This bulletin, the first in a series on leadership, is a guide for leaders of organizations, to the nature and operation of committees. Contributions and advantages of committees are enumerated, and types of committees are described. Guidelines are given for selecting a committee, instructing it, committee operation, and acting on a committee…

Included in this 12th annual tribal directory is information on the American Indian reservations in Arizona, their populations, and tribal leaders. Names of Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs advisory committee members and Bureau of Indian Affairs area officers are also included, as are names and addresses of personnel in other state and Federal…

The composition and activities of the Committee On Physics In Two Year Colleges in its first year of operation are discussed. The role of this committee as one of the working groups of the American Association of Physics Teachers is explored, both with respect to its responsibilities to the two year college teaching profession and to the general…

Steps in the development of a Nucleus Testing Committee to assist in the development of a system-wide testing program in the Madison, Wisconsin, school system are described. Over 60 participants were selected for the committee, using the following selection guidelines: interest in the project and the role to be assumed, commitment to the school…

The activities of the Nucleus Testing Committee, particularly its Curriculum Related Subcommittee, of the Madison, Wisconsin public schools are described in relation to its effort to bring about increased awareness of the need for reexamination of both district-wide and local school evaluation procedures. The sub-committee's recommendations are…

The proceedings of the National Conference on State Plan Development contain a brief summary of the discussion about the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, the draft Regulations for State Plan Programs, the draft State Plan Guide, and the working papers presented at the Conference. Also included are the Conference program, staff,…

Advisory committees have been used in limited numbers because school personnel have not been aware of procedures for establishing such committees or how to use them effectively. The purpose of this project was to develop an instructional packet that would contain information concerning the establishment, orientation, development, and use of…

THE ACTIVITIES OF A CONFERENCE TO STIMULATE AND FACILITATE THE STUDY OF SPEECH AND HEARING PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED. SPEECH AND HEARING PERSONNEL (N=40) ATTENDED THE 4-DAY CONFERENCE. LECTURES ON METHODS OF RESEARCH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH, LOGISTIC AND TACTICAL PROCEDURES, AND RESEARCH DESIGN PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN BY SIX SPECIALISTS IN…

The Minneapolis Accountability Project was an effort of the Minneapolis Public Schools to provide greater accountability to the public by helping citizens evaluate school programs. Citizens' study groups were provided with staff to help them in a year-long study of a topic selected by a citizen's advisory board. Study committees met weekly…

The first of a two-part series of articles on how we can improve the quality of workshops is concerned with the functions of the design committee in the planning stages. Workshop objectives, participants, and design are discussed in detail. (BP)

A board cannot abrogate its responsibility to decide nor can it delegate that responsibility to others. And a board should not surrender its authority. (Author)

Summarized is a study to determine the degree to which Michigan vocational teachers and administrators use or plan to use local advisory committees for planning, equipping, staffing, and reviewing local programs, and their degree of commitment to the concept. Researchers conclude that improvement is needed in all areas of concern. (AJ)

Most committees are frustrating to the members because of the lack of committeeship: the administrative processes, skills, and techniques required to accomplish a desired task. The author attempts to furnish guidelines on 1) whether a committee should be formed, 2) ensuring successful committee operations, and 3) providing a checklist for…

Explains the overall structure and the main duties of the Education (Co-ordinating) Committee and its four standing subcommittees: Examinations, Safeguards, Apparatus, and Primary Science. Some specific activities of the committees are mentioned. (GA)

Over the past three and a half years, a faculty committee for the evaluation of administrators has been functioning at Brooklyn College, one of the largest units of the City University of New York. The committee's establishment, operation, reports, and accomplishments are described. (LBH)