An international seminar was held to identify the scope for improving the way in which the school day, school week, and school year are organized; to consider the advantages and disadvantages of different patterns of organization; and to examine the implications for buildings and more widely, for change. The participants, from 16 Organisation for…

Discusses timing of caseload assignment when field work of child welfare graduate students is interrupted by extensive vacations. (Author/CS)

A technique for routing school buses does not require a computer and saves miles, gas, and dollars. (Author/MLF)

REGULATIONS, SCHEDULES, AND SUGGESTED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR SECONDAY LEVEL SUMMER SCHOOLS ARE INCLUDED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE HANDBOOK. SPECIFIC ENTRIES DEAL WITH SUCH TOPICS AS PURPOSES OF THE SUMMER SCHOOLS, REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF A SCHOOL, REGIONAL COOPERATION, CONSERVATION OF TALENT PROGRAMS, VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS AND CREDIT…

CURRENT USES OF FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM WERE STUDIED (1) BY AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN FIVE TRADITIONALLY SCHEDULED SCHOOLS AND FIVE FLEXIBLY SCHEDULED SCHOOLS AND (2) BY A REVIEW OF THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY BY A CONFERENCE OF SPECIALISTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING,…

With relatively few exceptions, most recent needs assessment questionnaires have dealt solely with either (1) identifying the level of interest that prospective participants have for attending an inservice program centered about a particular topic, or (2) identifying which among a number of topics generates the most enthusiasm. That is, most needs…

To provide a guide for implementation of flexible modular scheduling for industrial education, this study examined the industrial education departments of schools utilizing the scheduling and determined the administrative and instructional procedures employed by them. The following conclusions and recommendations were based on 64 (83.1 percent)…

Three flexible scheduling plans were tried in order that firefighters could take regular college courses despite their 24 hours on the 24 off work schedule. Plan one scheduled the firefighters into a regular Monday-Wednesday-Friday class which they attended every other week, making up missed material outside of class. Plan two scheduled special…

Suggestions about general organization and detailed planning for filmmaking are presented in this second in a series of three articles. Technical matters such as the capabilities of various camera systems and comparisons of film stocks are not discussed; mention is made, however, of the best available sources of information on these subjects.…

The report of a conference on individualized instruction contains brief descriptions of the two conference sponsors--the Westinghouse Learning Corporation and the National Association for the Individualization of Instruction. The report also provides abstracts of some speeches delivered at the conference and biographies of the speakers. A…

The problem of determining the quantity of classroom, laboratories and instructors to train sections of students attending numerous distinct courses in a school such as the Fleet Ballistic Missile School is considered. A procedure is developed for determining feasible schedules in order to graduate a fixed number of trainees over time while…

The questionnaire concerning contracted student time given to parents and responses to it are presented. Numbers and percentages responding to each choice are given for each item in the questionnaire. (For related documents, see TM 002 638-39.) (KM)

This document reports the results of a survey conducted to determine (1) the types of academic calendars being used in colleges and universities in the U.S.: and (2) the changes taking place. Six types of calendars are defined: the traditional semester calendar; the trimester calendar; the 4-1-4 calendar; and other calendars. The survey was very…

THE EFFECTIVE USE OF FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING, INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS, AND MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES IN SMALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IS IMPERATIVE IF THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS ARE TO BE MET. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING AND THE USE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSES MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES IN A LIMITED CURRICULUM. THE USE OF AN AMPLIFIED TELEPHONE IN A CLASSROOM IS…