First of a six-volume package, the guide introduces a resource and planning program for school practitioners responsible for involving the community in career education. The program, designed for use in preservice or inservice training of educational personnel, includes models, references, and suggestions for developing programs to secure…

The Illinois community college system is comprised of 39 districts encompassing 49 campuses which served a fall 1974 enrollment of 267,156 (over 50 percent of all students enrolled in public institutions of higher education in Illinois). According to legislative dictum, Illinois community colleges must offer programs in liberal arts and sciences,…

The publication presents program standards and performance objectives for industrial arts education as defined in the California State Plan for Vocational Education. It was designed for industrial arts teachers who wish to assist students in making meaningful occupational selections and to prepare them for enrollment in advanced vocational…

The report describes a three-day training program to improve the competencies of vocational educators in utilizing manpower information in planning vocational education programs. The program summary presents the goals and objectives, topics covered, procedures followed in participant selection and instruction, activities and accomplishments of the…

This orientation package provides an overview of all of the components of a comprehensive approach to guidance, counseling, and placement. The competencies related to each of the components are included in the package. The goal for the orientation module is for the participant to understand what the comprehensive approach to guidance, counseling,…

This book presents information on new scheduling concepts and approaches that are currently being used by different schools and is intended to aid school principals at all levels who are interested in revising, adapting, or rebuilding their scheduling systems. Individual chapters focus in turn on instructional programming and scheduling,…

The third in a series of documents reflecting the development of a comprehensive career education plan for the State of Nevada, the publication provides direction for schools seeking to set up an instructional framework for a sound and comprehensive career education program. It suggests a variety of approaches utilizing the abilities and resources…

The purpose of the study was to provide data and interpretations to help policy makers of the Appalachian Regional Commission in improving the quality and quantity of teachers in Appalachia. Questionnaires were sent to a 20% random stratified sample of approximately 162,000 teachers in the Appalachian portions of 11 states: Alabama, Kentucky,…

This document is the second volume of the feasibility study report for the Wisconsin Elementary Teacher Education Project. It provides in part 1 data on program, planning and budgeting, including cost figures for preparing students in the present and new programs, marginal expenses, and costs for implementing the program on other campuses. Part 2…

This paper presents, from the worker's point of view, ways in which paraprofessionals have related to clients, agencies, and the community, in their own idiom, often giving and receiving help that the professional staff were unable to obtain. The author discusses in detail: (1) important aspects of the black community that relate to patient…

The widespread feeling that college officials neglect and ignore student needs in the college curriculum, as well as a concern for the alternatives available to students in the area of general education precipitated the development of this program. The program's directions and goals are systematically elaborated in this report. The basic direction…

This paper summarizes the thoughts and suggestions of the 28 scholars and research persons convened to consider the problems in beginning the plans for a National Institute of Education as presented in President Nixon's White House Message in March 1970, and proposed in subsequent legislation to the Congress. (The summary is based on notes of Dr.…

The Canadian Council on Rural Development, established in December of 1965 as an advisory body to the Minister of Forestry and Rural Development, was created (1) to provide a means for exploration of new dimensions and concepts; (2) to stimulate public discussion on basic policy issues and problems; (3) to prepare and disseminate improved…

As part of the activities establishing the National Institute of Education, a Planning Unit evolved to obtain advice from experts on what the objectives, activities, and organizational structures of the new organization should be. This overview, part of the Planning Unit studies, lists and analyzes educational problems. An introduction presents a…

This report is a compilation of several regional forums held in Texas (Longview, McAllen, El Paso, Dallas, Lubbock, Houston, and Austin) by the Office of Early Childhood Development (OECD) concerning the needs and problems of young children. The report is divided into five sections: an introduction to the early childhood development planning…