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Seldon, Willa; Jolin, Michele; Schmitz, Paul – Bridgespan Group, 2012
Communities face powerful challenges that require powerful solutions: a high-school dropout epidemic, youth unemployment, teen pregnancy. In an era of limited resources, those solutions must help communities to achieve more with less. A new kind of community collaborative--an approach that aspires to significant community-wide progress by…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Employment Qualifications, Career Development, Job Skills
Wolf, Brent – American School Board Journal, 1982
A sagacious school board will ensure that its school system meets the needs of the whole community by adopting a policy supporting use of school facilities for adult education programs and activities. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Community Education, Community Involvement
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Pillsworth, W. J. – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Offers examples of the use of volunteers in recreation and adult education programs. Describes Fanshawe College's local community advisory committees for continuing education centers. Identifies conditions for using volunteers effectively. Reviews Edison College's Talent Banking system which involves volunteers as visiting lecturers, career…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Support, Continuing Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1983
Intended especially for Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) personnel who determine and implement policies, this document concerns delivery of vocational rehabilitation services to hearing-impaired persons in New York. A statement of purpose begins the document. Each of the next seven chapters addresses a critical area of the rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement
Nebraska State Advisory Council for Vocational Education, Lincoln. – 1982
This handbook was written to demonstrate the procedure for setting up and running a citizen advisory council for vocational education programs. Organized into seven sections, the handbook provides information on the background and purposes of an advisory council, procedures for establishing a council, council operations, the council role, public…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Involvement
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Axelrod, Valija; And Others – 1977
Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This handbook, one of five in the subset of program development process documents for the series, is intended as an initial planning tool…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Thompson, John A.; Chock, Mona K.O. – 1976
Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this fourth section (4.4) of module 4 (Planning) consists of a series of suggested readings and activities to aid the administrator and staff in developing a supportive…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Career Education
National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
This report of the activities of the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education during 1976 focuses on current information about (1) the nature and extent of the need for federal continuing education programs; (2) the appropriateness of the existing responses in light of the needs identified; and (3) the Council's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Phipps, Lloyd J.; And Others
This publication is composed of a series of teaching source units recommended to assist in the improvement of the quality of citizens' participation in local advisory councils or committees. The content is designed to be used by an instructor with a group of citizens who desire to become more knowledgeable about their role and function. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Audiovisual Aids, Citizen Role