This package of materials gives a complete description of the inservice teacher education program developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project for training in the use of their elementary school mathematics materials. The inservice program can be administered at institutes under the direction of elementary teaching personnel with a…

Sample course materials for the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project Teacher Institute are presented. The package includes the first five written lessons of the course and samples of supporting materials supplied with each lesson. The supporting materials pertain to one week's work: a summary of the problems in a film shown at the class…

The percentage of Latinos in top university administration lags far behind that in the nation overall. How can we increase their numbers? One answer is leadership institutes. This article examines these institutes in general and those addressing minorities in particular, with an eye to presenting models that may aid future Latino leadership…

This paper describes the signature role played by accomplished, experienced teachers in professional learning communities, and the importance that these practitioners make their teaching public and shared. In so doing, the authors describe how accomplished practices can be shared between classrooms and between practitioners with varying levels of…

A 10-week intensive program trained 12 interpreters for the deaf. (DB)

This catalog is a compilation of training course and educational program descriptions in abatement and pollution control scheduled by the Environmental Protection Agency. Descriptions of programs include prerequisites, class size, and length of time with the content goals. Also given is general information concerning tuition fees, waiver requests,…

The Institute on the Automation of Bibliographical Services was held at the University of Maryland, 10-21 June 1968, conducted by the School of Library and Information Services, assisted by the Library of Congress Information Systems Office and the University Computer Science Center. Thirty-nine participants from academic, special, and public…

This report documents an application of the Preparing Educational Training Consultants (PETC) systems to the training of a cadre of internal organizational specialists, presenting its analysis in five chapters dealing with (1) a description of the systems, the context and focus of the study and major questions guiding the evaluation; (2) a history…

The authors describe a core training program consisting of methods, materials, curriculum, and practicum to serve as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the certification of noncertified employed special education personnel. (SBH)

The article describes the administrative structure, content, presentation, and evaluation of a summer inservice training program for vocational teachers of handicapped students. (CL)

Reports on the third annual Haystack Teacher/Crafts Institute, an intensive week-long session cosponsored by the Maine Art Education Association and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. The intent of the workshop is to promote renewal among the participants in their dual roles as teachers and artists. (SJL)

The activities of Project GREAT (Gifted Resources Education Action Team), a technical assistance service for gifted programs, are described. (CL)

THESE INSTITUTES CONTINUED THE EMPHASIS OF THE 1964 AND 1965 INSTITUTES ON TRAINING TEACHERS TO TEACH FLUID POWER AND EVOLVING EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR INTRODUCING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO EDUCATORS. THEY WERE ADMINISTERED BY THE FLUID POWER SOCIETY WHICH, THROUGH ADVISORY COMMITTEES, ESTABLISHED THE CONTENT, PROCEDURES, AND COORDINATION OF THE…

The report discusses accomplishments of a project to develop and implement a field based instructional model for training university faculty in career education for handicapped students and to encourage career education training in existing university programs. It is explained that the project served three subgroups: 55 university faculty members,…