Developed as part of a project to design, test, and disseminate simulation training materials for state leadership development, these exercises focus on developing personal and technical skills in vocational education program and facility planning. The simulation training strategy provides tryout experiences in interpersonal and other critical…

Guidelines are set down for school administrators, architects, board members, and others responsible for the planning, design, and construction of administrative facilities for the schools of their districts. The need for carefully planned, functional school administration centers is evident. This publication will assist communities of people to…

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights acquired and analyzed information relating to school desegregation in the Southern and border States during the 1966-67 school year. Data were obtained by the Commission primarily from field investigations (mostly in rural school districts) and analysis of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's files…

Management should elevate the status of the training function and revise the priorities assigned to it. The process of total and continuous training can develop in employees a sense of security, independence and self-confidence, a conceptual view, multiple skills, and a readiness to make a contribution to the organization. Administrative,…

This report interprets information from the first phase of a Federally funded adult basic educational guidance and counseling project in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Findings and conclusions are presented as to the cultural, psychological, and other characteristics of students; problems encountered in designing guidance…

The urban university campus is studied through a comprehensive view of student patterns. Following an analysis of the life patterns of the commuting student with regard to schedule, environment, and adequacy of educational facilities, recommendations are presented for a number of campus facilities to house activities considered beneficial to the…

Educational specifications are presented for the development of a health occupations education center that would provide coordinated instruction in health-related occupations. Detailed descriptions are presented of the activities, space allocations, spatial relationships, equipment, and special environmental conditions for each of the ten sections…

This handbook discusses the following primary aspects of school accounting: Definitions and principles; opening the general ledger; recording the approved budget; a sample month of transactions; the balance sheet, monthly, and annual reports; subsidiary journals; payroll procedures; cafeteria fund accounting; debt service accounting; construction…

An effective school health program requires optimum coordination of the efforts of parental, professional, governmental, voluntary, religious, commercial, civic, and service groups in the community. Common methods for achieving coordination, which vary in effectiveness depending upon available personnel and community needs, include: (1) informal…

This report treats the problems involved in moving from an old campus and creating a new campus. It is based on the experiences of four colleges with particular emphasis on Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., which has decided to move. The questions discussed center around such topics as the reason for moving, the kind of new site, the…

A description is presented of the building system program developed by the Metropolitan Toronto School Board, Study of Educational Facilities. The organization of the project is discussed, and the rationale is presented for the selection of an open systems approach to the School Board's building needs. Detailed information is given regarding the…

The plan proposed in this report gives elected community boards of education the responsibility and authority to meet particular educational needs of their communities, including in the special area of low academic achievement. The proposal is in the form of a guideline and covers such areas as selection of community boards; parent participation;…

This annual amendment to a Federally funded Massachusetts state plan for community service and continuing higher education concentrates on the improvement of local government. Suggested means include cluster committees for each of four key problem areas (environmental control, health and welfare, economic opportunity, education); development of…

A nontechnical guide to many facets in the design of efficient libraries is presented for everyone concerned with library building planning. The author discusses--(1) the problems involved in planning libraries for the future, (2) the library objectives and their relation to aesthetic problems, quality of construction, function and cost, (3) the…

At the outset of this report on group day care, two questions of primary concern are posed: How does a community get group day care? Ane once it is obtained, how can the community regulate its quality? With these questions as general guidelines, the report examines most aspects of every possible kind of group day care project ranging from local…