Material presented at a 1973 E. P. D. A. Summer Institute on Implementing a Systems Approach to Instruction is assembled here: (1) Implementation of an Instructional System, (2) Dissemination of Instructional Systems, (3) Consortia and the American Community Junior College, (4) Instructional System for General Chemistry, (5) Activities of the…

A 2-week institute was held to orient participants to the world of the disadvantaged and to give them ideas on methods of training teachers for disadvantaged adults. The 77 participants--including teacher educators, teachers, community workers, state department of education personnel, and counselors--attended lectures by consultants from the…

After failing to obtain a change in racial attitudes during an initial counselor training institute, changes were made for a subsequent institute. The second institute eliminated large group sessions, emphasized small group encounter and provided biracial leadership in each small group. Some participants also received special training in…

The coordination institute was planned to focus on 3 major purposes; (1) participants were to learn additional skills needed for planning and conducting effective and efficient supportive service programs; (2) task force groups were to review and synthesize the ideas presented so as to recommend the most promising new or existing strategies for…

One hundred and nineteen professional workers in vocational education, including administrators, counselors, and teachers, attended the training institute that was designed to better prepare them to meet the needs of the rural disadvantaged through secondary, postsecondary, and adult vocational programs. Presentations included: (1) "Techniques for…

The 1971 Indian Education Training Institute outlined in this document focused on development of knowledges and attitudes necessary for those involved in educating American Indians. As noted, full participation by Indian people was sought in all phases of the institute, and Indian views were primary throughout the advisory committee meetings and…

The 1971 Indian Education Training Institute culminated in a 4-day conference attended by American Indian scholars, tribal administrators, and students concerned with education of Indians in the Northwest. This document contains a verbatim record of the proceedings in addition to an evaluation of the program. Recommendations are made (1) to…

A total of 99 participants were involved in the training phase of this Institute during August, 1966 and the follow-up phase from August, 1966 through July, 1967. They represented a small number of school connected lay committees, school board members, administrators, and a larger number of teachers in seven Michigan school systems. The planned…

Thirty educators, with potential to assume a leadership role within his school or district and for whom the study of the non-graded approach would be of value, were selected for the Institute. One hundred children were also selected for "Operation Step Up" - a summer program in the Hampton Institute Nongraded Laboratory School. The…

There were 120 participants from three distinct groups: experienced teachers, newly graduated elementary and secondary teachers, and principals, who met from June 24, 1968 to June 30, 1970. Objectives of the program included the following: (1) teacher training; (2) interpersonal relations; (3) classroom skills and sensitivities for experienced…

An institute which provided sessions every 2 weeks for teachers of socioeconomically deprived students was evaluated. The institute offered studies in the physical, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds and problems of low-income and minority students; suggested solutions to these problems; examined the provision of compensatory work,…

Listed are the in-service institutes sponsored by the National Science Foundation for secondary school teachers during the 1972-73 academic year. The broad areas included in the institutes are biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental studies, earth sciences, physical science, social science, and mathematics. Also included are brief…

The Training Program for Retirees was a program operating during the summer of 1970 that trained persons retired from industry and the military to teach the technical skills that they had learned in their years of working. The courses included in the training program were: Methods of Teaching, Philosophy of Vocational-Technical Adult Education,…

The major objectives of the Pre-Service Teacher Recruitment Program, in operation during the summer of 1969, were: (1) to recruit early retirees from industry and the military who possessed a technical competence to take the necessary courses in the art and science of teaching to prepare for a second career in teaching; and (2) to develop a data…

Written as a guide for conducting a successful second institute, this manual included the objectives which should be transmitted to the teachers of the second institute and suggested methods for planning and conducting the institute and in-service training centers. In order to familiarize teachers with the Southwestern Cooperative Educational…