Provided here is advice to principals concerning the documentation that should be used in the teacher evaluation process and presented at a hearing to support a recommendation for termination. The booklet presents a system of documentation intended to be simple but effective and which can be used in conjuction with any school district's evaluation…

Part of the "Nutrition Education-Choose Well, Be Well" curriculum series, this guide was developed to help teachers, food service personnel, professionals, and parents provide nutrition education and make nutrition come alive in the classroom, home, or cafeteria. Organized by grade level (from fourth through sixth), activities described…

The purpose of this booklet is to help teachers design and select appropriate mathematical problems for the early childhood years. Organizing the classroom for problem-solving sessions is its secondary focus. The material was gathered in early 1970s and first appeared in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Thirty-Seventh Yearbook,…

Guidelines and sample designs for the construction or renovation of libraries providing services to blind and handicapped individuals are introduced by brief discussions of the responsibilities of members of the planning team, planning prerequisites, funding, and architect and site selection. Barrier-free designs are then suggested for the entry…

In order to develop guidelines for the selection of journals by the Center for Research Libraries, a study was done of the use made of the Center's Journal Access Services (JAS), which supplies photocopies of journal articles to member institutions from the Center's collections and from the British Library Lending Division (BLLD). Based on a…

An investigation of quality indicators in high-technology programs in two-year postsecondary institutions explored three questions: the nature of high technology and its implications for educational practice; the essential components and features of a quality program; and the level of implementation of quality characteristics in exemplary…

This handbook is designed to assist academic librarians with various aspects of the research and publication process. Arranged alphabetically by main entry, five of its six chapters contain critically annotated lists of books and articles providing information on what to publish, where to publish, how to publish, how to do statistical research,…

This publication provides parenting information concerning infants, toddlers, and children in the preschool, elementary school, early adolescence, and high school years. The section on infants includes material on child care, safety, and the process of learning language. Toddlers are discussed in terms of discipline, rewards, reading aloud, and…

Defining a telecourse as a series of lessons presented through the medium of television, this paper outlines four uses of telecourses and describes three different options for telecourse design: (1) use of commercially-available materials; (2) use of professor-developed materials; and (3) a combination of the two. Focusing on the…

This report provides guidance to local Title XX Day Care providers, Head Start administrators, and school district administrators in Texas who are interested in coordinating the services offered to eligible 4-year-olds in their communities. After an introductory section, section 2 presents a general description of each of the three programs…

The Rutgers University Library's Annex, a compact library storage facility opened in 1982, is designed to house approximately one-half million volumes of varying sizes, including monographs, serials, and containerized items in permanent storage boxes. By using the high density, economical storage at the annex for little-used library materials,…

Focusing on services for infants and toddlers, this curriculum and resource guide for child caregivers provides information leading to the realization of three objectives by suggesting learning activities intended to help young children and their caregivers: (1) develop skills in choosing and practicing positive health behaviors; (2) become more…

This guide was written for those who provide care for a child or for children in small groups, whether in a family day home, registered day home, group day home, in-home care arrangement, or babysitting. Sections offer advice on: (1) ways to respond to the needs, characteristics, and potentials of young children; (2) safety; (3) health; (4)…

Noting that a deep concern about the suppression of ideas in the public schools of the United States is very much a part of the collective consciousness of the school library profession, the implications of intellectual freedom for school library personnel and for library collection development are explored. The position of the school library in…

This technical document is intended to assist school facilities maintenance personnel in the selection, design, and operation of radon reduction systems in schools. The guidance contained in this document is based largely on research conducted in 1987 and 1988 in schools located in Maryland and Virginia. Researchers from the United States…