This training packet contains materials for predeparture and in-country sessions for Peace Corps volunteers on personal safety and handling of difficult situations. It is divided into three units. Unit 1 includes predeparture and in-country sessions that focus on personal safety issues. It is designed to increase awareness, develop strategies, and…

The major factors affecting successful recruitment and utilization of school volunteers are reviewed in this booklet. The possibilities opened by such programs and the control that can be exercised over them are stressed in the opening pages of the document to encourage program implementation and assuage unnecessary fears. A 17-step process for…

An organized volunteer program for parents and community members can be a valuable form of instructional and administrative support for schools as financial resources decline. The rationale for establishing such a parent/community program should be thoroughly probed, and possible constraints should be identified at the outset. Support from the…

Designed to help inservice teacher educators guide teachers in training and using paraprofessional assistance in the classroom, this inservice packet provides complete lesson plans for six sessions of 45 minutes to an hour. Specific objectives for this inservice plan are to involve classroom teachers with the following activities: (1) determining…

The comparative validity of observations recorded by volunteer telephone crisis workers was examined. To assess workers' listening and response skills, an instrument was devised to rate callers' expressed stress level, confidence in self, confidence in using other community resources, and duration of stress. Groups of 10 workers were invited to…

Presented is the handbook for volunteers at the Community Developmental School (Goldsboro, North Carolina), a program serving moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded children (with a chronological age ranging from birth to 21 years and developmental age ranging from 1 month to 5 1/2 years). Section I focuses on the program's organization and…

CONSULTATIONS SPONSORED BY THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ARE SUMMARIZED. APPROXIMATELY 100 REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRY, LABOR, WOMEN'S AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS ATTENDED THE CONSULTATION ON PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SPEECHES WERE PRESENTED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND…

This report describes an experimental program in which civilians and police officers work as two-person teams, patrolling fixed "beat" areas in selected urban neighborhoods. These teams work in responding to service calls, aiding regular mobile patrols in their duties, deterring criminal activity and civilian victimization, and…

Description of the use of volunteers in parochial elementary school libraries notes recruitment and sources of volunteers; training of volunteers; three types of workshops; guidance and supervision of volunteers; additional assistance for volunteers (i.e., short lessons in mending, book reviewing, purchasing); duties assumed by volunteers; and…

Volunteer tutors can make a difference in the reading skills and the lives of young children. This comprehensive tutorial manual has been developed from the Book Buddies Program of Charlottesville, Virginia, the first large-scale model to mobilize hundreds of community volunteers in an alternative of one-on-one intervention for children at risk…

This resource manual is designed to provide Peace Corps trainers, trainees, and volunteers with an opportunity to learn more about diversity in the United States so they may help others they are serving to understand what it means to be an American. Section I contains six activities for preservice training: Just the Facts; If I Were; Stereotypes:…

This manual describes an approach to training provided by the Peace Corps that is known as community-based or Fully Integrated Training (FIT). FIT is a decentralized training program, in which trainees are divided into small groups and placed in separate communities for the duration of the preservice training program. The main part of the manual…

A developmental training sequence using a variety of roleplaying techniques is presented here as a guiding structure for short-term relationship training. Trainer considerations are discussed. (Author)

Student involvement in advancement work provides many advantages for colleges including extra work done at minimal expense to the college, providing a meaningful work experience for the students, and helping prepare them for future careers. Student activities at five institutions are described. (MLW)

Describes how parents can help teachers assess student writing. Initially, parents need training workshops and hands-on experience before evaluating student writing. The article presents tips for annual assessment, describes how one Pennsylvania school district scores students' writing, and suggests further uses for parent volunteers. (SM)