Forty-three persons participated in a 4-day workshop designed to explore ways to identify and change attitudes toward advisory councils, how to develop and utilize advisory councils, and to review examples of existing advisory councils or committees. Topics discussed during the workshop included: (1) How To Select and Procure Members, (2)…

After stating some facts and assumptions supporting the need for a program of civic development for elementary students, an outline of the history and development of legal education programs in Hawaii for students from kindergarten through the twelfth grade was discussed. (Author/RK)

Discusses planning for those in higher education and presents a model for such planning. (Author/RK)

Describes the development and success of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' (North Carolina) electronic data processing program, part of the business education curriculum. Discussion covers survey results from businesses and the community, funding and costs, and the possible areas for future curriculum development. (SH)

Describes comprehensive planning of vocational education at the state level. (SB)

Describes the development of a seagoing vocational program for underachievers. (SB)

Steps in establishment of Indiana University School of Dentistry's quality assurance program included gathering existing information on quality assurance; ascertaining administrative support; appointing a committee; defining terms and setting goals; raising awareness and commitment; designing a patient satisfaction survey; undertaking a chart…

The use of focus groups to assess existing college student leadership efforts and as a step in developing better programs is examined. Procedures include assembling a planning team, identifying information needs, determining the composition of focus groups, soliciting and training volunteers, and using focus group results to design a program. (MSE)

The growing demand for program evaluation in the 1970s gave rise to a need for a comprehensive, carefully developed, objective set of guiding principles for the evaluation process, from initial planning to final report. The Joint Committee on Standards for Education Evaluation was established to meet this need. This broad-based group, representing…

The authors provide information to help parents of handicapped children plan, organize, and manage advisory councils for special education programs. Section I summarizes the roles and responsibilities of various advisory councils for special education, including local, regional, and state councils. Section II suggests some ways to organize a…

This manual, one of four related documents, is an overview of a program in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District (Pennsylvania) to remove sex bias from the curriculum, from extracurricular activities, from guidance materials and practices, and from personnel practices. The first part of the manual describes the model in terms of its rationale,…

THE UNSATISFACTORY STATE OF EDUCATION FOR THE DEAF IS A RESULT OF THE LACK OF PROGRAMS ASSAULTING PROBLEMS OF COMMUNICATION AND OF LANGUAGE LEARNING OF THE DEAF, LACK OF WELL PLANNED AND ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED RESEARCH, AND THE FAILURE TO DEVELOP SYSTEMATIC AND ADEQUATE PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATING THE DEAF AT ALL LEVELS. EARLY DETECTION AND EARLY…

The manual presents a process model for planning and implementing the Local Level Comprehensive System of Personnel Development as outlined in the Texas Education Agency Policies and Administrative Procedures for the Education of Handicapped Students. Part I provides a table of procedures and activities for the personnel training advisory group,…

To promote popular participation as a means and goal of community development, the Bureau d'Amenagement de l'Est du Quebec (BAEQ) had to work within a milieu that favored traditional power structures over social participation in decision making. Phase 1 (May-September 1963) of this project was mainly a time for recruiting and training change…