This paper describes a college summer-enrichment program that helps minority students improve their communication skills. The program concentrates as many different writing experiences as possible into a month-long workshop that provides intensive, individualized, daily writing practice with a variety of instructional materials. The major thrust…

This leadership guide provides the counselor and group leader with ideas on elements for effective leadership seminars. This packet is a compilation of exercises and ideas on the following: (1) creating a learning community; (2) leadership skill workshop design; (3) program planning and evaluation; and (4) leadership techniques. Brief sections…

This training packet is intended to aid school administrators and resource personnel in developing school volunteer programs and in involving the community in the schools through volunteer programs. Section 1 of the packet presents basic information on school volunteer programs, focusing on the rationale for volunteer programs, the role of…

The seven case studies presented in this publication are representative of successful programs for the professional development of practicing teachers. They were selected to give a sampling of the variety in programs underway across the country. Two describe teacher centers jointly operated by a school system and a university; another, a Teacher…

Intended as a guide for planning and conducting a ten-day microsupervision workshop, this paper describes the various components of such a workshop as it is conducted at Temple University for training resource persons--experienced teachers who help new teachers in competency based teacher education (CBTE) programs. As defined here,…

The Women's Workshop Notebook is the tool used in the nine-week course designed for the mature woman returning to school at Antelope Valley College. The notebook exercises along with the group interaction and instruction stress the importance of personal assessment of strengths, weaknesses, dreams, deliberations and life history in…

The purpose of the workshop reported here was (1) to share and exchange information from a national survey of the status of competency-based adult vocational education instruction and (2) to assist the participants in implementing or expanding competency-based programs. Contents include four groups of workshop presentations. Three are general…

Writing laboratories in colleges across the United States have encountered problems when offering individualized instruction: too often the students work in isolation with materials that are inadequate or inappropriate. This paper suggests, as a remedy to this situation that tutors be made available to the students whenever the writing lab is open…

Statewide plans for implementation of the metric system in Alabama and progress toward these goals are described. A legislative resolution concerning the teaching of the metric system is stated. (SD)

Presents a list of courses, programs, and workshops for earth science teachers at colleges and universities in 35 states and Canada. The list contains entries ranging from introductory earth science courses to full scale undergraduate and masters degree programs designed especially for earth science teachers. (MLH)

Second of three articles in a review, titled "Sensitivity Training: Can It Work for the Schools? .

The document reports the rationale, goals, objectives, and activities of a Bergen County (New Jersey) program to appraise students in the sheltered workshop relative to prevocational and vocational strengths and needs and to prepare students with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes for functioning semi-independently in sheltered…