This document describes the Resource Agent Program as inaugurated by the Vermont Department of Education. A resource agent is described as a teacher who has developed a program or activity that has been successfully applied in the classroom; resource agents are available to share their ideas, experiences, and some materials with other teachers who…

The paper charts the development of a gifted program for secondary students in Pointe Claire, Quebec. The program featured an unstructured learning environment maximizing student choices, a resource teacher and facility, and learning experiences outside of school. Selection criteria are explained and a sample behavior rating scale is appended.…

Successful integration of hearing impaired students on the secondary level requires that the resource teacher provide supportive help to the students and the classroom teacher. Functions of the resource teacher include acting as an academic tutor to students already equipped with basic academic skills, pre-teaching courses to students lacking…

Describes a resource teacher's efforts to implement a program to improve reading at the secondary level in a Florida school. Offers activities used in the program. (FL)

A resource program for mildly handicapped secondary students combines direct instruction with an emphasis on generalization. Additional support is given directly or indirectly (through the regular teacher). Resource teachers have to find time to consult with students and teachers, adjust the resource curriculum, and develop rapport with regular…

Greater utilization of resource personnel in vocational agriculture classes provides a high-quality program. Procedural guidelines discuss: (1) advance preparation, (2) contacting the resource, (3) introducing and moderating the presentation, (4) follow-up activities. (MW)

Sprague High School's program to train career education resource teachers was designed to recruit and prepare approximately 15 individuals from business, industry, and the professions who would provide exploratory career experiences and information to students. A four-page outline covers the program's objectives, procedures, a third party…

There is a rational approach to meeting the needs of mainstreamed learning disabled secondary students. (Author/PHR)

To investigate the role expectations of the high school learning disability resource teacher, a behavior scale was developed to which 134 incumbents responded as to their actual and desired role performance. (BD)

The article describes three components of classroom efficiency to aid secondary resource teachers serving handicapped adolescents: (1) use of group instructional procedures; (2) use of noncertified paraprofessionals, volunteers, and peer tutors; and (3) a procedure for managing the multiple expectations placed on resource teachers. (DB)

Argues that reading resource specialists can show content area teachers how to create an atmosphere of support, modeling and guiding students to become strategic readers who gain control of their own learning. (RS)

Discusses the problems of hiring substitutes and Ellington High School's (Connecticut) plan to deal with the problem: relieve teachers of supervisory duties, assign them to resource rooms organized around a particular academic discipline, and utilize these teachers as substitutes in their area of discipline when the need arises. (LC)

The authors describe a successful method for using community resource speakers for career awareness sessions with high school students. The method involves a program to train the resource speakers to communicate effectively about their knowledge and information which is followed by the career awareness sessions. (SE)

Presented is the final report of Project TEAM (Teacher Encouragement to Activate Mainstreaming) to improve the attitudes and skills of seven regular secondary teachers serving 27 educable mentally or educationally handicapped students. Methodology is explained to have involved analysis of student records to identify students ready for…

Described in the practicum report is the design, implementation, and evaluation of the first comprehensive high school program for five hearing impaired adolescents in Southeastern Massachusetts. Sections focus on the following topics: the Southeastern region's need for a high school hearing impaired program, the impact of the state invitation to…