A former school superintendent who is now a university professor uses her experience in these partnership roles to describe how Kansas State University's collaboratively designed master's academy leadership preparation models merging theory and practice came about over fifteen years ago, and how it has evolved since then.

Despite the key role that principals play in leading schoolwide change, districts' efforts to support principals are often limited, particularly in rural settings. In this article, we report the preliminary findings of a cross-district mentoring program for nine midcareer rural school principals. The collaboratively developed human resource…

The author maintains that student personnel work must give up its isolated position in the college community and begin to integrate with other departments. This paper presents the author's Three-Year Program for student development with a detailed account of programming for Year I. It includes such topics as campus life-career education and…

The Cooperative Education Service Agency, Atlanta, Georgia, discussed in this article, focuses on making staff development activities not only available, but meaningful and relevant. (Author/CB)

This pamphlet produced by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) outlines the development and progress of a project designed to develop a model for vocational training in telecommunications. The Course Development in Telecommunications (CODEVTEL) approach is discussed in terms of job-related training, teaching materials, sharing…

The article describes a databased approach to cooperative planning with learning disabled students. The conditions for establishing a working relationship for planning are discussed; steps in conducting a curriculum based assessment are outlined; and a framework for instructional planning is presented; and features of ongoing monitoring and…

Considers the application of purposive cooperative structures to guide community colleges in functioning effectively with other community schools and agencies. Provides examples of Charette, Delphi, and Community Forum models and examines established cooperative structures at Lane, Clackamus, and Denver Community Colleges. (CM)

The community-based training model conducted at Pennsylvania State University in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office for the Aging, provides accessible gerontological education throughout the State through a multi-faceted approach of informal seminars, undergraduate academic courses, short-term module…

A model is presented for the articulation of programs between a secondary vocational-technical school and a community college in Pennsylvania. First, the report describes how the model was developed and field-tested using a research and development methodology and a decision-facilitation evaluation model. Next, a literature review is presented,…

This description of major activities and accomplishments of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of the States (V-TECS) since the second progress report of May, 1975, is designed to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the processes and procedures used by the consortium in achieving its major goal: The production of catalogs…

Effective collaboration between educational systems and the broader community for the formation and support of education-work policies requires shared commitment, shared responsibility, and shared authority. Three community models exist, and each, with its various advantages, is explored. (Author/JMD)

Presents the Winnetka Alliance for Early Childhood as a model community effort to meet the challenge of childrearing. Reviews some of the initiatives, activities, and problems faced by the alliance. Describes the characteristics of this Illinois community and its long history of interest and excellence in education, and encourages other…

This guide describes successful linkage activities and programs and discusses ways in which vocational educators and administrators can develop more effective linkages with labor unions. The first two chapters outline the purpose and procedures of the feasibility study on which the guide is based. Provided next are descriptions of 24 linkage…

The Family Assessment and Goal Establishment Model (FAGEM) draws its major impetus and structure from recent writings and trends in education, social planning, and family counseling. Built on a series of related premises addressing rural low income family needs, FAGEM can be reduced to four operational program delivery phases which include the…

A five-chapter manual provides a model for involving the state attorney general and the business and professional communities in law-related consumer education at the elementary school level. Chapter I, introduction, describes the history and special features of the program as it was developed for the St. Louis (Missouri) public schools. Chapter…