ARTS AND HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH THE USE OF EXTENSIVE RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY OUTLINES THE ACTIVITIES AND GOALS OF THE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED PLANNING STAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND OF THE PILOT (1967-68) AND…

The Division of Compensatory Education, Program Support Branch of the Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, has prepared this handbook to assist in developing skills in performance objective development for Title I programs. This handbook develops the concepts and skills…

The major responsibilities of the committee whose background and activities are reported here were: (1) to examine and review data on Title 1, Elementary Secondary Education Act programs in the school district and on the basis of this review and evaluation to advise the school district, Title 1 Parent Advisory Council, the State Department of…

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, DESIGNATED THE STATE AGENCY UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, HAS ADMINISTERED IN 13 MONTHS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN APPROVED PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE HIGHER EDUCATION. A 20-MEMBER STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL, COMPOSED OF ACADEMIC,…

This state of the art review on career education focuses on describing the different career education purposes and programs that have emerged in the last few years of growth, examining the published reactions to these by educators and laymen, and proposing, for the consideration of the staff of the School Based Career Education Program of the…

DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT IS A PROJECT WHICH OFFERS INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH EXTENSIVE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. THE PROJECT, STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE, WILL ULTIMATELY BE HOUSED IN A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED RESOURCE CENTER WHERE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS,…

This handbook is intended to help decision makers in developing-country governments and donor agencies in their efforts to utilize information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve and expand teacher professional development (TPD) activities. To the extent possible in a brief work, the handbook combines a global perspective--including…

The introduction to this proposal reviews background conditions and describes the systems analysis procedures used in developing the preservice-inservice education model based on teacher performance behaviors and job analyses. Most of the report consists of the four groups of specifications, each group preceded by rationale and methodology: (1)…

The Georgia Educational Model program has produced a model for the preservice and inservice training of elementary teachers (SP 002 137). Teacher performance behaviors and a teacher job analysis provided the foundation on which the model was built. System analysis was the technique utilized for the program. The rationale for the development of the…