Noting that a family with young children is under tremendous pressure and that a babysitting cooperative can give parents relief during a vital stage of a family's development, this book provides guidance for mothers of preschool children in starting and maintaining a Smart Mom's Babysitting Cooperative based on the University Place Baby-Sitting…

Experiential educators can prepare students and clients for living in the global society of the new millennium through international experiences, both short- and long-term. The elements of experiential education--risk/challenge, direct experience, processing and reflection--can be important aspects of the international experience. Historically,…

Article discusses a regional subject matter catalog of lower division work and transfer requirements for use by counselors. (Author/RK)

The Florida Project Agriculture Applied Research Study identified two basic needs (1) to determine future manpower requirements in order to plan programs and facilities and (2) to identify basic skills required, in order to plan curricula. The performance objectives approach will be stressed in conducting instructional programs in vocational…

Article explained how to get ready for an art program by planning an individualized curriculum with which children's learning experiences can be broadened. (Author/RK)

Defines educational planning from differing perspectives and describes four bodies of knowledge bearing on the concept. Current uses of research by professors are depicted and future research and training needs bearing on planning are recommended. (Author/WM)

Describes a program for identifying potentially noncategorical disabled children while still at the preschool ages (3, 4, 5) and appropriate corrective programs. (Author/RK)

Author discusses guidelines on objectives, evaluation, and cooperative planning essential to good educational practice. (GB)

Author discusses the four components of planning: need, interest, organization, and accountability as they relate to an alternative school. (Editor)

Discusses the implications of the 1968 Vocational Education Amendments in terms of vocational and technical education programs, considering separately each of the Law's major parts. (JS)

This paper explores: (1) the problem of budgeting for school libraries and media centers, (2) the nature of the budgeting process including a modern approach to budgeting and (3) a framework within which budgeting can function as a powerful management and analysis tool for school media centers. (Author/MF)

The principal is at the crossroads of accountability, writes this author, who feels that plans for change are best brought about (and perhaps only) through the building principal. (Editor)