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Loryn Shawn Frame – ProQuest LLC, 2024
College athletics stakeholders have had growing concerns regarding student-athletes' transition out of collegiate athletics. Research specific to student-athletes following college athletics has explored mental health, role identity, and occupational participation. This program development plan addresses occupational therapy's role in assisting…
Descriptors: Program Development, Student Athletes, College Students, College Athletics
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Englehardt, Jacqueline; Hash, Kristina M.; Mankowski, Mariann; Harper-Dorton, Karen V.; Pilarte, Ann E. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2016
This article discusses the results of a school of social work survey assessing the geriatric training needs of social workers and other professionals in aging and the need for a gerontology practitioner's continuing education (CE) certificate program. A total of 391 professionals, the majority of whom were social workers, participated in an online…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Professional Continuing Education, Certification, Social Work
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Jones, Emily M.; Taliaferro, Andrea R.; Elliott, Eloise M.; Bulger, Sean M.; Kristjansson, Alfgeir L.; Neal, William; Allar, Ishonté – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
Increasing rates of childhood obesity has prompted calls for comprehensive approaches to school-based physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of comprehensive school physical activity program (CSPAP) development and related contextual issues within a rural Appalachian county using a Systems Approach. A…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Comprehensive School Health Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. – 1979
This document explains the West Virginia system of continuing education, describes the role of West Virginia in the Four State Project for staff development, and provides a list of resource documents available in the West Virginia Department of Education. In the first section an abstract of the program is presented along with a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Governance, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment, Program Budgeting
Ohio County Board of Education, Wheeling, WV. – 1975
The project has provided the basis for determining the vocational education curriculum and needed equipment to be incorporated into a new high school facility in Ohio County, West Virginia. The goal of the project was to develop expertise on the part of all involved in planning for the new school. This was accomplished by an indepth study of all…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Facility Planning, High Schools
National Inst. on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1978
This workbook is designed to build or improve the basic planning skills needed by persons responsible for program planning in alcohol service agencies. An understanding of the generic planning process in the development or expansion of community alcoholism-realted services can be acquired through the use of this guide. The workbook attempts to…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Alcoholism, Community Cooperation, Community Planning
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. Bureau of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education. – 1979
A planning model is presented which was used throughout the development of state and local and vocational guidance models and plans for West Virginia. The general planning model upon which the state model is based is also included. The planning model used is outlined in eighteen steps: (1) identify the problem; (2) decision makers awareness; (3)…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Community Programs, Counseling Services
Yoder, Delmar – 1981
This handbook provides practical materials for public officials, professionals, and citizens who are implementing citizen participation programs in rural areas. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the process of designing and implementing participation programs. Chapter 2 discusses identifying citizen participation needs and necessary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Committees
McKee, Jane Gallimore – 1991
The West Virginia Department of Education mandated that each county create an induction program for beginning teachers to begin in the fall of 1991. Although state guidelines suggested certain common elements, each county would set up its own program to meet the needs of teachers in that county. Because a rich source of information for program…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Benish, Jean, Comp. – 1978
Descriptions of 27 state early childhood education programs are presented in this survey conducted to provide information on which to base program development decisions related to early childhood education in West Virginia. The study surveyed the following areas in each state: definition of early childhood education; administrating agency; laws,…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Shively, Joe E. – 1984
A needs sensing confirmation study was conducted to identify the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL) long term research and development program needs and provide guidelines for its seven member states' activities. The AEL Board of Directors, individuals serving in similar positions as the Board members, and a sample of non-public school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Sumpter, Gary D.; Hill, Sherry G. – 1973
The exemplary project was designed to develop a competency-based spiral curriculum for vocational education in Boone County, West Virginia. The project focused on the following areas: (1) survey of labor market requirements, (2) curriculum development, (3) staff development, (4) employer and community coordination, (5) facility development, and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Druian, Greg – 1977
Four case studies presented in this handbook demonstrate specific techniques which can be used to build citizen participation in a community education program. Based on criteria of adaptability, evidence of effectiveness, and significance, one project for each of the following four classifications of ninety-two relevant projects was selected for…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adoption (Ideas), Case Studies, Change Strategies
Plein, L. Christopher – 2001
Structured work and training activities for welfare recipients in West Virginia began in 1962 when the state's entire caseload of two-parent families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children was enrolled in mandatory work and training activities. In 1980s-1990s, the Community Work Experience Program became an important tool in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Economic Climate, Economic Opportunities