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Where Are All the Reading Teachers? Redesigning a Reading Master's Degree
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Dahle-Huff, Kari L.; Waller, Rachael J. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2019
This article examines how a small, regional comprehensive university located in a geographically isolated context reinvigorated its master's degree in reading. The process began with articulating a vision for the program that was centered in understanding the unique geographic context of the region. Coherent program goals were then developed to…
Descriptors: Reading Teachers, Masters Programs, Educational Change, Alignment (Education)
NW BOCES's System for Educator Effectiveness Development (SEED) Project: Final Evaluation Report
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Ho, Hsiang-Yeh – McREL International, 2020
Purpose: In January 2015, the Northwest Board of Cooperative Educational Services (NW BOCES) received a five-year Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to develop and implement the System for Educator Effectiveness Development (SEED) program--an innovative professional development (PD) system designed to provide geographically isolated educators an…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Program Descriptions, Faculty Development, Grants
Rural Youth Workers Suppress Yawning Gaps: Agencies Overcome Youth Isolation, Boredom and Poverty.
Beadle, Andrew D. – Youth Today, 2003
Describes four exemplary rural youth programs that succeed despite the common lack of transportation and leadership in rural areas. An Alabama church-based program, a Nevada program on an American Indian reservation, and a school-based network in Vermont all offer summer and after-school programs for elementary and secondary students. Texas…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Addressing the Needs of the Gifted in Rural Areas: The Armidale Catholic Schools Office Project.
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Bailey, Stan; And Others – Education in Rural Australia, 1995
Addresses the needs of gifted children in rural New South Wales and discusses disadvantages often experienced by rural gifted students. Describes a project coordinated by the Armidale Catholic Schools Office that developed enrichment materials for gifted rural students in grades 3-10. Includes brief descriptions of learning modules and cites…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Needs
Alaska: Delivering Educational Services to the Last Frontier.
Pardes, Joan – Perspectives: A Journal of Research and Opinion about Educational Service Agencies, 2003
The Southeast Regional Resource Center serves all of Alaska's 53 school districts, many of them rural. Its itinerant special education personnel deliver services on-site and train teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents to deliver services. Video exchanges, telephone conversations, and Internet communications are used to monitor student progress,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education
Rural Health: The Story of Outreach. A Program of Cooperation in Health Care.
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Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Rural Health Policy. – 1993
Rural Health Outreach is a federal program of demonstration grants designed to encourage organizations to cooperate in delivering health care services to rural Americans. Thirteen programs utilizing innovative collaborations between state agencies, schools, nonprofit organizations, hospitals, volunteers, and the private sector are described a year…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Agency Cooperation, Allied Health Occupations Education, Child Health