This bulletin (second in a series of three) provides current information and basic guidelines for the establishment or continuation of kindergarten programs. The bulletin discusses pre-6-year-old programs in their historical perspective and includes a section on the current status of research. The legal basis for kindergartens is also…

Although the task of preparing graduate assistants to be teachers is widely neglected, some universities are making an effort to make the apprenticeship a worthwhile experience for both teachers and their students. This report identifies some of the critical problems and issues associated with graduate student instruction and presents examples of…

The Kanawha County (West Virginia) Student Teaching Center, a cooperative program (of six institutes of higher education, the Kanawha County School System, and the West Virginia State Department of Education) for coordinating student teaching and inservice teacher education programs in Kanawha County elementary and secondary schools, is described…

This study of staff perceptions (15 institutions in 13 states) found that teachers generally (1) felt the college a stepping-stone to a senior institution, (2) saw excellent teaching as a contribution to college aims, (3) by supporting an open door policy, acknowledged the students' lower ability, (4) saw the junior college as different from…

Hagerstown Junior College, Maryland, has had a staff development program for the past five years. The major components have been evaluated, revised, and integrated into a gestalt paradigm--a total institutional thrust designed to insure that the goals of the college meet the challenges presented by the service area. Each component exists to foster…

This report summarizes the detailed case study of the organization and staffing of the research libraries of Columbia University. The study examines present patterns and recommends how the resources of 35 operating libraries ought better be arranged and deployed to fulfill their important roles. As a case study, the conclusions and recommendations…

Examined in the paper is the relationship between differential diagnosis and educational programing for children with learning disabilities. Three components of differential diagnosis are explained to be classification, measurement of the child's strengths and weaknesses, and evaluation of academic skills which have been mastered. Beginning…

Presented is the "University of Southern California Trojan Stores Inventory Procedures for Department Supervisors and Inventory Members." This manual includes four drawings of stocked merchandise to be used for discussion during staff training sessions, a practice inventory sheet, and the test used to measure employee comprehension of…

Discusses the kinds of information needed for planning in public libraries, and some of the difficulties and pitfalls in obtaining such information. Suggestions for improved methodology in public library planning emphasize the roles of citizens, both library users and nonusers, and library staff members in the planning activities. (Author)

Defines the responsibilities of individual members of junior and senior high school publication staffs. (GW)

Presents business organization and child care center managers with ideas on how to deal with various staffing situations. Ideas include suggestions for handling informal staff networks; getting insight into what is important to people; motivating people in difficult situations; developing temporary employee services for child caregivers; and…

Examines the role of the secondary school secretary in Great Britain as that role is prescribed in job descriptions; performed in fact; and perceived by secretaries, administrators, teachers, and others. Suggests that aspects of the role as the role is perceived may indicate possible avenues for staff development. (PGD)

Surveyed 400 public and private small (less than 5,000 students) colleges to examine their delivery of counseling and psychological services. Results are discussed for program organization, administration, staffing, delivery systems, most frequently provided services, and services ranked most important. (MCF)

Court rulings and legislation are cited in a discussion of institutionalized mentally retarded persons' rights to privacy. The authors emphasize the need to restructure job responsibilities and/or descriptions to ensure appropriate resident-staff relations for dressing, bathing, toileting, and other private activities. (CL)

Direct-care and professional staff serving profoundly and multiply disabed persons in small community settings or in a large specialty hospital generally expressed positive attitudes regarding jobs and resident care. Staff members who worked with the most disabled residents did not differ from employees serving profoundly but relatively less…