The institute evaluated in this report, approved and funded through Title IV of the Civil Rights Act, was planned to accommodate 120 participants representing four school systems located in Northeast Louisiana. These school systems had been involved in the desegregation of faculty and students. The total student population of the four school…

This outline of orientation for people who design and conduct manpower programs for disadvantaged workers discusses objectives of the orientation, characteristics of enrollees, structure and content of the program, methods of communication, measurement of progress in orientation, counseling and supportive services, testing and assessment, and…

This is the preliminary report of a demonstration project in continuing education of the physician in his own community. Members of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center went into residence in 14 communities in Northern California and Nevada for periods of three days. Choice of specialities and the programing were developed by…

The general objective of this study is to assist in the improvement of compensatory education programs in Massachusetts through modifications of current programs based on evaluations specific enough to permit the formulation of concrete recommendations for improvement. A 10 percent sample of projects was chosen for study as theoretically…

A model adapting the ideas of the British Infant School to the culture of American education is presented. The model presents open education as potentially most useful to Indian and Migrant Education and incorporates already existing concepts, such as training in linguistics and thought. This document is divided into three parts: (1) development…

The selection, role, and training of the Extension program assistant is reviewed. The ever-increasing demand for Extension type workers has magnified the shortage of professional personnel to man these programs. To meet these demands, the continuing and timely training of program assistants is necessary to enhance their value to the Extension…

The Primary Language Development Component, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, served 3150 pupils, kindergarten through grade three. The purpose of the Columbus Public Schools in planning the language component was based on the assumption that the language of disadvantaged children prevents their dealing…

The Southern Regional Education Board's Undergraduate Education Reform Project assists with the development of nontraditional approaches in undergraduate education throughout the South by helping institutions and state systems of higher education consider constructive changes within the context of their purposes, goals, and resources. This…

Part of a 4-volume set constituting a model to assist all school districts in Region 17 (Texas) in infusing comprehensive career oriented education into their existing instructional programs by 1980, this teacher guide contains materials for the third part of a 3-phase program designed to move the participant through a series of informational…

This document presents a model for a program to guide teachers in effective self-evaluation. In this structured program, the teacher is expected to write course, unit, and daily lesson plans incorporating behaviorally stated objectives, which communicate his or her instructional intent. With the help of a trained observer-evaluator, the teacher is…

The purposes of this study were: to measure the perceived needs for skill training of student teachers, public school teachers, and other educational personnel involved in teaching center activities; to see if some of these needs related to the same underlying concepts; and to profile individual teaching centers according to some of these…

This report contains a description and evaluation of the Bilingual Pupil Services Program, operated by the New York City Board of Education, Office of Bilingual Education. The basic goal of the program was to improve the reading and mathematics abilities of Hispanic non-English speaking pupils and Hispanic English speaking pupils who were one or…

Reference material obtained from responses to questionnaires is presented on 25 early childhood programs for severely handicapped children. Each program report consists of components which include a program abstract; program summary; identification and screening procedures; diagnostic procedures; prescriptive procedures; child progress evaluation;…

The primary concern of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) is to provide a safe and healthful workplace for every working man and woman in the nation. One way to help reduce the number of injuries and illnesses in the workplace is by training workers to be more aware of the job safety and health hazards and to teach them the methods of…

Describes the development and evaluation of a pilot course in Spanish, which was designed specifically for social workers and which emphasized communicative activity. In general, students rated the program favorably, although several suggestions for improvement were made. Potential applicability of this kind of course to other professions is…