One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and administrators relate more effectively to handicapped students in their classrooms, this booklet focuses on educational management as a plan for responsibility which requires interlocking relationships between several agencies to do its job. Decision-making limits and how…

The purpose of this document is to describe an elementary teacher preparation program at Oregon College of Education as an example of an ongoing, reasonably mature, competency-based teacher education program. Six major aspects of the program are discussed in detail. First, the background of the program is described, giving the history of the…

This document provides a step-by-step guide to assist administrators in implementing a career awareness development program on the elementary level. First the program is described by the four basic attitudes and ten overall objectives which underlie all the program activities. Then the administrative responsibilities are presented under the…

Issues pertaining to effective faculty development programs at colleges and universities are considered, based on interviews with faculty members, administrators, and students at 20 liberal arts colleges. The book is also an outgrowth of the author's role in the Project on Faculty Development in 1979 at the Association of American Colleges.…

Resulting from a project involving district, state, and federal educational agencies, the papers in this, the first of two volumes, are intended to provide information from research and practice that can help school districts in their efforts to make decisions about goals and methods of basic skills instruction. The topics of the papers in the…

This report describes a pilot energy conservation project in Grande Prairie (Alberta) School District No. 2357. Extensive data collection and analysis were undertaken to provide a sound, quantitative basis for evaluation of the program. Energy conserving measures requiring capital outlays were not considered. During the project, electric demand…

This program guide outlines procedures for establishing a career center in the secondary schools. It consists of an introduction and four major sections. The purpose and basic philosophy underlying the career center is outlined in the introduction. Following brief descriptions of 30 typical career center activities, the following aspects of center…

This document is a kit for conducting a program of performance appraisal for first line supervisors (such as department chairpersons) in instructional departments in two-year colleges. It was developed for use in selected postsecondary technical institutes in Wisconsin, but could be used in nontechnical settings. The first three sections of the…

Published by the Office for Families (OFF) and intended for use by parents, educators, and social workers, this publication includes a collection of abstracts covering a broad range of issues concerning children and social services. Each abstract was selected on the basis of information which would best serve the interests of parents and…

Ideas for putting the principles of faculty development into program form are discussed. The pitfalls of faculty development efforts are examined: the frustration of false expectations, the problem of fully integrating the program into the college community, the challenge of maintaining program momentum over time, and the inability to secure or…

Practical ways principals can modify and monitor their school's reading programs are suggested in this report that also presents reading theory and research results. The bulk of the report focuses on the elementary school and is divided into a short section on theory and a longer section on practice. Suggestions are given about establishing…

Based on the financial and narrative reports submitted by the States and other areas to the U.S. Office of Education, this annual report describes the operation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title II Program (ESEA Title II) in FY 1971 in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,…

Based on the narrative reports submitted to the U.S. Office of Education, this annual report describes the operation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title II Program (ESEA Title II) in FY 1973 in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,…

This document provides a description of the Metropolitan Planning Project (MPP), its objectives, strategies, and an evaluation of its implementation in the Boston area. In order to encourage the voluntary elimination, reduction, and prevention of minority group isolation in elementary and secondary schools in Boston, the project focuses on two…

This report presents a study of policy issues related to the provision of early childhood and family education services in Minnesota. Chapter One consists of an executive summary and recommendations. Chapters Two and Three overview the concept, rationale and implementation of Minnesota's early childhood and family education pilot programs.…