Survey of 20 rural eastern North Carolina teachers suggests that spring and fall are best for holding outdoor education workshops, with fall preferred. Workshops should provide teachers with hands-on activities, information about local outdoor resource areas, and classroom materials and should emphasize improving teacher familiarity with the…

The report describes a workshop held to facilitate compliance with recent Tennessee legislation and organized to: (1) plan a model pre-vocational education program at the seventh and eighth grade level and (2) plan for personnel development for teachers, counselors, coordinators, and others responsible for prevocational education programs.…

The purpose of this guide is to provide administrators and teachers who work in education programs for migrants with a tool which may be useful in guiding the development and appraisal of such programs. Objectives for migrant education programs and the criteria for program appraisal included in the guide have been developed through the efforts of…

This book summarizes activities and results of a middle childhood education workshop held for the improvement of staff skills, knowledge, attitudes, and experience. The components of a plan for training middle childhood educators are presented in the logical order of program development: (1) development of educational policy; (2) needs assessment…

Intended as workshop guidelines, the model for career education implementation contains six modules which outline the procedure for integrating career education into the instructional process, and describes a multi-media approach to guide administrators through the developmental process. Module one, Preparation for District Career Education…

One of two workshop modules developed to be used in training vocational teacher education personnel how to adapt, utilize, and implement performance-based teacher education (PBTE) curricula materials, this module (X-102) was specifically designed for the large number of teacher educators and other leaders who participated in the twenty-four…

One of two workshop modules developed to be used in training vocational teacher education personnel how to adapt, utilize, and implement performance-based teacher education (PBTE) curricula materials, this module (X-101) was specifically designed for the leadership teams who attended the two national workshops conducted as a part of the National…

In its first year, a developmental career orientation program for an integrated curriculum in the East Hartford, Connecticut, school system at the elementary level implemented a wide range of "real-life" activities, field trips, and resource speakers. Focusing on occupations in the community, this career awareness project met educational needs and…

This workshop manual was developed to aid instructors in complying with the federal mandate to eliminate sex discrimination and bias in elementary and secondary physical education classes. Information and participant worksheets are provided for the following topics: (1) basic guidelines for physical education Title IX compliance; (2) case examples…

A final evaluation (two interim evaluations were previously conducted) was made of Project ICE (Implementing Career Education), which attempted to infuse career education into elementary and secondary school curriculum in St. Louis. While the earlier evaluations concentrated on the elementary level, this third one assessed the program's operation…

Activities of and outcomes resulting from the State Project to Implement Career Education (SPICE) in New York City schools for the first year and a half are reported in this summative evaluation. Findings (much of which are statistical data) discussed deal almost exclusively with the elementary-junior high program, one of two autonomous programs…

This project was undertaken to develop programs for gifted/talented students in vocational education. The primary considerations were to investigate methods to identify highly creative students and to develop a curriculum model to nurture creativity. A seminar on creativity was held at Glassboro State College for the purpose of assisting in the…

This manual is intended for use in training a local career education program design group in the techniques involved in producing a program design document by giving group members step-by-step, hands-on experience. These materials, representing a one-and-one-half-day workshop consist of ten activities. Topics covered in the activities are an…

Intended for adult basic education program coordinators and the parent institutions of these programs, this package is designed for use with groups or individuals to introduce and develop the idea of evaluation in adult basic education programs. It is suggested for use in a workshop format; the whole package should take approximately 2 full days…

This manual is designed to inform local school district personnel of career education concepts and practices. These materials, representing a one-day workshop, consist of nine activities. Topics covered in the activities are an overview of the workshop, definitions of career education, and differences between career and vocational education;…