The task group process and its operating rules are explained in an initial section of this report. Summaries and updates are then presented of project products and activities: a pilot community-based class program (an intensive educational and therapeutic environment for emotionally disturbed adolescents); a case management system (in which the…

Describes the efforts of the Committee on Undergraduate Teacher Education, which intended to organize and administer the Colleg's undergraduate B.Ed. program and to further diversity in teacher education models. (Author/RK)

The cooperative efforts of the Bureau of Business Education in the New York State Education Department and key business educators of the State provided a successful inservice education design and program for secondary school business teachers. (EA)

This paper describes the cooperative development of multi-cultural inservice courses by the University of Nebraska Teacher Corps and the Omaha public schools. A planning group with representatives from the university and from the local school district met to develop courses to meet the specific needs of teachers in the project schools which…

A description is given of an inservice program designed to provide both the means by which schools can change and also the means by which individual teachers can work toward advanced degrees and higher levels of state certification. The focus of this program is on the school and the classroom learning environment in which the graduate student's…

A survey determined the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education within Iowa school systems. Twenty-four teacher/participants in inservice secondary and postsecondary vocational education training who requested and received PACE (Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship) materials were surveyed with a 92 percent response rate.…

The guidelines are intended to assist the inservice program coordinator with a staff development program for comprehensive career education. The contents of the document cover the following career education topics: (1) overview; (2) the need for staff development; (3) roles and functions of the career education inservice coordinator; (4) initial…

Describes Iowa's activities and coordination among the state department of education, universities, community colleges, and local school districts in the area of inservice teacher education related to special needs students: A needs survey of vocational educators and a summer workshop for interdisciplinary teams, including recommendations for…

Since limited research has been reported on the use of organizations to supplement cooperative office education, it was the purpose of this study to determine the characteristics of vocational student organizations and advisors and to determine the attitudes of advisors to office and distributive education vocational student organizations in…

The pamphlet provides an overview of Project VIGOR, Oregon's Exemplary Career Education Program (1970-73). The program design includes career awareness in grades K-6, career and self-exploration in grades 7-10, occupational preparation in grades 11-12, and occupational specialization at the postsecondary level. Teachers from all grade levels were…

This report contains a summation of the data collected on the Fiscal Year 1973 Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 projects in the State of Illinois. The report covers many issues which are relevant to the Title I projects. Such issues are: participation of local educational agencies, program objectives, results of the instructional…

A developmental approach is taken, the current literature reviewed, and models are presented in a discussion of the coordination of inservice education, continuing education, and faculty development programs. Topics examined include: (1) higher education and role perceptions of institutions, faculty, and program coordinators; (2) collaboration of…