Outlines the procedures that a consultant firm uses for evaluating physical education facility needs and existing facilities and planning for manageable growth and development. (Author/MLF)

In St. Paul (Minnesota) a certified reading consultant is assigned to each secondary school to provide initial and continuous inservice to English teachers who then teach developmental reading classes as part of the communication curriculum. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the teacher consultant model as dictated by PL 94-142, Title I (ESEA), and changes in teacher education programs. Consultancy situations as they relate to these mandates and the resulting teacher consultant model are identified. The problems encountered when utilizing the consultant are discussed and guidelines are proposed. (Author)

Provisions for resolving contract disputes between owner and architect or architect and consulting engineer should be the same to avoid inconsistent or conflicting results. (Author)

Answers questions about how to choose, use, and evaluate a professional negotiator. (IRT)

Even though the role of the school psychologist has become more diversified in recent years, many public school systems remain unaware of the range of potential competencies available. Suggestions are made pertaining to practitioner-initiated activities that can serve to facilitate implementation of the desired role. (Author)

Identifies various facets of the use of consultants in library automation, including kinds of consultants, their roles, contexts in which they may be used, functional areas in which their values may differ, and equipment alternatives. A bibliography is provided. (FM)

Reviews the development of unions in libraries, measures the impact of unionism on library administration, examines the sources of assistance in union-management relations available to library administrators, and cnsiders questions pertaining to the role of library consultants in union matters. (FM)

Describes the special practices and concerns which apply to evaluation and accountability in mediated services. Issues are raised which offer potential obstacles to the development of sound evaluation and reporting practices. However, ways to reduce the seriousness of those obstacles are also presented. (Author)

This study focuses on the importance of consultant and client gender. Data indicated that male and female consultants are approximately the same in training, interests, strategies, and other background aspects. Overall, despite their preparation for management consulting, women appear to be experiencing substantial discrimination when entering the…

Presents the findings of a study of the attitudes of classroom teachers toward reading consultants. (DD)

A project to survey retired engineers in the State of Missouri is discussed. The thrust of the survey is to identify those individuals interested in participating in a program in which their skills can be applied to the solution of community problems. (CS)

Patent and trademark searches and technology and market research related to new product development present an opportunity for librarians and community business consultants to work together. This article describes a partnership between library staff at Central Missouri State University and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to assist new…

This article outlines the topic of consultation in special and regular education and introduces subsequent articles that address consultation issues. The article points out that special and general educators, school psychologists, school counselors, speech and language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and school nurses are…