PRIOR TO PROPOSING A POSTSECONDARY PROGRAM IN AGRICULTURE FOR OHIO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 161 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN 34 STATES TO SECURE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EXPERIENCED PERSONS AND TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS. RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FROM 116. ADDITIONAL DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM 44 STATE DIRECTORS OF…

THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS VERY DETAILED DOCUMENT IS INTENDED FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. THE SPECIFICATIONS PRESENTED ARE MINIMUM, BUT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE III, NDEA. THE FIRST PART OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR THE SELECTION AND…

WITH A LIMITED BUILDING BUDGET OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS, SOUTHERN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A PERMANENT PHYSICAL PLANT CAPABLE OF HANDLING PRESENT AND FUTURE ENROLLMENTS. THE PROCEDURES TAKEN AND THE RESULTING CAMPUS FACILITIES ARE BRIEFLY OUTLINED, AND SOME GENERAL PLANNING SUGGESTIONS ADVANCED BY THE AUTHOR. MANY OF THE…

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS WERE DEVELOPED TO SUPPLEMENT "COMPILATION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION MATERIALS" (VT 002 936) ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION. FOUR PAPERS WERE COMMISSIONED BY THE CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.…

THE OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT FOR THE EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ARE DESCRIBED IN A SUMMARY OF THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED BY 50 STATES, THREE TERRITORIES, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE REPORTS, PREPARED IN RESPONSE TO A U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION (USOE) REQUEST…

More and more frequently schools are having to reduce their staffs, an act generally referred to by the depression-era phrase "reduction in force" (RIF). The reasons are several, including lower student enrollments, reduced turnover among teachers, a steady movement of students from public to private schools, greater unwillingness of weak teachers…

This manual for youth in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) provides an overview of the program, information about program rules and pay procedures, and tips on behavior and handling money. It consists of eleven sections. Section 1 provides a brief overview of the manual. The purpose and format of SYEP is outlined in sections 2 and 3. Work…

Intended as a guide for postsecondary faculty and administrators, this document suggests training and management decision guidelines for selection and implementation of an experience-based collegiate (EbCE) program. It is concerned with only one form of experiential learning--field experience or community-based education (internships, cooperative…

This handbook is intended to assist school media specialists, librarians, and audiovisualists in planning for the development of a program that will guide students to become effective, independent learners and will help teachers to become stimulating and innovative instructors. The quantitative guidelines presented are arranged in three phases to…

Serving as an introduction, this module is the first in a series of twelve modules designed to provide guidelines for evaluating recource materials and compiling creative strategies to promote sex equity in vocational technical education classrooms and in out-of-school learning experiences. This introductory module explains what a teacher can do…

This fifth in a series of twelve modules presents strategies to promote sex equity in content. The first of five sections provides suggestions for teacher organization/management with or without student interaction. These strategies include aids to facilitate lesson preparation and program implementation. The following four sections present…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders, this module contains three sequential learning activities on developing a lead-time schedule for an industry services training program. (Industry services programs are partnerships between public training institutions, industry, and other agencies to provide job…

Several years ago the East De Pere Board of Education and its superintendent recognized that the key variables of curriculum, enrollments, and facilities were combining to create some serious problems for the district. A systems approach that treats the totality of the problem and analyzes the interrelationships among the parts of the whole was…

An inventory of specialized competencies for the training of teachers of foreign languages (Latin, ancient Greek and modern languages) was carried out by the executive committees of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association and the Pennsylvania Classical Association through federal Title IV funds to serve as minimum guidelines for teacher…

The pamphlet is an adaptation of social studies objectives for 17-year-olds and adults developed in 1974 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. It is to be used by schools in Kansas as a guideline in evaluating and developing local social studies programs. Its contents have not been field tested. The objectives are presented as…