This study aims to promote English pre-service teachers' speaking ability by integrating task-based learning (TBL) and the CEFR (Council of Europe, 2001) in designing an innovative program (the CEFR-TBL). This presentation discusses the results of an investigation of the preservice teachers' speaking ability using peer-interview technique. Also,…

Provides practical guidelines for designing a program to teach various job skills either in the workplace or in the classroom. The principles for each location are similar, although the resources of time, personnel, and technology may typically differ from one office to another or from one school to another. Major elements are induction, theory,…

This report provides guidance in designing and implementing a performance-oriented learning center program, an approach to training which emphasizes the application of instructional technology in helping the individual or individual team to learn more effectively. Although intended for training personnel and instructional technologists in an Air…

This guidebook is written to assist groups planning to create a responsive and efficient teacher center. It includes a general description of teacher centers, goal options, steps in setting up and staffing teacher centers, program management, and facility planning. Examples of work materials, equipment, catalogues, and curriculum materials are…

A program and related materials for providing child care free of charge in the aftermath of widespread disaster to children ranging in age from infancy through second grade are described in this guidebook. In Section I, the Temporary Emergency Child Care (TECC) program is discussed. In particular, the nature of TECC services is indicated, the…

This booklet is one of five in the Peace Corps (PC) Programming and Training Guidelines collection that provides agency-wide programming and training guidance for PC staff and project partners. It offers PC staff and others a step-by-step approach for designing or revising a project, beginning with analyzing the situation in a country and ending…

This booklet is one of five in the Peace Corps (PC) Programming and Training Guidelines collection that provides agency-wide programming and training guidance for PC staff and project partners. It shows how to design and implement a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan for PC projects. Chapter 1 provides an overview of M&E, including what…

The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit is to provide an introduction to the concept of program budgeting by focusing on several key elements to be considered in the development of a program budgeting system. These elements are an examination of the school's organizational patterns in defining and designing the district's educational…

This booklet is one of five in the Peace Corps (PC) Programming and Training Guidelines collection that provides agency-wide programming and training guidance for PC staff and project partners. It is an introduction to the PC international development strategy. The booklet describes the PC approach to development; how the PC implements its…

Introductory sections of these guidelines give the point of view and goals of bilingual-bicultural education. Definitions of some terms commonly used in this area follow. A section on program organization gives guidelines for assessment, staff, staff development, instruction, methodology, instructional materials, community involvement and…

The replication guide for the construction and implementation of an adult basic education (ABE) program is based on three Federally funded, Butte, Montana demonstration projects: Project Homebound, The Experiment at Butte, and Project Prepare. The guide provides specific advice and recommendations on: staff selection, workshops, student…

Designed for use by public participation coordinators in natural resources planning, this manual provides information to aid in the development of a coordinated planning strategy by defining reasonable program goals and following through by selecting appropriate means and methods. In a discussion of the orientation stages of public involvement…

Designed to facilitate the emulation of exemplary components of the South Burlington School District (Vermont) program to develop a teacher training model for the implementation of career education, these six modules include guidelines for inservice programs and workshops, handouts, transparencies, and reference materials. An Introduction to…

This instructor's resource guide, one in a series of products from a project to develop an associate degree program for paraprofessional rural family health promoters, deals with conducting a health promotion seminar. Covered in the first section of the guide are the role of a health care promotion seminar in rural health promotional training,…

This instructor's resource guide, one in a series of products from a project to develop an associate degree program for paraprofessional rural family health promoters, deals with teaching a course in health care organization and issues. Covered in the first section of the guide are the role of health care organization and health issues in rural…