The projects discussed include the planned Summer Enrichment and Instruction Project for 1968 which is reported in great detail. Proposals (1) for a Project POET, Preparation of English Teachers, which is a summer in-service training program for teachers of English as a second language, (2) for the 1968 Summer Physical Fitness Project, and (3) for…

One of the priorities for 1974-75 of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education is development of professional personnel development programs in career and vocational education. Pre- and inservice programs of teacher training institutions are needed to provide realistic experiences in the use of innovative teaching materials and…

The Education Professional Development Act inaugurated, in 1971, a Pupil Personnel Services Program to encourage recruitment, training, and program development for more versatile pupil personnel service workers. The program established seven three-year regional projects, each with a center providing leadership to smaller satellite settings. A…

This presentation examined the preparation of vocational teacher educators for the present and the future. Traditional preparation has been effective in providing students with highly specialized knowledge, but the greatest need of the present and future was seen as providing vocational teachers and vocational teacher educators who are responsive…

Project Unidos is an E.S.E.A. Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural program in Riverside County, California. The project is responsible for the organization and administration of inservice and preservice programs for approximately 43 certified teachers and 43 classified instructional assistants. This is the final evaluation report on a series of summer…

The Personalized Experiential Preparation (PEP) program is a field-centered, competency-based teacher education model that offers an alternative route to professional preparation and certification for students at Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, Missouri. The program is individualized and flexible enough to allow each participant to set his own…

This report concerns the present status of the Kansas Right to Read plan of action. Two years of activities are discussed--the 1971 summer workshop, evaluation of the first year's program (1971-72), and the 1972 summer workshops. Thirty classroom teachers took part in the one week summer workshop in 1971. This workshop was designed by the State…

In-service education of Adult Basic Education (ABE) instructional staff by the unit of the school system or other institution that sponsors the ABE program is the focus of this monograph. The four interrelated purposes of the monograph are: (1) to present a general framework that planners can use in developing in-service education, using basic…

Reported is an assessment of the effectiveness of Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) Level I materials on student achievement, student attitudes toward science and student perceptions of teachers. The students of teachers from an ISCS inservice institute and six non-institute participants were administered: (1) the "Student Inventory"…

This paper presents a planned, goal oriented, skill building, in-service training program that is based on district goals. The participants are professionals, chosen by local school districts, who train teachers, aides, parents, and volunteers in the use of the Primary Education Project/Individually Prescribed Instruction systems. The report…

Implementation of the Integrated Career Development Curriculum (ICDC) in Meeker, Colorado schools is described in this report. The main section of the report contains a historical description of implementation, a description of obstacles, a description of successes, and recommendations for improved implementation. Attachments contain a report on…

This is the sixth study in a project designed to find more effective and efficient ways of using micro-teaching and video recording in programs of vocational teacher education. In this field test of the feasibility and potential applicability of four related feedback and analysis techniques used in an inservice teacher education program for…

This publication reports the activities of an institute for in-service training of professional persons responsible for vocational-technical education in eastern metrololitan areas. Three related problem areas were seen as reasons for the development and focus of this institute. These included: (1) lack of guidance counselor involvement in the…

This book is a descriptive compilation of various innovative practices adopted by the schools associated with the Educational Research Council of America. The program descriptions are presented in alphabetical order by school district and then by schools within these districts. The index provides an alphabetical listing by specific type of…

This manual is intended as a guide to each State in analyzing its training program and policies for extension workers and in making adjustments to meet the needs of the State. Areas covered are: (1) a written training policy; (2) administrative arrangements; (3) purposes of training; (4) determining training needs--locating areas where training…