This paper presents and illustrates some principles for organizational development approaches to improving school climate. It discusses a specific structure for facilitating school improvement entitled Program Development Evaluation, and it illustrates the use of school climate assessments for school diagnosis and the evaluation of improvement…

This report discusses many issues with which those who are implementing peer counseling programs will have to contend. Although it is recommended that peer counseling program implementors be aware of and know how they will deal with each of the issues prior to program implementation, the issues are presented according to their identifiable time…

Described are the accomplishments of Project Agam during its first 6 months of operation. Discussion focuses on curriculum materials project staffing, program implementation, related research and evaluation plans, and teacher training. An outline of the projected work plan, including a pilot study and restricted and larger-scale experimental runs,…

This document serves as a guide for establishing new supervised occupational experience (SOE) programs in agriculture and/or updating/improving existing SOE programs. It is designed for use by administrators, guidance counselors, agricultural teachers, advisory committee members, and others who have an interest in or responsibility for the school…

This paper explores the background to and process of quality circles as well as the implications of circles for training. In the first section, the emergence and growth of quality circles in Japan and the United States are traced. Next, the theoretical and conceptual bases of quality circles are examined, while section 3 looks at implementation in…

Social programs are often based on unclearly articulated theoretical rationales. The evaluations of these programs are also often relatively theory free, and therefore make limited contributions to theory. A Program Development Evaluation (PDE) approach, intended to integrate theory testing with the development and evaluation of action programs,…

The manual provides a set of guidelines for documenting and assessing the degree to which the classroom component of the validated Regional Program for Preschool Handicapped Children is being replicated at other adoption sites. Section 1 identifies the three key elements of the Regional Program: the interactive teaching process; the…

This volume is the fourth in a series of five texts designed to accompany workshop instruction in evaluating bilingual programs. It is addressed to those involved with bilingual programs generally, educators directly involved in planning and implementation, and research and evaluation specialists. The purpose of this text is to provide the…

When different individuals operating in different contexts implement similar innovations, they approach the various parts of the innovation in different ways. When assessed according to the research procedures used to study innovation implementation at the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin,…

The first interim report focuses on administration of the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act, which established an emergency program of job training assistance for unemployed Korean Conflict and Vietnam-era veterans. It describes implementation processes undertaken by the Veterans Administration and the Department of Labor and their outreach and…

A survey of the San Diego City Schools English Language Program was carried out in December 1982. Based on the results of the survey, the following conclusions were drawn: (1) the survey shows a generally negative perception of the English Language Program; (2) all groups responding perceived themselves as doing a thorough job of implementing the…

This handbook for using the Entrepreneurship Training Components is divided into six sections. The entrepreneurship project overview discusses the background and purpose of the project, how the modules are organized, what makes these materials unique, module format, and purpose of the handbook. The section on training components examines the…

Described here is a rating scale to provide feedback about the success of training and of program implementation when a new program is being adopted. It allows project personnel to determine whether trainees possess the knowledge and skills necessary to implement a new program for which they are being trained. It also informs project personnel of…

An approach to designing diagnostic/prescriptive staff development programs for bilingual education, in which bilingual education is viewed as an innovation in the process of change, was explored. The aims were to: provide a method for defining bilingual programs in progress and determining the degree of implementation; determine teacher concerns;…

This paper was presented as part of a symposium exploring different philosophical and technical perspectives and implications of implementation research. Some basic differences between the structured and unstructured approach to implementation as portrayed in the literature are described. Next, the assumptions and assessment techniques of the…