Teacher aides have made a major contribution to educationally disadvantaged children in Tennessee. Title I directors recommend that: (1) the teacher aide program should be continued; (2) inservice training programs for teachers and aides should be coordinated; and (3) additional study on qualification and educational preparation of aides is…

The goal of the Columbus Public Schools' instructional aide program is to provide an educational support program for underachieving pupils in kindergarten and first grade. The evaluation was based on objectives addressing gains in reading achievement and staff development for the aides. The evaluation design provided for the collection of data in…

The Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education consists of 4 components: the district project programs providing direct services to migrant children; the Migrant Education Service Center; the Eastern Oregon College Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program; and project supervision. During fiscal year 1970, 4,293 students in 16 regular and 11 summer…

The Instructional Assistant Program, funded by the Ohio Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund, provides educational support for underachieving pupils by training instructional assistants to provide direct instructional service to selected pupils in the classroom setting. Emphasis was placed on activities which would increase oral and written language…

This report evaluates the 1982-83 Reading Impact Project in Cleveland, Ohio, which served 2,313 first grade pupils in 46 Chapter 1 public schools. The project utilized supervised educational aides and provided inservice education for them as well as workshops for parents. Project operations were successfully implemented, as indicated by the…

Interview questions asked of bilingual personnel, building principals, and regular classroom teachers regarding the effectiveness of the program are listed, and their responses are discussed. Topics addressed include student selection and eligibility requirements, bilingual teacher aide and social worker helpfulness, teacher cooperation, inservice…

During fiscal year 1971, the Oregon State Migrant Education Program, funded by the Title I Migrant Amendment, enrolled 6,099 students in grades K-12. Of these, 4,092 were enrolled in the regular school term and 2,007 were enrolled in summer programs. The Migrant Education Service Center expanded on its provision of diagnostic and prescriptive…

This report gives an interim evaluation for 1982-83 of the Kindergarten Reinforcement project in the Cleveland Public Schools. This project, designed to promote optimal development of disadvantaged children's basic learning skills relevant to subsequent successful school experiences, provides kindergarten teachers with supplementary instructional…

The Teacher Aide Program--one aspect of a 1967-68 Title III ESEA project to implement a pilot social studies program in various Madison, Wisconsin, public schools--utilized 1 full-time or 2 part-time noncertified aides working with each of 4 project teaching teams (horizontal teams at grades 6 and 10, and vertical teams at grades 4, 5, 6, and 8,…

This study evaluated a professional development program for 179 Australian teachers, teacher aides, and speech pathologists working with students having severe disabilities. Emphasis was on their role as communication partners in the implementation of strategies to enhance students' communicative behavior. Teachers and teacher aides reported…

Using data obtained from external evaluators, teacher assistants, and coordinators, the evaluation examined the supervision provided by team leaders/coordinators; inservice programs offered for Mini-Corps students by team leaders; whether teacher assistants were serving identified migrant pupils and functioning at levels of competence commensurate…

The Aides to Career Education (ACE) Program, a Los Angeles Vocational Amendments Part A project, employs instructional aides to help disadvantaged vocational education students develop positive attitudes toward education and employment, more cooperative behavior, pride in their course work, efficiency in completing assigned tasks, and improved…

The Aides to Career Education (ACE) Program employs instructional aides to help disadvantaged vocational education students in Los Angeles develop positive attitudes toward education and employment, more cooperative behavior, pride in their course work, efficiency in completing assigned tasks, and improved attendance. In 1975-76 (the fourth year)…

The Instructional Aide Program of the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools trained instructional aides to provide direct instruction to selected underachieving pupils in the classroom setting. The aides attended in-service training sessions and were provided with supplementary materials and numerous instructional activities in the areas of oral…