A planning guide for local school districts to assist them in improving their educational planning, the document focuses on the implementation of career education planning in a local education agency (LEA), but includes the total educational program. The steps outlined can be used by LEA's who do not have a career education emphasis. The…

This guide contains safety regulations for Alaska school district transportation systems including insurance, school bus inspection, and bus driver's permit and certification. Samples of required reports and forms are included. (MLF)

This paper defines differentiated staffing, suggests how it might be implemented, and describes the composition and role of the planning board, the professional staff, and the paraprofessional staff. This proposed staffing system relies heavily on the willingness of teachers to assume responsibility for regulating their own profession, with…

Surveys of a selected sample of the population can be inexpensive, practical, and accurate, depending on the method of collecting information, the nature of the questions, and the manner in which the sample is selected. Since few school districts can afford the $3,000 to $7,000 price of surveys made by research organizations, this book is limited…

The document, one in a series to assist in planning procedures for local and State vocational agencies, describes two computer programs, COMENR and VOCEDENR, to be used in secondary enrollment forecasts. The steps in the procedure are: 1) gather data on past public enrollment, new housing trends, census data, and current vocational enrollments and…

The major purpose of this publication is to serve those persons and agencies interested and actively engaged in planning and directing student services in institutions of higher education. The report is intended to provide an up-to-date picture, as complete as possible, of the status of organization for the administration of student services in…

The purpose of this guide is to provide background information and suggested procedures to help local administrators in planning and implementing a career education in-service training program. In-service training is perceived in a developmental mode, with the need for long-range planning for change for all education personnel. The document…

This document is a guide to educators to help them in preparing and disseminating communications to their communities about the needs of their schools. The guide consists of 50 generalizations about communication methods that were derived from experimentation with a number of theoretical and applied dissemination methods. Related documents are ED…

This comprehensive analysis of training needs, which is illustrated with case studies and factual examples, is directed towards training management, but its concepts are expressed in terms valuable to all management. The first chapter answers the question, "What are training needs?" The following chapters discuss present and future training needs,…

This speech presents a brief history of public sector collective negotiations and compares collective negotiation to private sector bargaining. The author points out that, unlike private collective bargaining, the public association or union cannot put the employer out of business; therefore, a strike or a strike threat is no longer a viable…

This booklet is intended to aid school officials in developing recruitment and selection procedures that fit local needs for hiring new teachers and administrators. The authors outline two basic recruitment and selection plans--one for teaching positions and one for administrative positions. Although these suggestions are designed for school…

Strategies outlined for developing and maintaining an administrative guide as the chief communication tool in a public school system. (Author/ MLF)

In dealing with government red tape, the author suggests, five rules can help: Don't believe politicians' promises of "deregulation"; Don't accept any regulation as final; Do your homework; Give your expertise, even if nobody asks for it; and Maintain standards of professional conduct and competence. (Editor/JT)

Discusses how to determine the nature of a group's sense of organizational purpose and make use of it. Staff often assume they have a common purpose but may confuse mission with purpose. Leadership and periodic checks are keys to preserving power of purpose. (NH)