This self-instructional module, the tenth in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with establishing an advisory committee. Addressed in the module are the purposes of an advisory committee, establishing an advisory committee, and conducting an advisory committee meeting. Techniques for analyzing and…

This guide is designed to familiarize counselors with the use of the Student Profile as a tool for placing students in cooperative vocational education programs in New Jersey. (The Student Profile, a two-page form, was developed to assist in the process of obtaining information from students' permanent records for the purpose of placing…

This guide contains the essential parts of a total curriculum for a one-year typewriting course at the secondary school level. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: alphabetic keyboarding, numeric keyboarding, basic symbol keyboarding, skill development, problem typewriting, ten-key numeric pads, production…

First Amendment court decisions have generally been consistent in affirming the rights of students against administrative censorship. Despite these decisions, a review of scholastic and collegiate journals indicates that the constitutional rights of students and their journalism advisers or instructors are clearly and frequently being violated.…

Designed to make computer users comfortable with both computers and user/reference manual instructions before they have hands-on training, this primer is an introduction to computer concepts, devices, and terms. Common questions related to learning about data processing are addressed, and the following topics are covered: captured data; reports;…

Provided here is advice to principals concerning the documentation that should be used in the teacher evaluation process and presented at a hearing to support a recommendation for termination. The booklet presents a system of documentation intended to be simple but effective and which can be used in conjuction with any school district's evaluation…

Part of the "Nutrition Education-Choose Well, Be Well" curriculum series, this guide was developed to help teachers, food service personnel, professionals, and parents provide nutrition education and make nutrition come alive in the classroom, home, or cafeteria. Organized by grade level (from fourth through sixth), activities described…

The purpose of this booklet is to help teachers design and select appropriate mathematical problems for the early childhood years. Organizing the classroom for problem-solving sessions is its secondary focus. The material was gathered in early 1970s and first appeared in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Thirty-Seventh Yearbook,…

Guidelines and sample designs for the construction or renovation of libraries providing services to blind and handicapped individuals are introduced by brief discussions of the responsibilities of members of the planning team, planning prerequisites, funding, and architect and site selection. Barrier-free designs are then suggested for the entry…

In order to develop guidelines for the selection of journals by the Center for Research Libraries, a study was done of the use made of the Center's Journal Access Services (JAS), which supplies photocopies of journal articles to member institutions from the Center's collections and from the British Library Lending Division (BLLD). Based on a…

An investigation of quality indicators in high-technology programs in two-year postsecondary institutions explored three questions: the nature of high technology and its implications for educational practice; the essential components and features of a quality program; and the level of implementation of quality characteristics in exemplary…

This handbook is designed to assist academic librarians with various aspects of the research and publication process. Arranged alphabetically by main entry, five of its six chapters contain critically annotated lists of books and articles providing information on what to publish, where to publish, how to publish, how to do statistical research,…

This publication provides parenting information concerning infants, toddlers, and children in the preschool, elementary school, early adolescence, and high school years. The section on infants includes material on child care, safety, and the process of learning language. Toddlers are discussed in terms of discipline, rewards, reading aloud, and…

Defining a telecourse as a series of lessons presented through the medium of television, this paper outlines four uses of telecourses and describes three different options for telecourse design: (1) use of commercially-available materials; (2) use of professor-developed materials; and (3) a combination of the two. Focusing on the…

This report provides guidance to local Title XX Day Care providers, Head Start administrators, and school district administrators in Texas who are interested in coordinating the services offered to eligible 4-year-olds in their communities. After an introductory section, section 2 presents a general description of each of the three programs…