Program budgeting is an effective tool in helping school administrators and faculty to draw up budgets which reflect their own needs and those of their clients. The "systems approach" can be used to draw up a program budget systematically. Part I outlines systems concepts and the systems approach as they can be applied to education. Also, the…

Pursuant to the Native land claims within Alaska, this compilation of background data and interpretive materials relevant to a fair resolution of the Alaska Native problem seeks to record data and information on the Native peoples; the land and resources of Alaska and their uses by the people in the past and present; land ownership; and future…

A major objective of the survey was to inquire whether schools are performing the function of familiarizing their pupils with all existing opportunities of post-school education. Another object of inquiry was the subject choice of respondents and what they saw as their future careers. Relevant questions were designed and included in a…

Teacher and administrator feedback about a study on computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is described in this report. The hypotheses, methodology, and conclusions of the overall program are briefly discussed as they pertain to the feedback aspect. (The CAI program dealt with the effects of choice situations upon the students' engagement in…

The Career Planning and Placement Program seeks to make the concept of career education an integral part of the regular school curriculum by providing physical facilities where various size groups can be accommodated and bringing career information to the staff, parents, and students of the school district. The program is designed to assist…

These models are based on the concept that school district decisionmakers seek an optimum balance between education program levels and tax burdens imposed on the community, subject to a budget constraint. A model is derived in which spending depends positively on community income and lump-sum grants and negatively on the relative price of…

Prepared by a group of scientists from an analysis of Work Incentive (WIN) Program goals and a national survey to identify expected enrollee behavior, this 2-part handbook is intended primarily for use by WIN teams in developing an employability training and orientation program for WIN populations but would be useful for work with similar…

This survey attempted to obtain data on the probability of improving student achievement when a new instructional program is implemented in an elementary school. The purpose of estimating the variable probability of improving student achievement was for use in the specification of a decision model whose purpose is to rank educational goals in…

In comparing the personality traits of disadvantaged youths to advantaged from an urban high school, as indicated on the IPAT Jr.-Sr. HSPQ, it was found that both groups of boys tended toward a pattern of group-dependency and restraint. They tended to be somewhat detached, less oriented to intellectual pursuits, showing a zest for action and…

These four research reviews should be useful to educators concerned with developing and improving vocational education programs. Reviews include: (1) "Occupational Training Information System" (OTIS) which is concerned with a decision making model for state and local programs and with responsive vocational and technical education, (2)…

This booklet consists of materials developed on differentiated staffing. Nine sections cover a definition of terms, the executive teacher plan, some new teacher models, a position statement on the concept of differentiated staffing, a process approach to model development, and information on administrating the differentiated staff. In addition,…

The main problem of the English teacher is discussed. This is stated to be administrative, i.e., he has to make a decision to determine how to organize all that he wishes to teach within the limitations imposed upon him by unavoidable circumstances. General aims regarded as appropriate for academic courses for British pupils in third, fourth,…

The project examined the effects of learned leadership/membership skills on performance in task-oriented groups, developed competence-based instructional materials to teach such skills, and examined the effects of such skills on individual and group knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance. Following a literature review, materials review, and…

Enrollment decline is a problem in the majority of Minnesota's school districts. Declining enrollment means that school administrators must plan for the financial difficulties arising from cutting budgets, reducing staff, closing buildings, and ending programs. Written to stimulate effective planning for declining enrollment, this manual…

These proceedings, intended to provide an outline of the basic concepts presented during the conference of administrators of multidiscipline health-related organizations and to serve as a stimulus for improving training programs in University Affiliated Facilities (UAFs), include 16 papers presented by conference resource persons. They are…