In 2009, the Welsh Assembly Government published its Report on the review of behaviour and attendance in schools in Wales. The National Behaviour and Attendance Review (NBAR) in Wales was chaired by the author of this paper. Both the Review and the Welsh Assembly Government's response contained recommendations related to the training and…

This booklet is intended to guide educational administrators who are interested in instituting professional staff development programs and/or moving toward more innovative staffing patterns and procedures. The suggestions and examples presented will be helpful to administrators working at the individual school level as well as those contemplating…

A proposal is set out for a program designed to improve education by concentrating resources across all levels of instruction. It involves a mutual agreement between the Philadelphia Public Schools, the school community, and Temple University to pool their personnel and materials with the aim of creating an educational program that will…

Summarizing results of a study of the educational programme developed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in cooperation with Unesco, the document's specific focus is on aspects of the UNRWA/Unesco programme of interest to others concerned with refugee education. Chapters 1 and 2 provide…

The University of California, its campuses, and their individual schools and departments of education have substantial responsibilities for providing research, training, service, and leadership in the field of education. The responsibilities of the units differ. As yet, however, none is fully meeting its obligations to improve education. Part I of…

In order to promote the goal of increasing the number of women holding the nontraditional role of formal leadership in the Florida system of vocational education, a 2-week training institute for women teachers was conducted at the University of South Florida, Sarasota campus. Selected to participate in the institute were 24 women from eight…

An integrated curriculum for career development must be designed and implemented in order to meet the greatest needs of society. Possession of facts as marketable skill is inadequate. Traditional curriculum and teacher roles need to be changed. All students, including the academically, socioeconomically, and physically handicapped, need to…

Resulting from a project involving district, state, and federal educational agencies, the papers in this, the first of two volumes, are intended to provide information from research and practice that can help school districts in their efforts to make decisions about goals and methods of basic skills instruction. The topics of the papers in the…

School administrators who must make decisions that determine the direction for vocational education need empathy and flexibility in applying the principles and practices inherent in vocational education. Effective administration requires the utilization of management fundamentals combined with identification and selection of alternatives for…

This guide provides information on how to plan, implement, and evaluate staff development programs for adult basic education teachers, administrators, volunteers, and aides. It is divided into sections that deal with various components of a staff developmental program: (1) background information; (2) planning; (3) implementation; (4) evaluation;…

This text, intended primarily for use in training elementary school teachers of French, synthesizes the thought of educators from a variety of fields. Discussion of FLES and the nation's educational structure leads to chapters on the techniques of lesson planning, teaching reading and writing, and review and testing. Other sections treat: (1)…

Guidelines for designing, implementing, and conducting occupational exploration programs for grades 7-9 are contained in this document, which was developed for use with public schools in North Carolina. Discussion covers the philosophy of occupational exploration, mission statement, continuing objectives for grades 7-9, program description of…

A 310 Special Demonstration Project was conducted in Florida to create a model of competency-based adult education (CBAE) based on the programs currently in existence. This manual, which was produced through the project, presents an overview of CBAE and explains in detail how to operate a CBAE program. The manual is organized in 11 sections. The…

Designed to provide pre- and inservice vocational education administrators with the skills necessary to manage student recruitment and admissions, this competency-based learning module consists of an introduction and three sequential learning experiences. Topics covered in the first learning experience include developing a hypothetical recruitment…