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Hur, Jung Won; Suh, Suhyun – Professional Educator, 2010
The purposes of this paper are to explain the development processes of an intensive summer program for English language learners and to discuss course improvement strategies based on the evaluation outcomes. This 60-hr partnership program between local schools and a university was developed to improve the language proficiency of increasing numbers…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Standardized Tests
Young, Raymond J.; McDougall, William P. – 1991
This book offers normative information about various operational facets of collegiate summer activities, places the role of the modern day collegiate summer session in evolutionary perspective, and provides baseline information produced by four national studies and one regional study. The book's chapters focus on: (1) a global perspective and…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational History, Educational Practices, Higher Education
Lyons School System, NE. – 1976
This guide was developed to help secondary education teachers plan a summer cooperative vocational education program. This booklet's content is presented in four sections. The first one covers background information while section two explains the reasons for establishing a summer cooperative education program. The third section discusses ten steps…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Extended School Year, Guides
American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1970
The 9-month school year with a 3-month summer vacation had its origin in our earlier agrarian life. Today's teacher shortages, overcrowded schools, and pressures to learn demand extensions of the school year. This publication analyzes five programs: (1) a staggered-vacation school year for all, (2) a full 48-week school year for all, (3) a…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1969
A teacher staff of 21 was employed for 6 to 8 weeks during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969 at Virgin Valley, Nevada, with funding provided by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Title III). The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of summer employment for teachers by the school system. Project design called for 3…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Kotrlik, Joe W.; Camp, Susan – 1984
The purpose of a study was to determine what Louisiana vocational agriculture teachers were doing during their summer months of employment and then provide this information to individual teachers as an aid in planning the summer program. In early May 1983 a sample of 110 teachers completed an initial survey instrument on which they indicated what…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Research, Planning, Program Development