This guide for FLES Spanish teachers combines a discussion of teaching methods and techniques with appendixes of teaching materials. Story and dialogue approaches are explained and opportunities for the use of Spanish in the classroom are included. Teaching techniques described include pictures and props, tapes, records, TV, games, songs, choral…

Following an introduction of the systems approach for handling information, a proposal is made for an educational data system for the South Carolina school system. Input data provided by schools, school districts, and professional personnel are to be processed for use primarily by various units of the State Education Department. This department…

Schools have been encouraged by recent legislation to develop vocational programs for all students interested in any phase of agriculture. In 1968, a total of 524,775 high school students were enrolled; 26 percent were engaged in off-farm agricultural education programs. The 12,000 teachers of these students also conducted programs for…

Rules and regulations governing education of the gifted in North Carolina precede an outline of screening and identification procedures. The question of ability grouping is explored through a review of eight research studies and articles. Questions and answers are used to present information on the gifted to parents, and the selection of teachers,…

A series of four pamphlets which describe the Regional Information System (RIS) of the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL), a system designed to provide an effective, systematic methodology for linking users with relevant resources, compose the major portion of this information package. Each publication details an aspect of the…

This guidebook explores the significance of international cultural relations giving special consideration to voluntary action programs developed in the U.S. since World War II. American voluntary agencies and institutions seeking to develop sound cultural relations programs will find 25 possible approaches described. Considerable material on human…

The purpose of this manual is to assist nurses and teachers in providing health care and education for migratory farm workers and their children. Common health beliefs among the Mexican American migrant workers are discussed in order to assist nurses and teachers at being more effective in teaching the migrant about health. Guidelines are…

The Allied Medical Development Project was conceived to determine the role of the St. Louis-St. Louis County Junior College District in the education of personnel for allied medical careers in the St. Louis area. The underlying assumption was that the development of needed programs on a sound basis in the St. Louis area would result in general…

The Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, organized under a 1943 Federal grant and later constituted as a State agency, coordinates the work of the Federal, State, and local governments in improving travel and working conditions of migrant farm workers. The basic responsibilities presented in its 1973 annual report are: (1) surveying conditions and…

The Household Employment Association for Reevaluation and Training (HEART) has established an agency to upgrade the status of household employment. The organizational methods and procedures the founders utilized are provided in the form of condensed minutes of the association's advisory council and board of directors. Instructions are presented…

The developmental teacher competency checklist is designed to facilitate planning of individualized pre- and inservice teacher training programs for teachers of integrated classes of normal and handicapped students. The checklist, which is suitable for self-evaluation and for supervision, applies a five level rating scale to the following…

The formulation, implementation, and evaluation of the Title II program objectives are reported by three groups. The State Title II administrators report the procedures of management, needs assessment, information dissemination, and evaluation for the program in a question-answer form, and present statistical summary charts of data from every…

This curriculum guide for developing musical behaviors in grades K-6 offers a model for moving the young child from basic knowledge attainments to higher levels of musical behavior. A procedure for developing and implementing course objectives is outlined. Concepts/skills to be acquired at given levels are provided to assist teachers and…

This review surveys documents and journal articles previously announced in RIE, ERIC's monthly abstract catalogs, dealing with the growth of community schools. The community school is perceived to be the vehicle for the larger concept of community education -- a philosophy of education and society that radically changes the role of the public…

A task force consisting of elementary and secondary educators and state board personnel has prepared a model to be used by pilot districts in the development and implementation of a comprehensive, articulated program of career guidance for Grades K-12. Designed as an integral part of the career education model for Utah, the career guidance model…