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Download full textChristie L. Goodman Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2024
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "School Safety." Contents include: (1) Students Demand Safe, Supportive Schools:…
Descriptors: School Safety, Zero Tolerance Policy, Police School Relationship, Leadership
Coles, Sherri – 1998
This guide reviews common questions that parents of children with disabilities have about joining a board or committee, and discusses the unique strengths and skills that parents of children with disabilities bring to the group. The first part focuses on deciding to join a board or committee. Reasons to join are presented, including having a…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Advocacy, Committees, Disabilities
Larson, Kathlene – 1999
This guide presents a five-step approach to planning, conducting, and evaluating a community-school health advisory council. The five steps are: (1) convening an advisory council (learning about community-school health advisory councils, obtaining support from the school district, identifying potential members, organizing and conducting the first…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Promotion
Lucky, Luretha; Gavilan, Marisal – Exceptional Parent, 1987
The article describes accomplishments of an advisory panel for exceptional students in one Florida school district. The process of identifying and resolving problems is described in the context of specific issues such as placement of minority students in special education, graduation procedures, and evaluation of the individualized education…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Hamaker, Mary Lou Nava – 1986
Written for staff developers and resource personnel who work with parents, this curriculum guide is designed to develop leadership skills in migrant parents who have been elected to leadership positions in their respective Parent Advisory Committees. The booklet focuses on developing such skills as knowing how to use parliamentary procedure,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Elementary Secondary Education, Leaders Guides, Leadership Responsibility
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1987
Written for persons who serve as members of Committees on Special Education (CSE) in New York State, this guide reviews Committee responsibilities and various Committee management techniques. An introductory chapter outlines the impact of Federal, state, and local requirements and policies. The guide follows the sequence of Part 200 of the…
Descriptors: Committees, Coordination, Disabilities, Due Process
O'Neal, Linda; And Others – 1988
Transition procedures in the Irvine Unified School District (California) are explained in a set of three pamphlets. In the first pamphlet, elements of the Individual Transition Plan are outlined. Also discussed are advocacy and the law, financial issues, support services offered by state and community agencies, services of national and state…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Committees, Disabilities
Austin, Tackett; And Others – 1993
This book is designed to help a Technology Advisory Council (TAC) get a start at helping children obtain a better education--an education that prepares them for adulthood in an information age society. The advisory council is a representative group of stakeholders, i.e., the people who are affected by decisions and those involved in implementing…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Improvement
California State Dept. of Education. Sacramento. Office of Special Education. – 1988
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is a strategy to involve the community in active participation in the development, amendment, and review of the local plan for special education. The CAC originated under the design of the California Master Plan for Special Education. The CAC brings together and supports parents and professionals, regular and…
Descriptors: Administration, Advisory Committees, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities
Hunter, Richard W. – 1994
This manual, developed by the Families in Action Project, is intended to provide parents and other family members of children with emotional disorders some practical ideas and tools with which they can become effective partners with professionals in the policy-making process. The first section, "Understanding the Board Process," describes…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy
META (Multicultural Education, Training and Advocacy), Inc, San Francisco, CA. – 1993
Designed for parents, educators, lawyers, and others, this booklet focuses on limited-English-proficient (LEP) students' legal rights to an appropriate education. Contents are as follows: overview of state and federal legal requirements of education programs for LEP students; initial identification of LEP students; requirements for English…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Bilingualism, Community Action
Arredondo, C.; And Others – 1982
A bilingual handbook for Title I migrant Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) was designed to be used by administrators, teachers, consultants and parents in organizing and training PACs at local, district, and state levels. All information is duplicated in separate English and Spanish sections. The first part discusses the Texas migrant program,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
