This package of handouts and transparencies is one of a set of six packages of consultants' materials developed to serve as a guide for consulting staff presenting career education workshops in the following areas: Counselors, primary K-3, junior and senior high, intermediate, and administrators. The 17 handouts and 3 transparencies are to be…

This annotated listing cites tests, guides, dissertations, journal articles, research reports, reference materials, and conference papers and proceedings regarding tests and testing for bilingual children. Items cited were published between 1964-81. The listing is one of a series of bibliographies from a computerized database, Bilingual Education…

Step-by-step instructions are provided for implementing the Professional Development Priorities Process (PDPP), an educational needs assessment process, by a school faculty member with groups of eight peers or more. The essence of PDPP, which was designed at the Southeast Idaho Teacher Center Consortium, is a dynamic group process in which needs…

This publication describes specific sources of potentially useful information for those responsible for designing, installing, and operating competency-based education (CBE) programs. Four major types of resources are described: 1) available materials relevant to CBE programs, 2) products that provide guidelines for selecting from available…

Presented is a guide providing a step by step procedure and time line for planning and conducting inservice workshops for teachers of the gifted and talented. Considered are long range planning for an inservice training program, preparing materials for use in workshops, planning for individual workshops, conducting the workshop, materials used in…

The guide provides an overview of Massachusetts' programs for gifted and talented students with information on resources for program development. The first section provides a rationale for the education of gifted and talented students. Section II presents summaries of nine statewide programs, highlighting goals, identification methods, curriculum,…

This guide is designed to stimulate career guidance program development. It provides an analysis of current information and organizes this information according to various program development areas. Ultimately, the guide is intended to help a school or community group design a career program tailored to its own needs. (Author/PC)

This standards and guidelines manual, developed by the Saskatchewan Department of Education for use in the Saskatchewan schools, is designed to help teachers and school districts develop a safe and well-organized outdoor environmental education program. The topics covered include: Outdoor Environmental Education Implications for Students, Teacher,…

This handbook for teachers is intended as a practical aid in creating an effective program of selling foreign language (FL) study to students, parents, counselors, administrators, and the community as a whole. The six sections into which it is divided correspond to the following aspects of a public relations (PR) program: purpose, profits,…

This document is a guide to career education and how to implement it in schools. An introduction which places present career education practice in an historical and philosophical context is followed by eight chapters which discuss how to prepare the school and community for career education and how to implement and evaluate a variety of career…

Part of a 4-volume set constituting a model to assist all school districts in Region 17 (Texas) in infusing comprehensive career oriented education into their existing instructional programs by 1980, this teacher guide contains materials for the second part of a 3-phase program designed to move the participant through a series of informational…

This North Carolina handbook brings together the information needed by local school systems to plan, develop, and implement effective programs to keep students in school. These topics are included: (1) legislation and policy for the implementation of the State Dropout Prevention Fund; (2) program standards and performance indicators; (3) program…

The first of two volumes on planning parent participation programs, this guide is intended to be an aid in deciding what type of program is most appropriate for a given school. Definitions and purposes of parent involvement programs are offered, followed by an explanation of the importance of determining program goals before designing activities.…

This handbook was developed as a resource for individuals involved in the planning and implementation of evaluation activities related to programs for neglected or delinquent youths. The handbook is organized into eight sections. Section 1, Program Evaluation and Overview, discusses a wide range of evaluation purposes, ranging from accountability…

Intended to guide local school systems in the development of a resource center for a career education program, this booklet identifies three kinds of resources which should be included: Human resources, community resources, and material resources. Then in a question/answer format, the guide explains the basic steps in identifying all resources…