This final report by four universities outlines a 6-year project, begun in 1961, under the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation. The project was designed to study and demonstrate the feasibility of an interinstitutional program of internship in educational administration. The report covers (1) the program proposal and rationale; (2) details of the…

In June of 1969, a workshop in cross-cultural education was held at Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Nevada, for 331 educators of Indian children. Roles were reversed: most professional participants lived as students in a boarding school situation, and over half of the instructors were Indian high school students or recent graduates. The…

A pattern for developing and maintaining continuing mental health consultation with public agencies is presented. Usual models of consultation are predicted on an invitation to consult; they are time limited and problem specific. Described here is an entry pattern for consultation that is not predicted on an invitation to consult, is continuous in…

The seminar was attended by 310 educational leaders. The two keynote speakers, Robert E. Taylor and Felix C. Robb, addressed the topic of changes in society and in education, the seminar's first objective, and reflected on changes that need to emerge on the educational scene. The Changing Content: Impact on Programs, Strategies of Teaching, and…

This report describes the early childhood educator training programs of the 4-C (Community Coordinated Child Care) project, held in Milwaukee and Dane Counties, Wisconsin from 1970 to 1973. The goal of the training programs was to help teacher-directors, teachers, teacher-aides, and parent-assistants become aware of ways to improve and expand…

The Integrated Day Teacher Education Program is an attempt to create a model for teacher preparation which will make schools healthy places for teachers and children. It is sensitive to the criticisms leveled at teacher education by observers such as Silberman and attempts to lead teachers to share in decision making, participate actively in…

This outline of East-West Center professional development and research projects planned for 1973-74 and 1974-75 is published to provide as much information as possible to cooperating organizations and to potential cosponsors of the center's projects. The projects provide a forum in which women and men from Asia, the Pacific area, and the United…

This is a report of an EPDA sponsored project which trained program directors, administrators, teachers, parent educators, Policy Advisory Committee chairmen and parents, as well as other key staff members to implement the Florida Parent Education Follow Through Model. There are two major parts (VI and VII) to this report. The first part describes…

This study reports on the development of a professionally prepared and delivered mental health program addressed to the needs and interests of elementary principals in a California school district. The needs of the principals were identified at a series of meetings with the district's principals association in which 15 program goals were…

A year-long research project was conducted concerning chartering as a potential management and communications tool in vocational-occupational education. Chartering is defined as a management tool which allows two individuals in the same or related organizations, sharing different levels of the same mission, to achieve an understanding of each…

During the spring of 1972 training workshops for 88 elementary and secondary teachers of the Great Neck Public Schools held to examine four hypotheses: 1) workshops in training teachers to observe classroom behavior would significantly increase these same teachers' positive classroom interactive behaviors consisting of teacher, pupil-pupil,…

A report to describe the status of a special education program is presented. The program provides special instruction and services for students in the six schools of Troy, Alabama. Participating students receive instruction in home economics and shop and take part in a sheltered job program. The thesis of the program was that all children have…

The goal of the project was to train a nucleus of vocational educators in curriculum preparation and modification of instructional material to enable disadvantaged and handicapped students to achieve success in career preparation programs. Over 1200 vocational educators across the country participated in one-week workshops designed to achieve the…

This booklet contains suggestions for creating an effective, "custom-made" local unit of volunteers, using the educational and social action resources of the community for volunteer training. The suggestions are tailored to fit the flexible mode of operation of Church Women United in a wide variety of communities. The statements related…

Designed to give vocational education teachers actual experience in business and industry, this project involved the joint efforts of Eastern Washington State College and several government and private agencies. The project centered around 10 teachers selected from the various service areas of vocational education, who exchanged positions for 6…