Intended for special education program planning teams, the guide details the development and implementation of full services programs for handicapped children in Prince William County, Maryland as specified in the Public Law 94-142. It is explained that the Full Services Model Program Consists of four processes: identification (involving public…

The purposes of this handbook are to assist teachers in examining a number of concerns regarding the expression of sexism in language and literature and to provide some suggestions for coping with these problems in the classroom. The first section, devoted to language, considers stereotyping and role expectations, as well as the following areas of…

Recent court decisions have established the right of handicapped students to public education. Planning or improving school facilities to meet the needs of the handicapped in the least restrictive manner are topics covered in 13 entries in an annotated bibliography and six citations in a supplementary bibliography. All entries are from the ERIC…

Television plays an important part in the process of teaching and learning in a number of countries in the Asian Region. Although television can be used in any normal classroom, there are a few aspects of television viewing that, if considered at the design stage, will result in greater convenience. This digest sets out the main points that should…

This volume contains the recommendations made to the Minnesota legislature by the Advisory Council on Fluctuating School Enrollments. Volume II serves as an appendix to this first volume and contains the data and information on which these recommendations were based. Volume I's recommendations center around the effects of fluctuating enrollments…

This paper defines censorship, provides a brief historical review of book censorship throughout history, and delineates the issues and problems involved in establishing an effective relationship between school and community with regard to book selection and evaluation. Guidelines, designed to prevent censorship crises before they occur, are…

This booklet is intended to guide school board members in the development of procedures for the selection of a school superintendent. The authors discuss a 12-step sequence for board members to follow in soliciting, evaluating, and, hiring a superintendent. These steps include 1) designating a consultant, 2) analyzing the district and its goals,…

A five year plan and budget for Pennsylvania library cooperative activities is outlined based on two goals: (1) libraries should support state educational, industrial, governmental, health and other information programs by joining in a statewide library network to provide all publicly available information in the state to any citizen; and (2)…

Basic function of a migrant Census Taker is to identify eligible migrant children, 0-20 years old, residing within a designated area. Census Takers work part-time with school districts, migrant programs, and community agencies within the geographic area to set up procedures for relaying information on identified migrant children. Censuses are…

Guidelines are presented for developing a career counseling instrument which may be used to identify and select students who can best benefit from a particular vocational program. Instrument construction takes approximately two hours and entails selecting appropriate criteria for student evaluation (such as grades, attendance, attitude, mental…

Intended as a simple, economical method of needs assessment, this model presents four primary tasks: goal definition, program assessment, needs identification, and decision-making. Each step is explained in detail and sample instruments, preplans, goals, and questionnaire items are given. The needs assessment concept is defined as a blending of…

The authors cite adult learning research and their experience with a three-year pilot program conducted by the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State Department of Education to support their contention that vocational agriculture inservice teacher education should be individualized. Seven principles of individualized inservice teacher…

This paper offers a basic discussion of facility planning for media use. Guidelines cited have been corroborated by field experiments and research conducted by the author. (Author)

Teaching methods and suggestions for social studies instruction, for remedial mathematics instruction, and for stimulating students to read were discussed. (RK)

Guidelines are presented for developing and maintaining effective grievance procedures. The discussion is basic to development of procedures for all institutional groups, e.g. students, faculty, service workers. (Editor/JT)