Sixty teachers and supervisors from eight western States attended a two-week training institute for teachers of Adult Basic Education who were working in Indian and Eskimo areas. Only 10 percent of the participants had prior training or experience in the area. The Institute's purpose was to acquaint teachers with the characteristics and…

The objectives of this teacher-training institute were to determine the specific reading and learning needs, characteristics, and problems of underachieving adults; to acquaint inservice adult basic education teachers and paraprofessionals with an eclectic variety of reading, writing, and study techniques that can be used with underachieving…

For four and one-half weeks in June and July 1969, Garland Junior College operated the intensive summer phase of a one-year training institute for 68 teachers, teacher aides, and trainers of classroom personnel. Under the authority of the Education Professions Development Act, the institute was comprised of the full-time summer portion and…

The institute was designed to prepare Indian personnel for assignments in schools having large numbers of Indian and handicapped children. The following were the specific objectives: (1) improvement of, and change in, educational settings for Indian handicapped children in Federal, state, and private schools on reservations; (2) preparation of…

An informational and evaluative report of the Migrant Teacher Supervisory Institute conducted at Arizona State University is presented. The institute had as its long-range goals (1) change rather than mere progress and (2) implementation rather than innovation. The curriculum for the institute centered around the following areas: unit teaching,…

A project in library science, funded under Title IIb of the Higher Education Act, approved the training of 40 participants (8 teams) selected from 11 communities in Colorado, Wyoming, and the Southwest having a high Spanish-surname population. Teams included a practicing school or public librarian, a Spanish-surnamed community leader, a…

This is a report of two two-day institutes which were designed to encourage increased and more effective activity in school desegregation in the Southeastern region. Each participant received copies of desegregation guidelines and a set of publications for essential background information. Kickoff speakers focused attention on progress in…

During the summer of 1968, a 6-week inservice training institute was held at Duluth, Minnesota, for 45 experienced teachers from 13 secondary schools throughout the United States. These schools are part of a 17-school ES '70 Network banded together for the purpose of developing innovative curricula for the 1970's. The purpose of the institute was…

Three purposes of the institute were: (1) identify needs of ghetto disadvantaged who can be reached by libraries, (2) explore means of responding effectively to these needs and (3) develop administrative approaches and procedures for implementing experimental library programs. Early planning decisions which contributed to the success of the…

The purpose of this study was to examine the hypothesis that the students of teachers who participated in in-service institutes in sociology would show greater gains in learning on examinations that the students of teachers who did not participate in sociology institutes. The examinations used were for short units developed by the curriculum…

Twenty persons, selected according to experience, responsibilities, and interests in occupational education for disadvantaged youth, and representing several states, educational areas, and most ethnic groups participated in the institute. The three types of materials developed were: sensitivity units, instructional units, and titles for additional…

The focus of the eight day Institute for Directors of Extension sponsored by the Canadian Association of Departments of Evening and Summer Schools and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education was on administration theory--the examination of adult education problems and their effect on the university. Participants attempted to develop general…

This curriculum guide is for use by college instructors concerned with expanding traditional woodworking programs. It was developed in a National Defense Education Act summer institute and is based on an outline provided by members of a previous institute. The content concerns wood substitutes which are made to resemble wood and are often used…

A total of 21 persons, including area vocational-technical school directors, coordinators of post-secondary instruction, and supervisors of area high school programs, participated in the program aimed at preparing directors and coordinators of secondary and post-secondary vocational education programs. The 20-month training period was divided into…

The 1969 Adult Basic Education (ABE) Institute at the University of Wyoming aimed to provide ABE administrators with skills needed in consultative capacities with teachers, special interest and community groups, state department officials, regional specialists, and boards of education -- as well as specific knowledge about ABE. Through case…