This list of eight guidelines includes a brief review of the literature related to differentiated staffing and a description of the historical development and implementation of differentiated staffing in one school district. It is based on the Mentor Ohio Exempted Village School District's five years' experience with differentiated staffing in two…

This article delineates an organizational systems framework for exploring team utilization possibilities in schools and provides guidelines for deciding when and how teams might be utilized. (Author/PN)

The emphasis of this guideline is on determining modular figures for the three main facets of the library program: (1) acquisition of library resources, (2) technical processing of those resources and (3) services to the public using those resources. The system includes the following components: (1) A Library Resources Formula which takes into…

The spiraling cost of higher education has led to questions of accountability and cost effectiveness and called more attention to budgetary and financial structures. This shift in decision-making responsibilities is closely tied to recent changes in enrollment growth that has reached a static or declining stage. In view of this trend,…

Designed to serve as a standard whereby Michigan work-education councils can gauge their progress and also as a guide to help community leaders in rural areas build work-education council networks, this technical assistance manual provides guidelines for developing work-education councils in rural areas. The role of work-education councils in…

This report describes the benefits to vocational educators of involving volunteers in vocational programs and presents a model for planning and implementing a volunteer program. Outlined first are programmatic and nonprogrammatic approaches to designing volunteer programs. Next, in a discussion of the benefits of vocational volunteer programs, the…

This guide consists of suggestions designed to assist vocational educators in helping students improve their reading skills. School-related and non-school-related reasons why students have difficulty reading are examined. Discussed in a section on teaching the essential technical reading skills are textbook usage skills, vocabulary development,…

Intended for use as an aid by personnel working with handicapped clients, this implementor's manual and resource guide presents model components of the Vocational Habilitation for Severely Handicapped Youth Project. It contains 6 sections (each describing a major component of the program model) and a bibliography/resource guide. Each section…

This guide consists of suggestions, ideas, and tips intended to stimulate development of cooperative summer youth employment programs in local communities. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: tips on where to start, suggestions on how to get started, hints on securing resources, program resources, use of…