It is essential that everyone connected with the supervision of reading be trained so that a system of analyzing reading instruction can be effected. Based on the assumption that the most effective supervision occurs in a one-to-one situation, the training program presented in this document centers on a workshop on supervision with four specific…

The methodology used in carrying out a project, the aim of which was to develop a pamphlet which would be meaningful and easily understood by teachers, dealing with classroom application of research on reinforcement principles is described. Preliminary steps of the project included: (1) a review of literature; (2) data gathering by conducting a…

A ten week adult education class in Family Money Management was conducted in the local high school facilities by two high school teachers utilizing outside resource personnel. The objectives of the program were: (1) to develop an awareness of the financial problems and decisions to the family value system; (2) to enable interested adults to gain…

At the beginning of the second year of the Community Mental Health Service operation, expansion was decided, to a total of six consultants for the elementary schools in Douglas County, Nebraska. Consulting was done on a regular basis in the lower grades in hopes of catching problems at their inception, thus hopefully causing greater improvement…

This publication is a report in response to the request of the American Dietetic Association and its foundation to study all aspects of dietetic practice, education, and professional organization. A brief summary of the major findings and recommendations is presented. Emphasis is placed on who and what are dietitians. The educational programs,…

The interim report details the process followed in the development by the University of Missouri of 20 module specifications for a competency based training program to prepare curriculum consultants for educational programs serving handicapped children. Major project goals are said to include the systematic identification of competencies, the…

This document reviews the Senior Medical Consultant Program; a program designed to utilize recently or near-retired medical school faculty members in a continuing medical education program. Evaluation of the program by physician teachers, physicians attending the sessions, both attending staff and house staff, and by physicians scheduling the…

This paper is an extension of "Referential Consulting Networks" which explicated the concept of a network of referential consultants each of whom could "field" questions by: (a) answering them on the basis of his own expertise; (b) answer them with the help of library resources at his command; (c) refer the question to a…

The second year (1969-70) of the Program with Developing Institutions (PWDI) emphasized working with faculty members rather than with administrators (as in the first year) in the areas of faculty development and instructional improvement. Fifty-three junior colleges participated in this program, financed under Title III of the Higher Education Act…

The hypothesis that a communication professor's consulting activities in the "real world" improve his classroom instruction is largely unprovable. Perhaps this can be attributed to the complexity of the variables involved. It is possible, however, to identify striking similarities in the role of consultant and professor. The author outlines and…

This collection of papers presents many practical procedures for improving secondary school instruction in the several content areas. Topics included are principles and procedures in corrective reading, diagnostic techniques, the role of a reading consultant in the content areas, the use of writing to help poor readers, corrective reading in the…

The primary objective was to determine whether untrained undergraduate students could become effective as behavior modification consultants to teachers. Students from different undergraduate majors were given 10 weeks of guided experiences in interviewing and program designing. This was followed by field experiences involving actual consultation…

A summary of the discussions of the Navajo Reading Study Conference, held on December 4-5, 1969, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was presented in this report. A group of consultants met to discuss the collection of data and its analysis for a study on Navajo reading materials and the language of 6-year-old Navajo children. The consultants included Mr.…

The process of performance contracting by consultants to a school district is presented. Beginning with a proposal for A Training Program for Instructional Specialists--East-Northern School District, the next step is The Supervisory Conference, which is followed by Performance Contract Specifications. A checklist is then provided for Assessment of…

This report documents an application of the Preparing Educational Training Consultants (PETC) systems to the training of a cadre of internal organizational specialists, presenting its analysis in five chapters dealing with (1) a description of the systems, the context and focus of the study and major questions guiding the evaluation; (2) a history…