Findings are presented from an experimental study of consultants, a three-year project funded by the Human Services Development Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the purpose of which was to provide a technology for use by consultants within youth-serving organizations in the diffusion and utilization of innovative programs.…

This paper addresses the role of the local Head Start program mental health consultant and outlines ways in which the program can assure optimal use of the consultant's services. The Head Start program incorporates the services of a local consultant to promote the mental health of children and parents. The specialist's role is to assist staff and…

This manual is intended to assist facilitators helping educational organizations plan and implement the School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS). The first section describes each component of SPECS and includes information about documents and data necessary for implementing the system. Section Two provides actual activities to…

This guide to inservice education is designed to help people in school systems (teachers, administrators, counselors, evaluators, and paraprofessionals) with the selection and use of the skills and knowledge of those university faculty committed to inservice education. Consultants are listed who are willing to serve as leaders of workshops,…

This document reports on a program to train administrative, supervisory, and consultative personnel in evaluation methods, techniques, and procedures for instructional programs. Specific program objectives were: (1) to define each participant's role in planning and evaluating an instructional program, (2) to write specific behavioral objectives…

In response to the need for a clear understanding of student personnel programs in the Chicago City College system, the following strategies were employed: (1) the Council of Student Personnel Deans adopted a statement titled "Principles and Corollaries for a Philosophy of Community College Student Personnel Services" which was drafted…

Private organizations and state governments are increasingly seeking out businesses with training needs they cannot fulfill themselves and finding community colleges willing to set up flexible retraining programs quickly. (MSE)

As objective outsiders, consultants can bring a fresh and unbiased view to institutional needs and perspectives. However, careful preliminary screening of consulting firms by colleges and universities considering their use is important, addressing a variety of cost considerations; prospective firms' experience and success record; and the specific…

This paper will detail three projects which focussed on enhancing online learning at a large Australian distance education University within a School of Business, School of Health and School of Education. Each project had special funding and took quite distinctive project management approaches, which reflect the desire to embed innovation and…

This career education consultant package, designed for use with staff at the intermediate grade level, is one of a set of six packages of consultants' materials developed to serve as a guide for consulting staff presenting career education workshops in the following areas: Conselor's, primary K-3, intermediate, junior and senior high, and…

This career education consultant package for use with school administrators is one of a set of six packages of consultants' materials developed to serve as a guide for consulting staff presenting career education workshops in the following areas: Counselors, primary K-3, junior and senior high, intermediate, and administrators. (The "Career…

Intended for reading specialists who wish to become expert resource persons, this book provides a number of suggestions on how to bring about change in the attitudes of other educators concerning the place of the reading specialist in regular classroom settings. The nine chapters of the book provide the following information: (1) an overview of…

THIS WORKSHOP ON THE COORDINATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PRESENTED MATERIAL OF INTEREST TO PERSONNEL OF BOTH NEW AND ESTABLISHED COLLEGES. FOUR APPROACHES WERE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL--(1) THE USE OF A CORE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A COMMON EXPERIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS BEFORE THEY DECIDE BETWEEN AN OCCUPATIONAL COURSE OR HIGHER LEVEL…

This report explains the role of reading/language arts resource specialists, contains tips for setting up a resource specialist program, and presents data--and discussions of this data--collected in a field testing of a staff development project conducted by the Florida Right to Read effort during the 1973-74 school year. The latter half of the…

A comparative analysis of the importance of selected program planning procedures and related actions for developing, conducting, and evaluating adult educational activities as perceived by adult educators and urban planners was made. The sample comprised 35 adult educators and 35 urban planners from 21 areas in Florida. An instrument listed, in…