The intent of Title IV-C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (the Education Amendments of 1974) is to establish innovative and exemplary projects that provide creative or imaginative solutions to problems in the areas of supplementary centers and services, health and nutritional demonstrations, and dropout prevention. The purposes of…

This book covers physical and health education administration from elementary through secondary school. Part one describes the administrative context. Systems management and administrative philosophy are introduced and applied to physical and health education. Part two describes the actual school programs that are to be managed. Both traditional…

A comparative analysis of the administration and implementation of ESEA Title I was undertaken in 8 states and 32 local school districts (4 in each state). The study was designed to determine the extent to which the structure of Title I administration--legislative provisions, program regulations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare…

The workshop staff packet contains nine worksheets designed to assist adult educators in organizing and coordinating their own work and that of the workshop staff and consultants. Worksheets included are: (1) Needs Assessment/Problem Analysis and Competency Models; (2) General and Specific Learning Objectives; (3) Learning Resources…

The document is part of a series that reports the findings and accomplishments of the Models for Career Education in Iowa project which was initiated to research, define, and describe an emerging concept of career education. It discusses administrator roles in implementing career education concepts in the school curriculum through a definition of…

An educational program's quality and relevance can be guaranteed only if the needs of the students it serves are accommodated. To be certain that the program meets these needs, parents and students must be involved in its planning and implementation. One vehicle to achieve this goal is the parent advisory council. Prepared for the parents and…

Because there appears to be a need for the facilitation of planning in elementary schools, the Center for the Study of Evaluation has established programs to provide for people in schools the knowledge and skills they need to do local program planning and evaluation. One of these programs is the self-instructional, self-contained Program Planning…

The two-part paper describes the PASS (Program Analysis of Service Service Systems) evaluation method and its use in assessing a local school district federally funded project for mainstreaming elementary-level handicapped children. It is explained that PASS is an approach based on normalization and accountability principles applicable to a…

The official criteria and procedures for the implementation of Michigan State University--Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Programs are delineated in this report. The CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction. The…

Effective instruction on a national scale is dependent on supplying competent teachers with comprehensive instructional materials and procedures that meet some kind of minimum criteria for accountability. Considerations included in a complete instructional system are: (1) outcomes; (2) assessment; (3) user experience data; (4) materials; (5)…

Volume 3 of the report describes the Management Information System (MIS) for monitoring instructional programs developed for the New York State Education Department. The background of the system is discussed with regard to: the specially developed Planning-Programing-Evaluation processes, characterized by: operational as opposed to philosophical…

This document suggests to state postsecondary education agencies and other organizations concerned with postsecondary educational planning and management a possible state-level information structure that incorporates the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) Program Classification Structure (PCS). It provides some…

The bulletin is intended to assist local educational agency administrators in developing and/or strengthening and expanding occupational services for disadvantaged and handicapped persons as required by Federal and State legislation and outlined in the Illinois State plan. The publication opens with a discussion of the criteria for the…

The main objectives and activities of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Demonstration Project are evaluated for the 1971-72 project year in the Model Neighborhood Area of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Briefly discussed are: a community overview, general program status, program management (program goals; job descriptions for the project director,…

Management needs in Southeast Asia are the focal points of a workshop held in Penang, March 1972, by the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development. Following the opening statement concerning these needs, the discussions at the workshop and a background paper, "Developing Management Competence," are presented. (MJM)