This handbook for incoming students describes procedures, services, programs, and opportunities at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. First, the handbook outlines procedures for enrolling in classes, covering admissions, placement tests, registration, fee payment, and adding, dropping, or changing classes. A section on new student…

The Registration Involving Parents Program was instituted at Hill City High School, Kansas to: (1) keep parents informed of academic goals of students; (2) allow teachers to be more directly involved in the goal-setting of students; (3) reduce class schedule changes after the beginning of the school year; (4) force students to justify choices and…

Designed to orient and assist teaching assistants (TAs) in the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) Department of History, this handbook features both specific information and guidelines. A general information section describes payroll procedures, and a section devoted to teaching correspondence courses details: (1) procedures; (2) student…

An annotated bibliography of materials for the orientation of refugees and their sponsors is a supplement to "A Guide to Orientation Materials for Indochinese Refugees and their Sponsors," and includes 40 entries for materials pertinent to many other, non-Indochinese refugee groups. The materials are grouped alphabetically by the…

One of a series of refugee orientation materials, this guide to employment is intended to assist Hmong refugees in their understanding of the employment situation in the United States and to give them necessary information for obtaining work. The text is in Hmong followed by an English-language version, which is not an exact translation but which…

This document reports on the nature of Australian beginning teachers' entry into the teaching profession and examines, among other questions: (1) procedures adopted to ease teachers into employment; (2) sources of information concerning their new teaching situations; (3) planned induction activities and their value; (4) matters of teacher concern;…

Provided are ten student exercises designed for orientations in the sciences, particularly biology, and for a class entitled Literature of Science, Technology, and Agriculture. An introduction outlines the use of 5 classroom exercises and 5 library exercises, and an appended section provides brief comments concerning the applicability of each of…

An outline of reference works on history is presented, with emphasis on those bibliographies which provide appropriate research tools and methodologies without restriction to a particular library. The guide is presented in six sections. Section I identifies guides to bibliographies and sources of bibliographies including standard historical…

A 28-MINUTE FILM, "HOMEFIRES," DRAMATIZING THREE CASE HISTORIES OF HOMEMAKER SERVICE, WAS DEVELOPED TO BE USED AS A TRAINING AID, AN INSTRUMENT FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES AWARE OF THE SERVICE, AND A TOOL FOR RECRUITING CANDIDATES TO THE HOMEMAKER AIDES TRAINING PROGRAMS. HOMEMAKER SERVICE IS A FORM OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCIES…

IN FALL 1964, PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S GENERAL COLLEGE WERE ASSIGNED TO GROUPS FOR 2-DAY ORIENTATION SESSIONS, IN WHICH THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, COMPLETED A TEST BATTERY, PARTICIPATED IN A "COLLEGE MEETING", AND REGISTERED FOR CLASSES. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP RECEIVED THE…

Designed to assist pupil transportation supervisors, safety instructors, school bus drivers, curriculum writers, teachers, and others who have some type of responsibility for school bus safety, this suggestion-type booklet provides practical tips for educating student school bus riders. The items covered are (1) going to the bus stop; (2) at the…

This study examined the potential for integrating information on Navy careers into the career education programs which are currently being developed. This integration would result in the presentation of Navy employment information in the same educational context in which employment information on comparable careers in the civilian environment is…

This document is comprised of the materials for an intensive training program in evaluation. Evaluation is conceptualized as the process of determining the kinds of decisions that have to be made; and selecting, collecting, and interpreting the information needed in decisionmaking. A 5-phase model of evaluation consisting of (1) needs assessment,…

To utilize park facilities to their fullest, visitors must be well-oriented to the park's physical layout. The results of a study undertaken at Rocky Mountain National Park indicate that information should be readily accessible and easy to use. (DF)