The guidelines are divided into two parts. Part 1 lists four principles and explains the rationale for the American Nurses' Association (ANA) position regarding continuing education. It enumerates nine responsibilities of the ANA for continuing education and itemizes the five responsibilities of the State Nurses' Association (SNA). Part 2 presents…

School modernization projects must deal with the problem of what to do with students who may be displaced during the construction. This report is based on information provided by some 50 school districts that had experienced relocation problems. Each of the major relocation strategies is examined, and its advantages, disadvantages, and…

The audit report was made in compliance with the contractual agreements, legal prescriptions, and official directives under the provisions of Title VII of Public Law 89-10, as amended, for the establishment and operation of bilingual education programs. The audit report (June 12, 1973) is on the Bilingual Education Program (in its 4th year of…

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs in North Dakota are evaluated in this Annual Report. The first part of the report covers staff activities, a brief demographic view of North Dakota, public and nonpublic school participation, financial data, instructional activities, major accomplishments, and statistical data about the…

The program development guide for teachers of trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children and adolescents, 5- to 21-years-old, includes Indiana State guidelines, information on the TMR population, suggestions for instructional programs, evaluation tools, and informational sources. Specified by guidelines are TMR children's right to instruction,…

Presented are guidelines for the development of elementary school programs to serve visually handicapped students in Indiana. The partially sighted child is defined and common hehavioral characteristics are listed. Recommended are adequate physical facilities, the use of low vision aids, and stressed is the importance of near vision for…

The handbook gives guidelines for the development, operation, and evaluation of a community based system of residential facilities for mentally retarded (MR) persons. Directions are given which explain the step-by-step procedure for planning in any community. The idea of a residential service delivery system is described in terms of small…

The teacher's manual on programed language instruction for trainable mentally handicapped children consists of curriculum of basic level vocabulary and teaching methods of small group instruction, reinforcement techniques, and specific learning principles. Distinctive features of the program are said to be: controlled language statements and…

Based on an analytically evaluative case study of a New York City furniture department store's experiences with a Manpower Administration contract, this report deals with the development and progress of the program as analyzed by one investigator through interviews with almost all of the participants in the program. As a result of the study,…

This document provides guidelines for preparing job descriptions and specifications in educational institutions. Various terms are defined, conditions that precede the compilation of job descriptions for school district personnel are discussed, and suggestions regarding the description formats are offered. The remainder of the document consists of…

The material presented in these guidelines is a summary of information for the planning, preparation, and successful utilization of visual presentations in conferences. Accordingly, the material is divided into three major sections which detail the specific tasks of the presenter, the producer, and the sponsor. In the section for the presenter,…

This compendium provides ERIC abstracts of school plant research and planning information selected from documents announced in RIE through January 1969. Document resumes are organized into the following sections: (1) determining school plant requirements, (2) architectural work and services, (3) legal aspects, (4) finance, (5) the…

Described is a projected 40-hour staff training program in general educational principles for personnel in early childhood education centers. Three developmental goals of early childhood educational programs are said to be: wholesome self concept, acceptable social concepts, and aesthetic concepts. Program aspects discussed are: educational…

Presented is the first of three reports on taxonomic instruction, which is defined as a method of systematizing strategies and substances of instruction for purposes of diagnostic teaching. The target population is a group of behaviorally disordered, underachieving boys, aged 10 to 15, and the instructional content is reading, which is divided…

Designed to be brief and informative, these guidelines should be of assistance to vocational education instructors in their efforts toward self-evaluation. Guideline statements representing those important areas into which an instructor should make inquiry have been tested in the field and represent essential elements which have received general…