A project was conducted based on the following three objectives: (1) demonstrate a regional plan for the implementation of an open entry-exit (flexible) career development program encompassing career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation; (2) expose each student to a range of career clusters within the context of his educational…

Differences and similarities between career education and vocational education are explored in the following areas: Definition of terms; individuals served; phases of career education and their relation to vocational education; placement; education and certification of teachers and other personnel; teaching-learning strategies; and advisory…

This syllabus is intended to serve as the instructor's manual for inservice Spanish teachers' training courses in applied linguistics throughout the state of Texas. Texts are recommended for both participants and instructor. Lesson outlines are provided for six sessions; they include recommended and required readings as well as extensive lecture…

The report examines the professional competencies needed by postsecondary and secondary school agricultural education instructors. A questionnaire covering 11 functions, 39 tasks, and 89 competencies was administered by mail to the 435 vocational agriculture instructors in Wisconsin, of Whom nearly two-thirds of the secondary school and…

Thirteen objectives of the program and analyses of each in terms of procedure, evaluation, the status of procedure, and status of the evaluation are listed in this report. The objectives are: the establishment of a community relations program to promote two-way communication between school board, administration, teachers, students, and parents;…

The aim of the Title I math program was to improve the teaching of mathematics at the primary level in Title I schools. School staff and Parent Advisory Committee members had suggested and helped plan the focus of the project. It was expected that improved teaching would raise the level of understanding of basic mathematics skills and concepts of…

Formerly the Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children, REEEP is an educational intervention program for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old "high risk" (of low birth weight and with various handicaps) Spanish American children. Goals of REEEP, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III program, are to: prevent school…

The report describes the project's design, initial efforts, and revised objectives toward the development of a regional adult staff development system. Three elements were perceived to be essential to such a system: a regional consortium organization to effectively implement competency-based adult staff development programs, State-by-State and…

In order to assess the Adult Competency Training (ACT) Project activities and the development of an Adult Staff Development (ASD) program, designed to train adult educators through State-by-State and region-wide planning and coordination, an external evaluation was conducted by reviewing documents and records and by interviewing 40 persons from…

"The Role of the State in Performance-Based Teacher Education-Certification" by Robert Roth creates a context for viewing how state agencies are approaching performance education. Peter Airasian then explores the value questions that are at the heart of evaluation issues. Fred McDonald looks at "The State of the Art in Performance Assessment," and…

Written to emphasize the harmful consequences of placing the total burden of bringing up the young on the family and the school, to suggest the coordination of adult society with schooling, to renew an interest in cognitive and ethical learning, and to emphasize the need for professional competence, this book discusses the alienation of youth from…

This application for a continuation grant (P.L. 89-10 ESEA, Title III) for the Experimental Model School Unit (EMSU) of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina) contains three sections. Section 1 outlines the revised and expanded evaluation plan for the project in which eight activities are being tested in the EMSU (a high school, a…

This report presents the inception and initial phases of CERLI's adaptation of the "Leader of Continuing Education" program to inservice training of administrators and teachers in urban areas. A pilot project is proposed for the Chicago area. The goal of this project encompasses the development of an urban center that will conduct a series of…

With the hope of providing materials for use and adaptation in Oklahoma schools for improvement in all areas of human relations, a guide to the implementation of the principles of human relations in the educational system, of inservice programs, of self evaluation and of resource activities is offered. Four short sections discuss the American…

The Maryland Career Development Project, a three-year model implemented in Baltimore City with information dissemination and provision of services to the entire State, presents in its final report descriptions of the project's seven components and the major results or accomplishments of the project, supported where possible by evaluative data…