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Mollica, Jennie – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2020
Employers and labor organizations in the United States use apprenticeships to provide workers with technical education and paid on-the-job training leading to wage increases and higher-skilled jobs. When English learners participate in apprenticeships, employers benefit from an expanded pipeline of qualified employees and a more diverse workforce,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, English Language Learners, On the Job Training, Skilled Occupations
Owen, Julie E. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
Involving undergraduates in the design, delivery, and evaluation of classroom-based learning enhances student ownership of the learning environment and stimulates peer interest in the transformative possibilities of education. As bell hooks (1994) eloquently describes, the process of honoring student voices in the classroom enhances "the…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Teaching Assistants, Undergraduate Students, Training Methods
Krebeck, Aaron – Computers in Libraries, 2010
The public computing center offers an economical and environmentally friendly model for providing additional public computer access when and where it is needed. Though not intended to be a replacement for a full-service branch, the public computing center does offer a budget-friendly option for quickly expanding high-demand services into the…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Public Libraries, Computer Centers, Community Information Services
Haney, L. Richard; McClellan, Debralee – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Frederick Community College (FCC) is a comprehensive open-door community college that serves the citizens of Frederick County, Maryland, the state's largest county by size and seventh in population (230,000). It is located in central Maryland, equidistant from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The college's character as a learning college is…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Academic Support Services, College Instruction, College Environment
Stafford, Tish; Stemple, Jennifer – Library Media Connection, 2011
School librarians know the importance of collaboration. They cannot run effective school library programs unless they work closely with classroom teachers. They have learned that deep collaboration is a fluid process that evolves over time. Only as connections are made and relationships are forged can real instructional progress occur. Yet it…
Descriptors: Cooperation, School Libraries, Library Services, Librarians
Subramaniam, Mega; Ahn, June; Waugh, Amanda; Druin, Allison – Knowledge Quest, 2012
Understanding how to better engage young students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is essential. The constraints of U.S. K-12 schools (e.g. insufficient institutional supports, lack of technology access, testing pressures, etc.) often make it difficult to create truly engaging STEM curricula with which students can deeply…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, School Libraries, STEM Education
Ensor, Kevin L. – Journal of College Admission, 2009
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a nationally recognized program that was created in San Diego, California in 1980, and is designed to give high school students who ordinarily would not participate in rigorous, academic, college-preparatory classes the opportunity and support necessary to succeed in these higher-level classes.…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, At Risk Students, Program Descriptions, High School Students
Voorhees, Rhondie; Petkas, Steven N. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
The Common Ground Multicultural Dialogue program in the Department of Resident Life at the University of Maryland is an innovative peer education program designed to teach skills for engagement through exploration of contemporary multicultural societal dilemmas. The Common Ground Dialogue Program was launched in 2000 to provide undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching, Multicultural Education, Student Leadership
Gartland, Debi – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The 2010 Professional Development Schools National Conference recognized the professional development school relationship between Towson University with its dual certification major and the Howard County Public School System for its outstanding collaborative accomplishments, naming the Towson-Waterloo-Ilchester-Bellows Spring PDS as a recipient of…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Special Needs Students, Teacher Certification

Katz, Harvey P.; And Others – Young Children, 1973
This report describes a two-year experience utilizing a consultation service which attempted to integrate health services at a privately financed early childhood education center located within the newly planned city of Columbia, Maryland. (Authors)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cocounseling, Consultation Programs, Day Care Centers
Durington, Matthew; Maddox, Camee; Ruhf, Adrienne; Gass, Shana; Schwermer, Justin – Metropolitan Universities, 2009
Since the fall of 2006 a number of Towson University students concentrating in the discipline of anthropology have been part of a civic engagement and service-learning project focusing on an historic African-American community in Baltimore. While the focus of the research project concentrates on the processes of gentrification, individual student…
Descriptors: Local History, Anthropology, Service Learning, Research Projects
Burzichelli, Claudia; Mackey, Philip E.; Bausmith, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2011
The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mentors, Poverty, Dropout Programs
Marietta, Geoff; Brookover, Elisha – Foundation for Child Development, 2011
Despite skyrocketing growth in its English Language Learner (ELL) population, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has been remarkably effective in improving outcomes for ELL students across the district. Achievement has increased, and gaps between ELL students and their native English-speaking peers have decreased. This success is intentional.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Moorer, Charles Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This was a mixed methods study that examined the developmental education program at an urban public Maryland community college. The data were collected from interviews with a former English Chair, a former Math Chair, and the Director of Institutional Research. Each was selected because of his and her expertise. Data were also collected from one…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Urban Education, Interviews

Frieman, Barry B. – Children Today, 1995
Profiles the parenting seminars and counseling services for divorcing parents offered by the Children of Separation and Divorce Center, a community service agency in Maryland. The seminars are designed to help parents adjust to divorce and understand the needs of their children during and after the divorce process. (MDM)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Counseling Services, Divorce, Group Therapy