One of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College for Living series, this document provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Money Management II (Checkbooks, Budgets, and Survival Math.) The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to…

A telephone survey was conducted in Fall 1979 by Santa Ana College (SAC) to determine its service community's: demographic characteristics; familiarity with SAC and its course offerings; perception of the college's mission; satisfaction with and attitudes toward SAC; and educational needs and desires. Telephone interviews were completed with 600…

After introductory material descrying the lack of international studies in American education, this report describes the development, design, and accomplishments of the International Business Education program at Middlesex County College (MCC). The following phases in the development of the program are detailed: (1) a five-member curriculum team,…

Surveys of selected area employers and high school seniors were conducted by Stark Technical College (STC) in 1979 as part of a marketing research project designed to forecast future educational needs. The student survey involved the selection of five area high schools representing urban, suburban, rural, public, and private institutions. The…

This basic vocational related skills assessment module in drafting is one of sixteen modules designed to help teachers assess and identify some of the areas in which special needs students may encounter learning difficulties. The materials in the module allow for informal assessment in three basic areas: academic skills, motor skills, and…

This product of the Leadership Training Institute/Vocational and Special Education contains a series of policy papers intended to identify and address several issues that relate to providing postsecondary vocational education services to handicapped learners. Six papers address these topics and issues: (1) Legislative Issues Affecting…

This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-year colleges and adult education, but it can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the seven instructional units in Part II is establishing business. Unit G focuses on obtaining managerial…

This guide to school management is based on a systems approach in which well defined procedures and processes provide the basis for improvement and renewal of existing educational programs. The process begins with needs assessment. School climate, students' social behavior, discipline, and academic achievement are assessed, along with the level of…

The Montgomery County, Maryland school district has a five-year plan to develop and install revised instructional systems in four major subjects. The components of the instructional system are: performance objectives for pupils, appropriate student placement based on performance, instructional guides for teachers, assessment tasks, and pupil…

Six papers on the current and future state of inservice teacher education are presented in this monograph. In the first paper, a futuristic approach to what will comprise an educated person in the years to come envisions holistic education with an emphasis upon service to humankind and realization of world peace. An examination of the fundamental…

This monograph offers a series of questions which are intended to serve as a framework for investigating the status of arts education programs within elementary and secondary schools. It is intended as an aid to parents, educators, and other interested citizens as they evaluate and/or seek to improve arts education programs. The questions are…

These proceedings summarize activities of a workshop for university and college personnel concerned with infusing career education in their teacher preparation programs. The report contains three major speeches and eight clinic summaries. In the first address, Irv Moskowitz examines the road from curriculum theory to practice. He first describes…

This guidebook focuses on the first of five steps included in a planning system for improving local secondary and postsecondary program and facilities accessibility: identifying barriers. The first five sections of the booklet are comprised of self-instructional descriptions of five needs-assessment procedures that can be used to identify…

This guidebook focuses on the fourth of five steps included in a planning system for improving local secondary and postsecondary program and facilities accessibility: strategy selection. The first of five major sections included in the guide gives an overview of costs associated with providing education for handicapped students, discusses thirteen…

This report focuses on the areas of difficulty encountered by states in developing their three-year Adult Education State Plan required by the Adult Education legislation of 1978. It highlights those areas when technical assistance from the United States Office of Education is warranted. Findings and recommendations are based on the Division of…