The Guidance and Counseling Task Force of the California State Department of Education was charged with the task of studying the pupil personnel services available to students in California schools and of developing a plan for improving and extending those services where needed. This document is the result of more than a year of study and direct…

This module is a competency-based staff development training package which focuses on the assessment of desired outcomes in career guidance. It is part of a long-range project designed to present a comprehensive approach to career guidance, counseling, placement and followup. As a staff training package, this module is directed toward developing…

This publication is basically a catalog that presents summary descriptions of approximately 50 innovative instructional and management practices developed by school districts and other educational organizations in the state of Oregon. Most of the programs listed were developed using federal funds, though several were financed entirely by the state…

This discussion of the Pennsylvania Model Project follows a flow chart to cover all aspects of the program: mission, awareness and understanding, advantages and disadvantages, commitment, needs assessment, isolation of problems, setting priorities, assessing the present program, reevaluation of priorities, planning staff allocation, goals and…

The manual explains how to plan, implement, and evaluate an alternative learning resource center approach to mainstreaming for elementary school students classified as educable mentally retarded, perceptually impaired, or neurologically impaired. (It is noted that a 3-year learning center demonstration project, funded under Title III, was…