The purpose of this conference was to prepare key people in the field of education to function as inservice education leaders in their respective settings. The design called for participants to learn what the MOREL inservice education program is and what it hopes to accomplish, to identify the role and functions of the inservice education leader,…

The seminar evaluated in this report focused on staff development and had as its objectives: (1) the provision of information regarding the social, medical, moral and legal implications of drug use; (2) the development of skills and techniques for use by school personnel and students in implementing a drug education program; (3) to bring about…

The significant theme dominating the Council on Library Technology's Third Annual Workshop was one of defining the problems that beset Library Technical Assistants (LTAs), training programs, directors of programs, administrative staffs of junior and community colleges, and anyone connected with the use of middle level personnel in libraries.…

This report studies the effects of the Instructional Behavior and Skills Development (IBS) in-service program on teacher behavior. The participants of both the control and experimental groups were full-time elementary teachers of the Springfield, Missouri Public Schools. Participants in the experimental group attended the IBS in-service program of…

The Industrial Arts Section focused attention during the 1972 fiscal year on career education, the improvement of instruction, and industrial arts growth in Arizona. This annual report outlines accomplishments in each area: development, promotion, and implementation of the career education concept; improvement of instruction through improving the…

The volume, based on workshop proceedings, discusses identifying characteristics of various handicapping conditions and describes relevant teaching methods and curricula. Characteristic behaviors of aggressive and withdrawn emotionally disturbed children are specified. Discussions of mentally handicapped children center on problems of…

In an effort to obtain grass roots information, a panel composed of employers and library technical assistants (LTAs) presented views and ideas which were important to them and of concern when looking toward program evaluation. The group then considered the four courses which seem to be basic to most programs. Objectives, content, and teaching…

One of the major program goals of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) is the design, development, and production of a series of simulation materials for the preservice and inservice training of urban educational administrators. This paper presents evaluative information regarding the Janus Junior High Principalship…

This paper describes the summer Parent Orientation Program at the University of Maryland and an evaluation of the program several months later. The goal of the program was to educate parents in the facilitation of their son's or daughter's transition from high school to college. Another goal was to recognize parents as a vital part of the…

The production of plays enables the students to associate themselves with the total matrix of the play--its social, political, economic, and cultural aspects; thus theater teaching should be ideally suited to learning cultural concepts about a specific country. This study tested a program of theater teaching against a more conventional teaching…

The annual report of the initial year of operation of the Nevada Western States Small Schools Project describes the project activities in relation to the implementation and continuing development of programs and the identification of problem areas and possible solutions for small schools. Programs described are: (1) an art-by-telephone programs…

The rationale and training procedure used in a three-day communication and leadership project in a junior high school located in a southern metropolitan area of approximately 200,000 population is described. The workshop reflected a commitment to interview developmentally in the desegregation process. Four general workshop goals were formulated;…

A training model called Microville was used in a workshop to acquaint community leaders with the basic decision-making processes and interests involved in coordinated program development and implementation for adult education, training and employment. Microville consumed the first day and one-half of the workshop schedule; the last three and…

This paper was prepared to advise the Teacher Corps/Washington Management Team about the 1976 National Conference. The following questions were used to organize the body of the report: (1) Why a conference? (2) Why certain sessions? (3) Why certain participants? (4) Why certain presentors? and (5) What imperatives should direct planning and…

This handbook contains the proceedings of a workshop designed to assist home economics educators in working with exceptional children, especially the mentally retarded. The rationale, objectives, organization, content of sessions, participant descriptions, and outcomes of the workshop are described in the introduction. The body of the handbook…