Reviews, from the perspective of a school counselor, basic tenets of two contemporary educational trends, optional alternative education and deliberate psychological education. Describes blending of these trends at ALPHA (Alternative Learning Program for the High School Age), a public alternative high school located in Livonia, Michigan.…

Reports on research that has identified an appropriate policy model for emergency anticipation in high schools that was developed from an analysis of the literature and the law. Presents a model emergency anticipation policy for high schools together with policy statements in first aid, respiratory equipment, fire, chemical storage, and waste…

Issues involved in empowering evaluation conducted with grass-roots organizations are discussed. One major issue centers on conflicting evaluation standards evaluators and stakeholders may have, and another is whether there is harmony between the empowerment model's goals of evaluation ownership and group advocacy. (SLD)

Presents a way to evaluate the impact of local human services delivery systems and illustrates this logic model through the experiences of an urban United Way organization. This experience suggests that the logic model may have applications in planning when the aim is long-term social objectives through short-term interventions. (SLD)

Constructs an input-output model, similar to those used to analyze interdependence among sectors in an economy, for application to administration of a school within a university. The model makes possible forecasting of personnel requirements for each component within the school, generated by changes in external demands for school services that…

A Virginia school system independently arrived at and implemented some recommendations from NASSP's 1996 report "Breaking Ranks." In 1994, Old Dominion University and the Norfolk Public Schools embarked on a decade-long major school reform initiative (PRIME) aimed at providing students with exemplary college and career opportunities and…

This paper examines the merits of the interdisciplinary team model in rehabilitation settings and defines the organizational characteristics and operational polices that enhance the performance of a rehabilitation team. Team structure, leadership, process, decision making, communication, and the roles of team members are addressed. (CR)

Presents a framework of proposed criteria for evaluating policy in the context of postsecondary technical education institutions. Focuses on the institutional level, the policy created at an autonomous college or technical institute. (JOW)

In the 1960s and 1970s, some communities developed community schools--facilities to accommodate multitudinous human services for people of all ages and interests. Some schools are reinventing themselves as community centers, developing educational and recreational programs for youths and adults; medical/mental health, social-service and…

Examined the Kirkpatrick evaluation framework (D. Kirkpatrick, 1959) through a case study of a national leadership development program, the Canadian Agriculture Lifetime Leadership Program. Draws conclusions about using the Kirkpatrick framework to evaluate noncredit educational programs, and shows how the framework enabled productive formative…

Studied the New Millennium High School Model in Florida in a multisite case study of the original 10 sites involving interviews with 15 school leaders and 530 school personnel. Findings show the essentially grassroots nature of the model and the functioning of school leadership in this context. (SLD)

Examined evaluation challenges facing the National Child Benefit (NCB) program in Canada. Reviewed the Social Union Framework agreement focusing on the development of the NCB. Findings show the complexity of programs like the NCB. Detecting changes in the program and assisting interpretation of these changes will require detailed administrative…

Provides the conceptual framework for the Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) evaluation project, using the diffusion of innovations theory as the theoretical foundation to understand and assess the development of TIPs. Summarizes principles of diffusion theory, and discusses how the model was used to structure the TIPs studies. (SLD)

Employs Sporn's (1996) organizational culture typology in developing a framework to assist in understanding the process of internationalization of universities. Drawing from examples, discusses the alignment of internal culture with the internationalization objectives and strategies selected by the institution. Concludes that the framework helps…

Presents arguments for the need to examine programs that prepare science teacher educators and discusses the significant role that mentoring plays in preparing future science teacher educators. Examines features of an exemplary mentor model and suggests that a formal program of mentoring the preservice science teacher educator should be part of…