Directed to school systems initiating a job placement program, the Atlanta Public Schools (Georgia) job placement manual discusses how a job placement program can provide a transition from school to work for all students leaving the public schools, as well as place students in paid and non-paid part-time work experiences as a part of their…

This handbook is intended to guide educational administrators interested in adopting an Educational Resources Management System or Planning Programming Budgeting Evaluation System (ERMS/PPBES) by presenting detailed information on the experiences of various educational systems in implementing ERMS/PPBES programs. Data were gathered from a…

The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration's (LEAA) 1974 evaluation guidelines state that each State Planning Agency (SPA) "is expected to intensively evaluate...selected projects or groups of projects according to its planning needs." Evaluations are to "incorporate sound evaluation methodologies including, as appropriate,…

The guide was intended to provide the information needed to implement or improve an 11th and 12th grade career education cluster program. The authors suggest that the guide will be most useful in schools where a long-range plan for career education has been prepared and adopted by the local board of education, and where it has been decided to…

The instructor's guide is part of a series designed to help project directors in the management of Alcohol Safety Action Projects (ASAP) through management workshops. Workshops will discuss certain phases of the ASAP including National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) organizational and supportive efforts, countermeasures,…

This publication is intended to aid school district personnel in establishing and managing a volunteer services system capable of simultaneously meeting the needs of the school system and of volunteer personnel. Chapter 1 discusses the need for systematic management of volunteer services, outlines a model volunteer services system developed by the…

This paper discusses the topic of teacher contract negotiations from the perspective of the school administrator, offering a variety of general and specific suggestions intended to help administrators avoid potential pitfalls in contract negotiation and implementation. The first half of the paper presents some general comments on the contract…

A guide intended to be used by boards of education and administrators lists economical and socially useful ways to put unwanted schools back to work. Items include minimizing community opposition, help that can be obtained from consultants, zoning questions, and some alternative building uses that may be considered. (Author/MLF)

The proper understanding and effective use of space in open space schools requires teacher, administrator, and student participation and involvement. Open plan schools can improve instruction because teachers are all visible. As a result, instructional improvements can be observed and encouraged, and weaker teachers tend to become stronger as they…

An outline for the total scheme of evaluation in a school district is presented for administrators. Evaluation of programs, teachers, students, and materials used in classrooms is discussed with respect to identification, data collection, and decision-making. This booklet begins with a summary and a chart that is intended to help an administrator…

This publication examines a number of court cases involving the publication and distribution of various publications by high school students. In Scoville v. Board of Education of Joliet Township High School District 204, the court ruled that the content of student publications may be regulated only when the administrator acts upon "a reasonable…

This guide was prepared by a researcher-consultant to help school administrators and teachers improve, redirect, and expand instructional programs preparing high school youth to enter and progress in distributive employment. It presents distributive education in its educational, social, and economic environment and is concerned with a broadly…

Although universities have an interest in recruiting, retaining and developing the administrative and educational abilities of department chairmen, most institutions do little to help fulfill the chairman's needs for role socialization and development and for understanding administrative procedures. Training programs are few, mostly because of a…

This handbook is written for use by individuals at the local and state levels, with the ultimate goal of influencing the nature and direction of research in vocational-technical education. The substantive base for the handbook is derived from presentations published in total in "Proceedings: National Conference on Research, 1968 Vocational…

The five documents in this PREP kit report on the significant R&D findings and current practice in bilingual education, from a project supported under OE's Targeted Communications Program. "Administration of Bilingual Education," one of the documents in the kit, is directed to administrators, school board members, and others who must…