This book begins with a look at current practice in administration. It then proposes a general problem-solving strategy to help administrators and supervisors with the array of difficulties that face them. The development of an administrative/supervisory team is proposed as a method of effectively implementing the problem-solving strategy.…

The experience-based career education program was intended to have students participate in a variety of individualized activities designed to provide meaningful learning experiences in basic skills, life skills, and career development. Approximately 50 high school juniors and seniors participated in the project on a full-day basis, dividing their…

Presented is an overview of the operation of the special education systems used in Project SHARE (Sharing High Yield Accountability with Resource Educators). It is explained that the project grew out of a need to provide service for handicapped children in a sparsely populated area and that the only constants are daily measuring and diagnosing,…

In order to evaluate the content of the courses and programs of the Moraine Park Technical Institute (MPTI) and to identify weaknesses and strengths in meeting the needs of the employee and employer, an in-depth evaluation of the school's five departments (trade and industry, business education, health occupations, agriculture, and general…

The workbook is a training tool designed to make the concept of program planning and budgeting available to small social agencies in a simplified and practical form. It begins with a glossary and an explanation of the Annual Program Budgeting Cycle, the basis for the process described. The first four chapters contain summarized material,…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) created a planning or formative process in the creation of an educational television series. The STD recommendations were: (1) define the process, in-depth, before developing the process; (2) make certain the process can adapt to unforeseen developments; (3) test the process by converting early scripts…

The report evaluates the civil rights activities of several Federal agencies with responsibilities for ensuring nondiscrimination toward women and minorities in their Federally assisted programs under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The agencies reviewed are the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture; the Health and Social…

An evaluation made by outside experts was conducted to measure the effectiveness of the nine revised cluster units in Project AWAKE, to investigate the program's progress towards its stated objectives, and to evaluate the methodology employed. Career awareness of students was compared and evaluated through separate tests. Scenes depicting work and…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) represented a cooperative and complex effort involving federal, regional, state and local interests and demonstrated the feasibility of media distribution by communication satellite of social services for rural audiences. As part of a comprehensive evaluation plan, the summative data base was augmented…

The publication's purpose is to suggest procedures and activities for implementing the accommodation phase career education objectives for the Iowa demonstration project. The document is a reference for teachers at the intermediate level and is intended for use in planning classroom activities to meet career education objectives and the needs of…

The purpose of the publication is to suggest procedures and activities for implementing awareness phase career education objectives written for the Iowa demonstration project. It can be used as a reference for primary level teachers in planning classroom activities to meet career education objectives and the needs of their students and community.…

Volume 13 of T and D Abstracts, a continuation of CIRF Abstracts, contains 18 abstracts of documents published in Belgium, England, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, West Germany, and the United States, dealing with trends in national training policies and in personnel development in public and private enterprise. The abstracts are divided into the…

This plan for a college-wide participatory governance system at Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) was formulated on the basis of a review of the literature, interviews with leading authorities in the two-year college field, and site visits to six other urban multi-campus community colleges to review their governance systems. This document presents…

This paper examines how potential conflicts produced by ethical issues such as confidence and confidentiality can affect the research methodology of educational research and evaluation projects. Despite the differences in site selection, clientele, and relationship to treatment, both evaluators and researchers must make adjustments in method to…

One of a series of manuals developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the publication presents the activities of the project's research and evaluation component, which continually informs the staff about project development and describes client characteristics, needs, decisions, and plans. Generic issues which must be…