The Intergenerational Leadership Institute (ILI) is a yearlong certificate training program developed by Pennsylvania State University for older adults (55-plus) seeking new lifelong learning and civic engagement experiences and opportunities to contribute to innovation and change in their communities. Data from participant surveys and…

This paper describes the creation of a comprehensive First-Year Experience program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally (LGBTQA) students. Background information on First-Year Experience programs, LGBTQA populations, and the benefits of providing this program are described. The authors discuss how to plan and implement this…

This resource was prepared in response to a request for information about the innovations and lessons learned as the result of the investments States have made in transforming their workforce using their Race to the Top -- Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grants. These strategies and accomplishments will be helpful to other States as they…

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…

Since September 2002, business leaders and educators have been examining the differences in business and educational leadership in a professional development partnership, titled, The Academy for Leadership in Education (ALE). This organization was created as a program to encourage the study of leadership and develop the capacity for mentoring new…

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…

This report describes the activities of the Maryland Clearinghouse Training Advisory Committee (CTAC) in developing a statewide training plan for child care providers (called the Core of Knowledge Training Program) and presents the main ideas of the plan itself. The CTAC was created in 1992 to draft a comprehensive plan for training, education,…

This publication offers a sampling of the innovative programs begun or expanded in fiscal 1972 in the State of Maryland. These programs were designed to turn on bored students to the relevance of education, to develop career awareness among students at all grade levels and alert them to the values and rewards of work, to make adults aware of new…

Through the competitive proposal process, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) received a three-year Teacher Enhancement Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in March 1998. The Maryland State Department of Education provided additional funds for the grant. The purpose of the grant was to administer the Technology Education…

Designed for a community fire education effort, particularly in which local volunteers present general information on fire safety to their fellow citizens, this workbook contains nine lessons. Included are an overview of the household fire problem; instruction in basic chemistry and physics of fire, flammable liquids, portable fire extinguishers,…

Reported was a project in which the Maryland School for the Blind first conducted surveys of occupational opportunities for the visually handicapped in Maryland and the employment history of adults who attended the Maryland School for the Blind between 1961 and 1971; and then developed a pilot vocational education program in response to survey…

Described is the 1971-72 Mark Twain School (Montgomery County, Maryland) staff development institute at which 38 regular classroom teachers were trained in individualized psychoeducational programing for emotionally disturbed adolescents with learning difficulties whose needs could not be met in regular secondary school programs. Five chapters…

Described and evaluated is the 1972-73 Mark Twain Internship Program, a demonstration project to train teachers of emotionally disturbed adolescents who experience learning and human relations difficulties. It is noted that the program was sponsored by the Montgomery County, Maryland public school system and was funded under Title IV, Education of…

Described and evaluated is the 1973-74 Mark Twain Internship Program, a demonstration project to train teachers of emotionally disturbed adolescents who experience learning and human relations difficulties. It is noted that the program was sponsored by the Montgomery County, Maryland public school system and was funded under Title IV, Education of…

A study examined the extent of cooperation and coordination between and among agencies and individuals responsible for job training, vocational-technical and occupational education programs, and supportive services in Maryland. Two methods of inquiry were used in the study. First, a questionnaire was mailed to the director or coordinator of…