The article describes a one-page form ("Collaborative Options--Outcome Planner") to provide a format for prereferral consultation by special or regular educators. Designed to help educators in the self-questioning and problem solving process, the form can be implemented in four steps. (DB)

School districts are being overcharged by allowing closed roof specifications written by a single manufacturer of roofing materials. Cites examples from two Michigan school districts. Advises school districts how to choose a roofing consultant. (MLF)

A nationwide survey of 1,185 academic sociologists examined their extramural consulting activities. About 72% had done consulting work, primarily presentations, writings, and survey research. Top three types of organizations worked for were voluntary organizations, government, and educational groups. As consultants, respondents made limited use of…

Universities can provide successful consultation to schools by learning to work effectively with administrators to remove roadblocks that prevent effective inservice. This article examines relevant issues, including types of consultation, targeting behaviors, commitment to change, prior interventions, intervention structure, time management, and…

Based on effective-schools research and organizational theory, a curriculum-management audit examines school practices and policies for curriculum design and delivery and draws conclusions about curriculum quality control. District performance is measured against five standards: control, direction, connectivity and equity, feedback, and…

A quality assessment at the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) started with self-evaluation followed by a foreign visiting group's evaluation. The positive effects of the evaluation were commitment, organizational self-understanding, a new frame of planning activities, future orientation, and a new position in external relations. (Author/JDD)

A New Zealand project involving 17 farmers, 2 scientists, and 2 consultants classified their learning styles and found learning-preference and belief differences. The differences were used to guide design and evaluation of an extension program. (SK)

This paper uses qualitative research data and examples from a high school drama class to examine how achieving full learning membership for students with severe disabilities requires teachers, in collaborative and consultative relationships, to provide all students with crucial supports by flexibly working within three inclusion parameters…

Investigated effectiveness of behavioral consultation in changing children's (n=20) and teachers' (n=20) behaviors in consultation cases that involved children identified by teachers as manifesting symptoms characteristic of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. Children who received consultation improved significantly more than students in…

Explores journalism and mass communication administrators' support for paid media consulting (such as a writing coach, a market analyst, or a management consultant) by faculty members. Examines whether their programs' policies encourage such activity. Finds that administrators generally encourage their faculties to consult. (KEH)

Reports the results of interviews with 12 reading specialists who stated their major concerns about reading education. States that the responses focused on three major categories: (1) changes in the definition of reading; (2) changes in the scope of reading programs; and (3) changes in people's attitudes to reflect the current understanding of…

A discussion of the relationship between campus public relations professionals and media relations consultants looks at why consultants are used, the best ways to use a consultant, searching for an agency, establishing fees and parameters, and making the relationship succeed. (MSE)

An informal survey of 19 media relations firms whose clients include schools, colleges, and universities revealed that institutions can contribute most to the success of the consultant-client relationship by planning, establishing goals and expectations, building a team, and identifying worthwhile stories. (MSE)

In a comparison of the provision of occupational therapy as direct service versus collaborative consultation, 14 preschoolers and kindergartners were randomly assigned to interventions. Although both groups achieved similar percentages of individualized education plan goals, teachers who collaborated with therapists reported much larger…

Discusses ways a middle school reading specialist worked with fellow faculty members to promote reading strategies for independent reading in all content areas. (SR)