Describes school workshops in which parents and their children work together on learning activities designed to familiarize parents with what goes on in the school. (JM)

Unfortunately, many elementary schools today are not equipped with an art room. In addition, thousands of elementary school children complete the first six years of their formal education without the benefit of a qualified art teacher. The project described is one small step toward educating the "whole" child. It features the Artmobile,…

Philosophy and objectives of the Wave Hill/Fordham University Environmental Education Program are recounted. Use of a teacher-training workshop provides on-the-job experience both in teaching methods and factual information related to the environment. (BL)

Outlines the content, method, and initial evaluation of a two-day workshop designed to teach basic reading monitoring skills to parents. (HTH)

Describes a summer reading enrichment program that used whole language methodology and represented a collaboration between the Learning Institute of the Jewish Community Center on Staten Island, New York, and the Staten Island Children's Museum. Discusses getting started at the exhibit, program format, program evaluation, and recommendations for…

A description of this basic arithmetic program includes an outline of its goals, features contained in a teacher's manual, task cards and supplementary resource materials, steps involved in the implementation of the program, and answers to some questions about the program. An outline of the training program is given along with a workshop schedule.…

This publication was prepared as a guide to dealing with school human relations problems, with a focus on leadership training. It describes one method of organizing and training teams of administrators, teachers, support staff, parents, and others to pursue desirable human relations goals. The model program presented here was developed to aid…

A one-day in-service workshop was held for elementary and middle school teachers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Each workshop consisted of large-group presentations followed by small-group discussions by participants, who were divided into nine groups. Presentations concerned techniques to aid motivation among multicultural and multiracial…

"Multimodal Parent Training", developed by the author, is an eight-session, educationally oriented program designed for parents of elementary school age children. A brief description of the topics and activities involved in each session is provided. (Author)

Described are the objectives and results of the Cleveland State University summer workshop titled "Reasoning for Children," designed to provide inservice training in teaching philosophical constructs to elementary age children. (SBH)

The reading workshop is not based on ability groups, but provides a venue to focus on each student's strengths and needs. Components include a teacher-sharing time, focus lesson, state-of-the-class conference, self-selected reading and responding time, and student-sharing time. (MLH)

The program described here, the family education workshop, is one elementary school counselor's response to the need for parent education. The purpose of these family education workshop meetings was to provide parents with some skills that would produce more effective relationships between family members. (Author)

A workshop was designed to introduce experiences with chemistry at a level appropriate to elementary school teachers with little/no background in chemistry and presented so teachers learned to do hands-on experiments appropriate for their students. A list of 16 activities (with brief descriptions) used in the workshop is included. (Author/JN)

Describes an evaluator's experiences in three art workshops for fourth graders at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Workshop participants demonstrated significant intellectual growth and visual learning. (AM)

Describes a writing workshop in which teachers work with clay and write about their products. (HTH)