Discusses a student-run community project dealing with a specific social problem. Offers guidelines and evaluative criteria for use by teachers of speech communication who wish to develop such programs as a source of enrichment for regular coursework. (MH)

The development of minicourses in the junior high schools at Crystal Lake in the spring of 1973 is considered. (BP)

A brief history of business/education partnership development (BEPD), using the development of the Boston Compact in 1975 as an illustrative case study, highlights several points: partnerships embrace diverse territory and goals; a partnership is a process, not an event; a partnership is a relationship between institutions and people within those…

This guide was developed to aid school administrators and school board members in leading the planning for a community approach to combat alcohol and drug abuse. It highlights critical aspects of the abuse problem among students in New York and explains the rationale for a cooperative planning effort by the school, the home, and the community. It…

This handbook provides a practical guide for local communities to use to establish work education councils. It deals both with the role which such a council can play in a community and with the process for setting up a work education council. Following an introduction that discusses the work education council concept and demonstration project, the…

This document is the first of two volumes describing the activities of the Tri-State Parenting Collaborative (TSPC) Project, conducted in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota during the period from 1977 through 1982. The TSPC linked state education agencies, universities, local schools, community groups, and an education development center in…

Discussed the role of colleges in guiding students to a clearer understanding of their needs and in setting up program objectives. (Author/RK)

These materials are designed to help concerned people develop and improve the quality of business and economic education programming in their community school system. Cooperative curriculum planning and community resource sharing should involve professional educators and community members in order to obtain the broadest possible consensus for…

Although the enrollments in vocational-technical education programs have been increasing steadily, a great deal of misunderstanding still exists about these programs. Vocational-technical education has an image problem. A coordinated, comprehensive communication program using a variety of media, such as newspapers, radio, and publications, should…

Educators sometimes fail to adequately bring about school community collaboration. To do so, cooperative policy adjustments must be made, such as the supportive network created in the Dallas "Adopt-a-School" Program. Too, implementation adjustments must be made in the development of an action-learning program such as the flexible…

This guide is the tenth in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…

This guide is a reference to assist nutrition educators in conducting a nutrition education project for certain target populations. It represents activities undertaken with school, home, and community cooperators in Lowell, Massachusetts, to improve the nutritional knowledge of bilingual (Spanish speaking) children and their families. Formats for…

The American public school must depend for its strength on the support of local citizens who understand school affairs. The task of interpreting school affairs to the public is an administrative function and requires both information programs and enlistment of community support. Organized programs are needed in which (1) community relations needs…

This booklet is intended to aid leaders of local education associations in developing a continuing public relations (PR) program aimed at establishing and maintaining a favorable public image for teachers. Although it offers useful guidelines for developing a PR program, the booklet does not contain lists of specific things to do. Instead, it…

Three separate papers related to the Oregon Right to Read program are contained in this document. The first paper discusses the program and its objectives, considering such topics as staffing, preparation, organization and management of a quality community reading program, maintenance and dissemination of materials and information, the…