Presented is an evaluation of a leadership training program to prepare junior high school teachers to use the Introductory Physical Science Curriculum. Emphasis of the leadership program is on administrators and their problems, leaders and their problems, and teachers. Recommendations are given. Included in the appendices are sample letters of…

The report evaluates a global education project which was carried out during the 1978-1979 school year by 18 teachers from six elementary schools in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. The project staff aimed at incorporating a global education approach into social studies classes involving over 400 students in grades one through…

This report summarizes the efforts made to provide linker training to educational personnel at the local and regional levels in West Virginia. The workshop evaluation follows a review of: (1) the rationale for the National Institute of Education's funding of regionally located Research and Development Exchanges; (2) the workshop planning procedure…

The 1979-80 Professional Development Plan was designed to provide Lansing Community College administrators, faculty, and custodial staff with alternative methods of confronting job-related challenges. This descriptive report first presents a rationale and overview of the program, citing the importance of effective job performance to the college…

A step-by-step description is given of the development of a model for the improvement of student teacher relationships. This model was created by a student forum in workshop sessions with teachers, other school personnel, and parents. In this report the design of the workshops is described, and the recommendations resulting are outlined. Included…

This guide is designed to help leaders responsible for conducting sex equity workshops achieve maximum effectiveness from the workshop materials and the participant workbook, also contained in this guide. Participant materials are designed primarly for secondary school counselors and administrators who are either directly or indirectly concerned…

IN A JULY 1967 MEETING, THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE SEVENTIES (ES '70) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (1) REVIEWED THE PLANS FOR THE SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL ES '70 PROGRAM COORDINATORS TO BE HELD IN AUGUST 1967, (2) REVIEWED THE LIST OF 15 PARTICIPATING SCHOOL SYSTEMS--BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN, MINEOLA, NEW YORK, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, MONROE,…

IN THE SPRING OF 1967, EIGHTEEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN WHO WERE AWAITING APPOINTMENTS AS PRINCIPALS OF NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS WITH A PREPONDERANCE OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS WERE ASSIGNED TO A TEN-WEEK INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSE OBSERVATION OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS,…

AS A RESULT OF THE SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE IN FOUR PILOT SCHOOLS, IN WHICH APPROXIMATELY 350 AIDES WERE EMPLOYED WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PRE-SERVICE ORIENTATION OR TRAINING, A GRANT WAS SOUGHT AND ATTAINED FROM THE U.S. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR A PILOT PROJECT TO TRAIN TEACHER-AIDES. FORTY AIDES AND FORTY TEACHERS WERE SELECTED FROM FOUR…

Summary information of several research projects is presented to show that underprivileged children are not prepared to cope with intellectual and social demands of the school. Results of several value scales administered to both Mexican American and Anglo junior high, senior high, and college students indicate that Mexican American students agree…

This document is based on the theory that the ultimate success of the Head Start program in significantly correcting the educational disabilities of culturally deprived children depends on involving and educating the parents. This method would at least improve the immediate family environment of the deprived child. This document therefore sets out…

A questionnaire was used to collect data from 13 southern trade and technical teachers in order to ascertain the degree to which they had adopted 15 instructional innovations that had been presented in a special summer workshop eight months earlier. The innovations were (1) color keyed instruction sheets, (2) a method of illustrating communication…

This is the third of four modules on developing a comprehensive program of job placement services in a school setting. The purpose of these modules is to help the placement coordinator plan, implement, and evaluate a program of job placement services to meet student needs. The content area of the four modules are (1) pre-employment, (2) job…

To provide materials for a national exchange program and a Pennsylvania activities bank, a project was designed to produce materials for teacher-coordinators of high school distributive education. The project objectives were to (1) review and evaluate competencies necessary for advertising service careers, (2) develop activities and evaluative…

Described is the project to prepare special educators for roles as career education program developers, change agents, and catalysts within the structure of existing special education programs. Outlined in an introductory section are the background and need for the project, the three project components (inservice training of special education…