Compiled to promote the development of high quality, affordable, and accessible day care programs in West Tennessee, this manual helps prospective child caregivers decide which kind of day care to operate and describes start-up steps and program operation. Section 1 focuses on five basic questions of potential caregivers: (1) Which type of child…

This document presents a set of ten steps that can be used by a wide range of concerned people to mobilize a community to solve problems connected with the growing population of underachieving minority youth. Step I, "The Initiation," outlines how to develop a coalition to assure a strong foundation for mobilization efforts. Step II,…

The document consists of 30 author contributed chapters concerned with augmentative communication service delivery. Chapter titles and authors are: "Communication Options for Persons Who Cannot Speak: Planning for Service Delivery" (David Beukelman); "Planning Service Delivery Systems" (Roland Hahn II); "Planning Ohio's…

A description is given of the development of a training model designed to provide assistance to school districts in exploring and implementing programs for dealing with high risk students. The program activities are organized and modeled according to thirteen "quality practices" suggested by exemplary programs in the literature and research on…

This paper presents a report from the task force appointed by the Michigan Association of Colleges of Teacher Education to investigate induction programs for new teachers. It presents a comprehensive induction program model which involves collaboration between institutions of higher education, school districts, local education agencies, and the…

This publication compiles the findings and conclusions of the 3-year first phase (1980-83) of the Unesco Sub-regional Project for Special Education in Eastern and Southern Africa. It presents the state of the art of special education and prospects for future development in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia,…

A project was conducted at Manor Junior College, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, to design and implement a development conference for all faculty and staff who have a direct impact on vocational students. Emphasis was placed upon improving the quality of instruction, updating teacher competence, and introducing learning mechanisms for improving program…

The Kindergarten Oral Language Project (KOLP) is a program of the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District. The program is based on Teaching Activities for Language Knowledge and is designed to improve oral language skills of the kindergarten population, identify students at risk for language and speech problems, and decrease incidences of…

This annotated bibliography of 245 items published from 1970 through 1987 is intended to guide newcomers toward and remind service-learning veterans of key literature in the field. Sections of the bibliography include definitions and history, rationales, service-learning in higher education and in secondary education, theoretical and philosophical…

A 2-year pilot program in Toronto, Ontario, used in-school learning centers (LC) to enable 60 variously handicapped students in three junior schools to withdraw from self-contained classes and mainstream into regular classes. To develop the program, a Special Education Work Group performed such activities as writing issue papers, visiting 12…

The District Facilitator Project (DFP) assists local schools to improve their programs by linking them with exemplary projects in other school districts around the country. DFP provides coordination, technical assistance, and other services to aid implementation in the new location. The following objectives were stated for the program: (1) a…

The National Adult Basic Education (ABE) Development Consortium developed a set of staff development principles and techniques from staff training literature and surveyed professional ABE staff developers regarding their appropriateness. Of 65 surveys distributed at a Florida conference and mailed to other interested practitioners, 35 were…

This handbook is intended for use as a general guide by student teachers and supervising teachers in planning student teaching experiences in vocational agriculture. Section A is an introduction. It discusses the student teaching experience, defines selected terms, and lists objectives specific to student teaching. Section B lists criteria for…

The Richmond City Public Schools--Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Collaborative Teacher Education Program (CoTEEP) is a collaborative integration of preservice and inservice teacher education. Phase III of this program (1984-85) planned, developed, and began implementation of collaboration in preservice teacher education, determination of…

Although volunteer tutors traditionally have formed the basis of the programs of Laubach Literacy Action and Literacy Volunteers of America, volunteers have begun to play a greater role in adult literacy instruction provided through community-based organizations, correctional institutions, churches, and federally funded adult basic education.…