Georgia's Needs Assessment Package, which has many sample forms, includes a procedure which helps to identify short-range and long-range educational needs. This procedure utilizes community participation which broadens the decision-making base and serves to legitimatize actual decisions. It utilizes the opinions of professional educators,…

A comprehensive community environmental inventory is an ongoing process of investigation and study to compile and evaluate information about the natural and man-made environmental features and characteristics of an area, as well as related social, political, and economic information. Such information is important to the community in developmental…

This publication is composed of four parts. Part I, The Final Report, consists of the program foundations, description of the target group, description of resources, analysis of processes developed, creating the resource role, creation awareness, developing a problem solving orientation, curriculum integration, evolution of the group process,…

For the reader who wants to know in general terms about the current status of citizen participation in educational decision-making, a descriptive account of a national survey and a summary of the findings are presented. A section containing the results of an opinion portion of the survey should also be of interest to the general readers. Two…

This report the first of a 3-volume study, presents the findings and conclusions of Phase I of the Federal City College Research Project on the role of college-community relationships in urban higher education, planned as a 4-phase study. This report deals with: the background of Phase I; the approach and methods used; the principal findings of…

The study presents findings and recommendations regarding education of Alaska natives (Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts). The paper was prepared for the governor of Alaska by the Commission on Cross-Cultural Education of Alaska, which was designed to find ways to provide new meaning to education for Alaska's multicultural society and to provide…

This program was developed as a laboratory test of new teacher-preparation concepts, with special emphasis on urban problems. An experimental group of 37 elementary and secondary school education majors took part, with two randomly selected control groups and 42 teachers and administrators in seven elementary and high schools in a central Chicago…

While two-year community colleges have been presenting continuing education programs, one feature of the programs has continued to be dominant: their essential marginality. The new emphasis on serving the whole community calls for a totally different approach--that of integrating continuing education fully into the colleges' regular program. This…

The Mexican American population at the present time is approximately 4 million, of which 80% are urban dwellers. For the city schools this situation poses difficult problems which have remained mostly unsolved, as evidenced by the high rate of Mexican American dropouts from high schools. Since the educational system has failed the Mexican…

A bilingual elementary school for Spanish-speaking children in Chicago, Lafayette Center, is described in this paper. The primary concern of the Center has been parent involvement, with home visits to the parents by school community representatives before and after enrollment and an Open House in December. This function was well attended by…

This compendium contains descriptions of 59 community action projects that receive academic credit from 48 colleges and universities. Brief descriptions are given of the diverse institutions offering such field work for credit, including information on enrollment and type (i.e., public, private, etc.). Although the characteristics of the programs…

An in-service workshop on parent-community involvement in the schools was conducted from October 1968 to May 1969 for all principals, educational specialists, sub-agency superintendents, and agency superintendents on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Members of the workshop set up and reported on an experimental parent-community involvement program…

The handbook is available to assist small communities with limited resources in planning, initiating, and carrying out a beautification or community development program. Evidence is provided of results which can be obtained when individual citizens and groups are given opportunities to participate, use their special skills, and become involved in…

This booklet provides examples of challenging jobs that have been done by kids, often Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees. Jobs range from working with cops in Atlanta to helping the elderly in Chicago; from aiding emotionally disturbed children in Philadelphia to doing city wide surveys in Salinas, California. The jobs presented in this booklet…

Paraprofessional aides in education are used primarily to free teachers to perform the professional functions for which they are trained. The nine documents in this kit are the result of a nationwide survey of research and development findings and current practices in the use of paraprofessional aides. The subjects discussed in this report are:…