The final report on Phase 1 of the Manpower Projection Model (MPM) Project provides a guide for implementation of the model system by area Vocational Education Practitioners within any Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA). A cooperative effort between Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Office and the Community College District, the…

The author describes the comprehensive school system planning model being utilized in Lansing, Michigan. The presentation begins with a short discussion of the need for planning, then describes how the Lansing district organized and provided the resources for planning and how the model for planning was developed. The planning model organizes the…

Described is a model designed to aid children with learning disabilities that is said to provide quality educational programing for learning disabled children, that maximizes the effect of the limited number of trained learning disabilities specialists available in the public schools, that maximizes the limited number of programs available for…

New Careers is a training program for the underemployed or unemployed. It has two objectives: helping the poor help themselves and the democratization of society. The first has been more effectively dealt with and is of greater relevance to adult educators. Current strategy is based on the belief that even professional jobs can be broken down into…

Presented is a model for the design of inservice programs for teachers of children with learning disabilities. Experiences at the Merrimack Education Center (Massachusetts) are said to suggest that program development be preceded by assessment of local needs, and agreement on educational goals and teacher roles. The model recommends that inservice…

A model for an accountable guidance program, this plan presents realistic performance goals for the practicing counselor, for school administrators, for parents, and for teachers. As their contribution to accomplishing the school's goals for its students, the counselors accept several very general responsibilities: (1) to provide every student…

Institutional modeling and program evaluation in relation to a correspondence program are discussed. The evaluation process is first considered from the viewpoint that it is an add-on activity, which is largely summative, and is the least desirable type of evaluation. Formative evaluation is next considered as a part of the process of institution…

This is the first of a three-volume report on a National Science Foundation project called PARADIGMS. An overview of the PARADIGMS project, an analysis of the concept paradigm, and objectives of the project are presented in the first section. The next two sections cover some specific paradigms for research and action, including sample CAI…

Information on the model for alternate strategies to prepare teachers of preschool multiply handicapped children is excerpted from the original proposal. The development of the preparation model is noted to depend on successful completion of three processes: needs identification, transformation to a program, and evaluation. The project's second…

The Hemophilia Health Education Planning Project was designed to (1) create a set of tools useful in hemophilia planning and education, and (2) create a planning model for other diseases with similar factors. The project used the game-simulations technique which was felt to be particularly applicable to hemophilia health problems, since as a…

This article describes a model for implementing an affective education program which was developed using systems analysis techniques. Seven independent and interdependent functions are identified and described. The use of experts and an affective education advisory board is recommended. Also, assessment techniques and a team approach for…

An examination of different kinds of administrative structures for community education programs is presented in this article. The authors believe the models they describe demonstrate cooperative arrangements and alternative plans that are possible. (Editor)

The Louisiana State Model for Industrial Arts was designed to broaden the exploratory function of the industrial arts program to include more information related to today's technological world, and to identify the programs industrial arts teachers should be teaching. Historical program objectives and contemporary course objectives are discussed.…

Emphasizing the value of the "group home concept" as a means of providing correctional rehabilitation for adolescents, this article describes the development of a West Virginia youth center by three sociology students. (JC)