With the interests of the school district in mind, the author offers suggested provisions for a superintendent's contract. He reviews a popular prototype contract and points out where modifications might need to be made in each section. The author recommends first reviewing state legislation to see what contract provisions may be required by law.…

This book contains a descriptive listing of 219 exemplary programs and practices existing nationally that involve the sharing concept between postsecondary occupational education and industry. Its purpose is to identify models and guidelines for sharing facilities, equipment, materials, and personnel for mutual educational and financial benefit.…

Members of the Technical Working Group representing 14 Unesco member states met (1) to review and discuss major problems, issues, and prospects in the region for educational broadcasting; (2) to identify training needs for promotion of educational broadcasting; and (3) to develop guidelines for the production, use, and evaluation of educational…

The local government cable access channel is essentially a television station completely controlled by the local government. It differs from a local broadcast television station by being able to reach only those places which are connected to the cable system, having much less programming distribution costs, and having the capacity to deliver…

Developed as an aid to those responsible for facility planning in vocational education, this document contains the "School Building/Site Assessment Packet" and its instruction manual. The instruction manual provides background information, describes meanings, and presents ideas that are pertinent to consider and understand when using the…

Modifications are presented to a 1967 document that contained recommendations concerning academic freedom, academic responsibility, and tenure for faculty members in Texas public community and senior colleges and universities. The recommended standards constitute patterns or guidelines and are not binding on any institution and may be varied in…

This is the third of three volumes designed to cover the problems and issues of developing and managing a formal assessment program. They also offer guidelines and illustrations of several of the more special aspects of assessment programs, such as administering tests or documenting their results. This volume contains summaries of technical…

The report examines due process protections and requirements in evaluation as mandated by P.O. 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and Maryland special education Bylaw. A checklist guide for Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) personnel to ensure protection in evaluation is provided. Self check guidelines touch on 16…

Components for a model strategy/program for the recruitment and retention of students in criminal justice (CJ) programs are presented to stimulate planning activity. These 24 general examples of approaches identify the strategy, state the objectives, provide a rationale, describe implementation, discuss intervention activities, and delineate the…

This publication provides guidelines to help school districts in Michigan initiate or strengthen global education programs. A definition of and rationale for global education are included in part 1. Global education is defined as a lifelong growth in understanding, through study and participation, of the world community and the interdependency of…

Postsecondary educational credit recommendations for formal courses offered by the Air Force and the Department of Defense are provided in this first of a three-volume guide. (Other volumes cover courses offered by the Army and by the Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy. See note.) Following brief sections on use of the guide, the formal course…

This survey was undertaken to determine whether selected Southern Illinois secondary public school media centers possess the base quantitative resource collection recommended by the 1975 ALA/AECT guidelines. Data analysis reveals that less than 50% of the surveyed school media centers met the ALA/AECT guidelines for numbers of books, filmstrips,…

Justifications for academic program review include a need for external accountability, administrative decision-making, and a definition of purpose. An overall coordinating group that will monitor the review, set policy, and bring together all of the diverse operations is needed. Guidelines and standards for the review procedure need to be…

Background, principles, and procedures of industrial design are presented in this student manual. Chapter I describes the emergence of industrial design as a profession and emphasizes specific designers and their contributions to the field. A twenty question objective test is included. Chapter II presents ten principles of well-designed products.…

The second of a series of self-instructional learning modules designed to familiarize users with Oregon minimum standards for public schools, this document outlines and explains the publication "Elementary-Secondary Guide for Oregon Schools: Part II Suggestions," a 1977 State Department of Education publication. Part 2 of the guide…