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Lyon, Philip E.; And Others – 1985
A proposed 3-year project in Albany, New York will train 90 senior citizen volunteers to work in rural special education classrooms and with handicapped children and their parents in the children's homes. The project goal is the creation of a network of training systems and personnel to assist schools in improving special education services.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Instruction
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This Congressional report contains testimony concerning reauthorization of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act, which authorizes and provides funding for the various national volunteer antipoverty programs, including Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), the Service Learning Programs, and Special Volunteer Programs. Included among those persons…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agency Role, Educational Needs, Federal Legislation
Shefsky, Mary Lou; Thompson, Daniel – 1985
This manual is designed to provide Peace Corps staff with materials that can be used in the inservice training of volunteers. It addresses areas outside the realm of the volunteer's technical job assignment, areas that are directly related to a volunteer's effectiveness on the job. The manual assumes that inservice training will take place 6-12…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Evaluation, Federal Programs
PSI Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
This report contains an evaluation of the Peace Corps stateside teacher training model for volunteers in Liberia. The first section lists recommendations stemming from the evaluation, concerning the pre-training questionnaire, deselection during training, emergency procedures, and the teacher training program. Section 2 describes the training…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Cross Cultural Training, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
PSI Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
The goal of the teacher/university education component of the Peace Corps Liberia Education Training Program is to provide trainees with experiential and theoretical learnings that would be useful to them as inservice teacher trainers or university educators for the Ministry of Education, Republic of Liberia. To achieve this goal, training focuses…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education
Action-Housing, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1966
A 1-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT STUDIED A NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED SYSTEM IN WHICH VOLUNTEER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELORS HELPED UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED YOUNG MEN THROUGH A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND INTO EMPLOYMENT. A MID-WAY REPORT CONCENTRATED ON RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING. THIS FINAL REPORT CONCENTRATES ON THE ROLE OF THE VOLUNTEER AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Community Action
Bolin, Nancy Clare – 1978
This paper details plans for a one-and-one-half-day volunteer training workshop specifically designed to consider limitations such as manpower, money, time, and distance that are often encountered in the development of training events for rural areas. The paper begins by providing background on rural aging, and needs assessment information on the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Educational Gerontology
Ryan, Jamice, Ed. – Idea Exchange, 1974
This issue of "Idea Exchange" which focuses on the volunteer in education programs includes a variety of materials related to volunteer experiences and viewpoints: (1) a handbook for volunteer coordinators which discusses the coordinator's role, the recruiting and interviewing of volunteers, and the essentials of volunteer placement and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Bibliographies, Early Childhood Education
Columbus Public Schools, OH. – 1975
The materials listed in this bibliography are intended to be of help to volunteer staffs in developing school programs and materials. The entries are cataloged under general subject listings, alphabetical by author under the subject, and an author index is included. Items are listed only once, though many are relevant to several areas. An attempt…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Financial Support, Human Relations
Crook, William H.; Thomas, Ross – 1969
This volume relates the origins of Volunteers in Service To America (VISTA), its problems and achievements. Originating in President Kennedy's proposal for a national service corps (1963), VISTA reached concrete form with the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. While white middle class youth constitute the bulk of the volunteers, the organization…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Development, Indigenous Personnel, Migrant Workers
Adams, Ethel M.; Cope, Suzanne D. – 1968
An annotated bibliography on volunteers has been selected from a survey of the literature published within the past ten years, and contains material which is easily available in libraries or from the presses of national agencies. The areas covered include: the evolving role of the volunteer; organization; recruitment, motivation, placement,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Caseworkers, Citizen Role
Thurber, John C. – 1973
This document reports on a project aimed at developing, implementing, and evaluating a plan for using volunteer classroom aides in the Palm Beach County (Florida) schools as a means for meeting various financial, human, and community needs. The desirability of a comprehensive volunteer plan was presented in a 10-point summary by an ad hoc…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Schools, Individualized Instruction
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
Certain practices in volunteer development have proved successful to help organizations make the best use of their volunteers. Development should be a comprehensive, continuous process through which individuals can extend, update, and adapt their knowledge, skills, and abilities to enhance their performance and potential. A model for volunteer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Turnover, Models, Needs Assessment
Kerka, Sandra – 1998
Social, economic, political, and technological changes in the last quarter century have changed the volunteer sector. This publication identifies some of the trends and the issues they raise for the emerging profession of volunteer management. Volunteers are more diverse than ever in age and background. Volunteers' motivations and expectations are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Oriented Programs, Coordination
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1994
The Peace Corps Programming and Training System (PATS) manual is designed to help field staff members of the Peace Corps train volunteers. This supplement to the PATS manual was developed to provide complementary information about key aspects of Peace Corps programming and training for youth development. It is intended for individuals involved in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Community Programs, Developing Nations
