The course of study in farm management was planned primarily for use by instructors in farm training, production agriculture, and continuing education programs but could also be adapted for use in secondary level vocational agriculture programs. Written for a minimum of 20 hours of classroom instruction, the course material is supplemented by an…

High school distributive education retail laboratories (school stores) provide practical experiences in an actual store environment. The manual presents information to assist coordinators in creating a distributive education retail laboratory or for improving an existing operation. Sections include preparing proposals to start a school store,…

This resource guide provides detailed information for Head Start programs and other organizations interested in planning and operating a home-based comprehensive child/family development program. Part I deals with topics such as: (1) assessing needs and interests, (2) goals, objectives, and resources, (3) administrative planning, (4) community…

The preliminary system design of the computer-based Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Financial System is outlined. The system is designed to produce various management and accounting reports needed to maintain control of SWRL operational and financial activities. Included in the document are descriptions of the various types of system…

Computer routines to edit input data for the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Financial System are described. The program is responsible for validating input records, generating records for further system processing, and updating the Vendor Master File--a file containing the information necessary to support the accounts payable and…

The automated identification of students as they progress through an instructional program is described as an essential capability of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Instructional Management System (IMS). Performance characteristics of procedures for linking data to individual students (whose records are maintained by IMS) are…

The Instructional Management System (IMS) developed by the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) processes student and teacher-generated data through the use of an optical scanner that produces a magnetic tape (Scan Tape) for input to IMS. A series of computer routines, OPSN, preprocesses the Scan Tape and prepares the data for transmission to the…

This guide was compiled by a group of rural Arizona day care center managers working under the Migrant Opportunity Program (MOP) established in 1965. The managers were previously inexperienced and, at the end of two years, were interested in self-improvement and more efficient ways to perform their jobs. Their collaboration and idea exchange,…

In working toward a goal of encouraging all nurses to participate in continuing education programs, the Florida Nurses Association has defined its standards for continuing education certification. A certification board was established, and the purpose for certification outlined. Four concepts are explained in the standards: certification, the…

The role of the State educational agency has shifted from inspections giving and statistics gathering to a new one which finds the agency at the hub of local, State, and Federal information transmittal. This emerging role holds great promise for effective Statewide improvement in education, because relatively new leader-manager expectations of the…

The scope and content of this traffic records course are outlined in a chart (Course Structure) and tabulation (Overview of Course Content). General course objectives follow the overview. These define for the instructor the broad objectives, module by module, which the course is designed to reach. The last part of this section gives a detailed…

At Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, data processing now plays an important role in the development of audiovisual services. (Author)

New criteria for university management of campus dissent, student and faculty discipline, and reporting of campus incidents, issued by the South African government as a condition for government subsidies, are presented. (MSE)

Experience with the Computer Stored Ambulatory Record (COSTAR), a computerized medical records system, installed at a large primary care clinic at a university medical center is reported. Use of the system was terminated because clinic revenues could not cover operating costs. (Author/MLW)

This guide contains information and forms for teachers to use in a workplace literacy class. The following are covered: (1) workplace learning objective reports; (2) lesson plans; (3) anecdotal records; (4) observations and visits; (5) end of class summary; and (6) necessary specific items. A teacher checklist for beginning to conduct a National…