This directory of consultants is intended to provide a reference tool to rural educators seeking advice and assistance in adapting existing programs or building new programs to serve the rural adult. Introductory material notes that the process used to locate these professionals included a national survey of rural model programs conducted by the…

This seven section guide, written for state and local career education coordinators, dissemination specialists, and representatives of labor, business, industry, and government, describes the Northwest Connection (NWC), a demonstration, regional, career education, peer assistance model. Section 1 presents an overview of the NWC, describing the…

Stanford University (California) restructured its legal services office, for both cost containment and service improvement, by outsourcing legal work. The new system consists of a smaller in-house legal staff, for largely preventive work (academic and medical affairs, policy formation), and contracts with three outside law firms to work in…

Discusses the rationale and describes the components of a three-phase approach in which an instructional improvement consultant and training instructor work as partners in the process of building and refining the teaching skills of classroom instructors in training settings. (MBR)

A resource guide for those who want to promote the study or development of leadership is presented. Section A provides a selected sample of 101 course and program descriptions submitted by teachers or program directors. This section includes reading lists and texts. Section B is a bibliography of books, articles, reports, and reference materials…

Getting faculty to accept specific suggestions and put them into practice is discussed. Creating a pool of good ideas about teaching and using experienced consultants to help faculty adopt some of these ideas are suggested. Student and faculty questionnaires and an example of a teaching idea packet are included. (MLW)

The Baylor Principals' Center in Waco, Texas, offers programs in the Texas cities of Waco, Corsicana, and Killeen. Advanced instructional leadership training workshops consist of 12 hours of training. Incorporated into the meetings of the instructional leadership sessions are collegial circles made up of from six to eight people assigned in a…

At George Mason University (Virginia), a consulting firm designed a program to train university administrators to deal with the media effectively. On-camera simulations, followed up with practice sessions in the university's telecommunications department, were an effective method of preparing for difficult media questions. (MSE)

These two manuals provide a suggested format and materials for a one-day workshop designed to train the trainers of counselors who wish to be consultants, as well as to train the counselors to be consultants. Although counselor-consultants can serve many populations, the focus of these manuals is on services to teachers. The trainer's manual…

Describes the art education program in Moncton, New Brunswick (Canada) from elementary school through senior high, emphasizing art as a serious discipline that demands a coherent structure, definite objectives, sequential learning skills, reasonable expectations of both product and process, a regular place in the timetable, and trained teachers…