Working in cooperation with reading specialists, English teachers designed a program to meet the needs of a class of seventh graders with reading disabilities. The reading specialist role was expanded from that of small consultant to include actual classroom instructor. The teaching of literature and reading skills was facilitated through the…

The school psychologist is being replaced by regular and special educators properly trained and concerned with assessment for instruction. To survive, he must become a Helping Psychologist--helping others in preparing children, emotionally as well as academically, for the future. Throughout, prevention rather than remediation is stressed. His…

This volume summarizes the National Science Foundation's evaluation of 19 precollege curriculum projects in mathematics, science, and social science. The projects were examined by 73 consultants, including experts in science, mathematics, and child and adolescent development, and educators, education administrators, representatives of the…

The Governing Board of the Southern Consortium of Black Colleges for Teacher Education determined that its future depended upon clarification and reaffirmation of its mission. As a result, a workshop was arranged to assist the Governing Board in (1) determining its mission, (2) determining its three major program themes, and (3) establishing for…

Reported is a descriptive study of selected workshop factors affecting the training and support of resource personnel in a science curriculum. Forty participants attended the workshop, the majority of whom were college instructors while other participants were science supervisors and consultants. Twenty-eight of the participants were members of…

A food-systems consultant and designer advises school districts that want prosperous food service programs to adopt big-business methods. Successful commercial operations hire top food-service consultants and designers to get the most from their space, equipment, and labor. Commercial enterprises are concerned with efficient utilization of plant…

A Psychiatric Consultant's response to consultation in a school in racial transformation is described. Flexibility, awareness of the total field, and the need to have comprehensive sociocultural and political awareness are of key importance. After an assessment of the situation at this high school, the consultant began to ameliorate the processes…

Three models are described within a single theoretical framework for analyzing the functions of a technical advisor and the problems he may encounter in overseas development work: (1) client systems of the technical advisor and their interrelationships, (2) areas of interference in cross-cultural communication, and (3) roles of a technical…

The new emerging role of the consultant to counselors is considered. The consultant will function in a helping relationship with a colleague in counseling and related pupil personnel services with emphasis upon counseling and guidance services. Indicated are several needs for this professional: (1) the need to support the counselor in achieving…

This paper discusses tradition and innovation in the training of clinical child psychologists. Since prevention is receiving increasing emphasis, psychologists need thorough training in the developmental psychology of both infancy and early childhood. Secondly, the training of paraprofessionals is of great current interest, and perhaps graduate…

One of 6 state reports of projects and programs operating in cooperation with the Regional Curriculum Project, the document highlights major topics discussed during a workshop relating to the reorganization of small school districts. The 5 major topics are "The Great Plains Project," which relates to planning for reorganization;…

A number of ways that a reading consultant can assist teachers and students are enumerated in order to define the role of the reading consultant at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School. Here the reading consultant prepares score cards and charts for teacher and librarian reference in checking individual or group abilities, works with…

The purpose of this bulletin is to identify available resources relative to drug education, and organize them into a form which can be used to pinpoint a particular service which can be addressed to a particular need. Included in the bulletin are: (1) research report abstracts; (2) programs, (3) curriculum resource guides and instructional units,…

The purpose of this handbook is to present in a simple form the processes and procedures involved in preparing research and development projects in vocational-technical education in the State of Tennessee. It was prepared in conjunction with the Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) and the division of Vocational-Technical Education, State Department…

The Foreign Curriculum Consultant Program enables selected U.S. educational institutions and organizations to bring specialists from other countries to the United States to assist in planning and developing curriculums in foreign language and area studies. The current program priorities described here indicate which areas are likely to receive…