This paper analyzes the planning and implementation of a foundation-sponsored fellowship program designed to provide urban secondary school principals with opportunities for inservice professional development. The discussion is presented in the form of a case study that uses data gathered through questionnaires, interviews, and participant…

Services were provided for 16 deinstitutionalized developmentally disabled adults (DDA) through the use of senior citizens as advocates. Program objectives included provision of 20 hours per week of supervised one-to-one training in daily living skills for each DDA and the development of helping relationships between the DDA client and the senior…

This is a guide for a proposed course to teach community college faculty members how to design, prepare, and evaluate an individualized learning unit (ILU). It represents a synthesis of the methods and techniques for developing ILU's that have been reported in the literature and the preferences and opinions of experienced practitioners in the…

Students in English methods courses must be encouraged to develop a multicultural awareness and to become concerned with "language arts" as opposed to "English arts." In order to be prepared to enter into and function as teachers in a pluralistic world, English teaching majors need to study and practice multicultural teaching strategies and to…

The purpose of this evaluation-research training program was to involve local program evaluators in training activities that would increase evaluation competencies for the consequent improvement of instructional programs at the local level. Superintendents and school board members met to discuss the roles of research and evaluation and their…

This paper describes the construction and use of a set of evaluative instruments to aid in the planning of in-service programs. The four instruments constructed used Stufflebeam's four evaluative strategies: context, input, process, and product. They were designed to provide rating which could be compared in regard to personnel group and local…

A problem-solving evaluative approach is described for an ESEA/Title III program in Topeka, Kansas. One problem in the program was to identify the reading curriculum needs of the 34 elementary, 11 junior high, and 3 high schools with a total enrollment of 25,000 students. There were 1,000 students 2 or more years below their expected level who had…

Developed by a professor and an associate professor, this training manual provides a source of basic material which can be used by state agency personnel for the orientation of new counselors, for beginning courses in rehabilitation counselor training programs, and for inservice training of experienced rehabilitation counseling personnel. Major…

More than 100 state directors and other leaders from 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico attended a 3-day inservice leadership development seminar to exchange information and examine coordinated state planning as it relates to programing in vocational-technical education. Seminar activities included group work sessions, a…

Since it is difficult to determine behavior categories for students in the North Carolina Advancement School, the Devereus Behavior Rating Scale was revised to fill this void. After analyzing results on the complete test, four factors were picked which seemed most descriptive of underachievers: aggression, alienation, anxiety, and activity. A…

The purpose of this monograph is to provide some impetus for enhanced pre-service and in-service preparation of counselors for the educational guidance function. There are four sections in this monograph. The first part presents the findings of a four-state survey of 1,174 school counselors regarding their opinions of the preparation which they…

Consisting of materials presented to the institute on evaluation of the Illinois gifted program, the document presents papers on educational evaluation and the evaluator's role in education. Also, the development of evaluation designs is considered and four evaluation plans are detailed. Questions regarding evaluation are listed; also listed…

Through joint efforts that included Federal funds, school staff, and community members, Leflore County schools in rural Mississippi have made advances in education. The uses of instructional materials and media are described in this 1969 document, along with areas where deficiencies are found. One section cites specific findings with respect to…

Three remote feedback techniques involving micro-teaching and video recording were tested to facilitate inservice teacher education to teachers in isolated circumstances. From a population of 57 beginning teachers of health occupations education, trade and industrial education, and technical education in Colorado, a sample of 39 teachers was…

A model responsive educational system being evolved by the Far West Laboratory is designed to serve children from ages 3 to 9. The major objectives of the educational system are to help children develop self-concept as it relates to learning in the school and the home, and to develop intellectual ability. An autotelic environment is stressed. The…