This handbook orients counselors to the counseling needs engendered by the curriculum program of the Thirteen College Consortium. In addition to providing an overview of the philosophy and objectives of the counseling program, the book describes the general and special services to be provided by counselors. Also described are the techniques and…

This booklet examines the topic of inservice training for educational administrators and is intended to aid school district personnel interested in developing and implementing such programs. Besides discussing the inservice training opportunities currently available for Oregon school administrators, the authors also provide general guidelines for…

The design and evaluation of a secondary special education program is described. The program is noted to incorporate four phases: Phase-I evaluating the learning laboratory (LL) concept; Phase II-field testing the exportability of the LL concept; Phase III-providing a document explaining how to organize, staff, and operate a LL; and Phase…

The document describes the Senior Citizens Legal Services program in Santa Cruz, California, which provides legal services to the elderly poor with the assistance of senior citizens who act as legal assistants. Among those involved in the Senior Citizens Legal Services are the following staff members, whose duties are outlined: office assistant,…

The document is the first of three volumes (Volume 3 is a film) dealing with the demonstration of dissemination practices on special class instruction for the mentally handicapped utilizing master teachers as inservice educators. Volume I is a report on functions and guidelines for replication. Inherent in the volume is a detailed discussion on…

A nationwide questionnaire survey of over 430 television stations as to religious program activity during the year July 1, 1964, to June 30, 1965, sought data on such matters as weekly hours of program time, program types and styles, and subjective evaluations of the value and professional quality of programs used or created by the stations.…

This author contends that student-teacher supervision cannot be done effectively in traditional ways. He discusses five myths of supervision and explains a program developed at Portland (Ore.) State University that puts the emphasis where it should be--on the supervising teacher. (Editor)

A program involving the use of calculators for an eighth-grade class is described. Guidelines to assist those in the process of initiating a program involving the use of calculators are included. (MN)

The characteristics, procedures and policies at Upper St. Clair High School that led to the initial investment, eventual purchase, and continual expansion of a computer system up to the present are reviewed. (MN)

Charts, games, role playing, stories, scientific devices and research projects are ways that a teacher helped his fifth graders to learn what to look for and where to look when exploring the sky. (Author/RK)

Provides recommendations for developing programs for gifted students. Describes the development of an operational talented and gifted program for elementary students in Connecticut, called Operation Mind Stretch. (MA)

Many colleges cannot provide sabbatical leave for teachers. With the "mini", short-term leave can produce long-term benefits. (Editor)

The article describes the ways in which formative evaluation was used in the development of a hospital's critical care nursing education program during the teaching/learning process, and in improving instruction in the program. Suggestions are made to guide others wishing to utilize formative evaluation effectively. (Author/AJ)

Describes a model that focuses on basic skills related to specific occupations, while also addressing the Fair Employment Practices Act. Utilization of this model will not only assist districts in prescribing skills, but will also focus the business community on the school's efforts to meet the needs for alternative educational programs.…