This treatment of State governance models is one of two major reports prepared by the Educational Governance Project. In addition, there are twelve case study reports, each devoted to policymaking for the public schools in a particular State. This report is designed to serve as a point of beginning for any person or group of persons in a State…

The main purpose of this publication is to describe the educational needs and goals expressed by various communities in Chicago for young people whose first language is not English, or who live in a community where a language other than English is spoken predominantly. The first of the five sections of this document is concerned generally with the…

In an effort to reward excellence and discourage mediocrity, an accountability-based salary system has been implemented for all administrators in the Kalamazoo school system. Administrator salaries are adjusted for performance and/or reclassification reasons. Judgments of performance are based on the extent to which an administrator achieves…

This handbook, directed to administrators and program planners, provides guidelines for implementing the Continuing Education Unit (CEU), the basic unit of measurement for organized continuing education activities. The Standard Nine Study, a survey of 415 of the 560 member institutions of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, revealed…

This publication is designed to help educators learn how to communicate effectively with the citizens of their communities. It presents a summary of school public information practices drawn from national and Tennessee samples. The monograph contains a discussion of recommended public information techniques for schools and educators derived from…

There are numerous indications that school districts across the nation increasingly view year-round school operation as much for the opportunities to improve the educational program as for reasons of space utilization or economy. Additionally, a year-round school operation could capitalize on the school's capability for individualization of…

A Master Development Plan for Brevard Community College, projected up to 1983, emphasizes a multi-campus institution. The purpose and goals of the college are discussed as to long-range goals related to planning, instruction, student personnel services, employee relations, management, business services, staff development, institutional services,…

Geosystems are computerized techniques for matching information to places. They correlate demographic and socioeconomic information with locations on the surface of the earth. Using geosystems the college administrator can: (1) improve his overall planning, (2) define college service areas, (3) assist in site selection for new programs and…

The document presents guidelines for planning, implementing, and documenting training effectiveness evaluations. The guidelines are intended to assist researchers in coping with many of the constraints associated with executing empirical research in operational settings. (NTIS)

New York State has provided an alternative in the high school equivalency program consisting of a thorough analysis of an individual's strengths and weaknesses in key academic skill areas essential to success in any formal postsecondary educational program followed by an individualized learning program designed to meet individual needs. This…

The project focused on the awareness role of the elementary school within career education and is based firmly on the School-board Comprehensive Career Education Model and the Occupational Clustering System. A Theoretical basis for the element of career awareness in career education was defined. The existence of career awareness and the…

The ESY Analysis Aids are a collection of materials and procedures related to and organized for use in making decisions concerning year-round school program alternatives. They are restricted largely to procedures dealing with the budgetary impact of school calendar manipulation, but can be used as a guide in monitoring progress in an ESY…

Although the concept of educational specifications for planning school buildings has been discussed over a long period of time and has found its way into virtually every facility's planning publication in the last 20 years, there remains a considerable lack of understanding of what educational specifications should include and how they should be…

Prepared by a statewide work experience advisory committee, this handbook is designed to supply administrators of work experience education programs with current, useful information needed to conduct effective work experience programs. Included in the handbook are: (1) a discussion of the nature, purpose, and history of work experience, (2)…

Administrators who initiate adult programs need information regarding the practices and procedures currently being followed in community colleges. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the prevailing conditions, procedures, and practices of adult education in public community colleges and to determine the conditions, procedures, and practices…