This booklet describes the networking function of the Far West Teacher Corps Network, one of 12 networks set up in 1974 to share information on Teacher Corps projects and practices. In the first section, Teacher Corps networks are defined. Section 2 outlines the background and growth of the Far West Network in terms of its goals and…

This instructional package is designed to help improve the services offered to community college students by registration staff members and can be used as a reference guide or an instructional tool. The materials contain a manual that the learner uses in conjunction with a sound/filmstrip presentation, a transcript of the sound/filmstrip, and a…

This paper provides a description of the Program Manager Workshop, a skill-based management training workshop for managers of group homes. The workshop is an extension of the Teaching-Family Model of Community Based Care, a model used in residential treatment homes for persons experiencing problems such as delinquency, retardation, mental illness,…

This course is intended for training health service managers, planners, and educators to apply the principles and methods of health manpower planning. It consists of 12 half-day sessions and is for use in a group learning setting such as a workshop or seminar. Each session contains the following: a summary of content; statement of the specific…

As part of a series of manuals prepared for reading education workshops for parents and educators, this booklet focuses on developing reading comprehension skills. Divided into three sections, the first section of the booklet suggests activities for preschool through grade two children to enhance comprehension after a story is read and to…

This document, one of four staff training units in a series designed to attack problems of sex bias in the counseling of women and girls, is intended to help counselor educators consider their knowledge of and attitudes toward the sex-limited status of women. In this unit, two staff training workshop strategies are provided. The first workshop is…

As a result of a series of miniconferences held throughout the United States on implementing career education in grades K-12, four implementation issues were identified and summarized in this monograph. (Other issues are treated in separate publications.) The issues which the K-12 educators identified as very important were the following: (1) the…

This manual describes a system for assessing training readiness of state National Project on Career Education (NPCE) trainers who will deliver inservice training to educators of the deaf in career education and planning skills. Each of three sections offers an explanation and concrete scenario for one of the three skill areas included on the…

An Indiana study was conducted to research adequacy of employment and training programs to displaced homemakers, assess characteristics of displaced homemakers, assess effectiveness of past and current programs, and make recommendations. Information on characteristics of displaced homemakers was gained from 280 respondents at six workshops, 146…

As a result of the increasing human impacts upon global marine and aquatic resources, there is an increasing need to produce fishery science experts who can contribute to management, planning, and research. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and Unesco cosponsored a workshop to examine the present status and problems in…

During the six-year period (1975-80) the College of Technology of Temple University conducted an experimental project at the pre-college level aimed at the early identification of disadvantaged minority students seeking careers in engineering and/or engineering technology. The program was designed to encourage inner-city Philadelphia black and…

These materials for a workshop, designed to help health occupations education teachers develop the interpersonal skills necessary to improve their teaching, consist of two conference reports, a minilecture, and a workshop exercise. The first report, which is entitled "Interaction Analysis for Health Occupations Education Teachers,"…

These proceedings contain two presentations as well as recreated dialogue from discussions at a workshop to explore potential areas of collaboration and cooperation between North and Latin America. The first presentation addresses the topic of adult basic education in Latin America. It describes the historical, cultural, and socio-political…

This publication, the fourth in a series of reports on the integration of Career Preparation with liberal arts study at Alma College, presents major activities, new program developments, and an assessment of program outcomes. The process of working with faculty advisors and the status of the faculty's attention to the career needs of students…

The North Carolina Rural Renaissance Project was initiated in September 1976 by a consortium of 10 community colleges located throughout the state. Its primary objectives were to provide teachers with instruction and experience in developing and producing audiovisual instructional modules; to design and produce modules on adult basic education and…