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Download full textLeVine, Evelyn; Schmitz, Paul – 1972
The Volunteers in Education Project is designed to utilize community volunteers to provide, without charge, various services to the school staff. Other goals are to reinforce the instruction of the teaching staff with volunteers trained for particular service, to offer individual help to students, to make available the talents and resources of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Descriptions
Collins, John – ASPBAE Journal, 1974
The Teletutorial Project developed by the Council of Adult Education Victoria, Australia, provides educational opportunities for isolated groups through a telephone linkup system, with tutors and their groups communicating over large distances. The program and teaching methods are described, with personalization and mutual exchange emphasized. (LH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audio Equipment, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedNewman, Anabel P. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1994
This article examines the broad array of adult literacy program alternatives currently available. These include government-funded adult education programs, such as Adult Basic Education and Even Start, volunteer programs such as Laubach Literacy Action and Literacy Volunteers of America, business and industry sponsored programs, community-based…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Community Programs, Family Literacy
Chute, Adrienne – 1987
Focusing on federal efforts to fight illiteracy through the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title I, this report describes some of the literacy projects that have been supported by LSCA funds, examines current literacy trends, and discusses some ideas for the future. The definition of literacy is considered, public libraries are…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Programs, Federal Aid, Instructional Materials
National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, DC. – 1986
With this handbook, crime prevention practitioners have a guideline by which they can structure viable crime prevention programs for their communities. Every aspect of developing, organizing, and implementing strategies for urban community participation in crime prevention is covered. The handbook makes a compelling case for using local resources…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Community Programs, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Macy, Rita – 1989
STRIDE (Success Through Reading Improvement and DEvelopment) is a literacy program developed in 1986 by Crowder College, located in the rural Ozarks of southwestern Missouri. Serving all age groups with trained literacy tutors ranging in age from 11 to over 60, STRIDE has been built on five main activities: (1) develop a philosophy that is…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Community Services
Bisard, Michael W. – 1974
This final report contains an overall assessment of progress toward goals, a listing of positive and negative results, estimates of total project costs, man-years, and future, and an evaluation of the six project components for a comprehensive youth determined program in South Carolina, the Youth Service Agency. This program is said to have been…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Programs, Community Relations, Community Services
