This manual provides school personnel with guidelines for developing school policies on drug-related problems and the prevention of future problems. Although the guide is designed for specific use in Oklahoma schools, it can serve as a model for other secondary schools. The need for a school policy is discussed and the role of the principal,…

Information is presented on curriculum regulations for the Danish Higher Preparatory (HP) Examination. The examination is composed of common core subjects and elective subjects. Information is presented on the number of weekly lessons for common core and elective subjects; foreign language study; music and creative art; joint classes including…

This program planning kit contains information and activities on evaluation, change, leadership, and sex stereotyping which provided the basis for planning Project MOVE (Maximizing Options in Vocational Education) programs but which can be generalized and adapted for use in planning other programs. Assumptions ano guidelines based upon theory and…

The purpose of this book is to help parents and their prekindergarten children toward an awareness of what school is and an expectation of what it can be. Part I provides information on (1) the child's fifth year of development (needs, intelligence, and sensory experience); (2) the nature of kindergarten schooling (including a brief history of…

Guidelines for planning child care services and information about employer-related child care services are presented as an aid to employers, union leaders, and employee groups. Guidelines are provided for (1) planning child care involvement (setting up a task force, doing a needs assessment and a cost analysis, and choosing from the various forms…

This manual provides program objectives for instructors teaching automotive technology courses in junior and senior high Department of Defense Dependents Schools. The manual begins with a description of the automotive technology courses offered in the Dependents Schools, and a list of instructor expectations. Following is the main part of the…

This course guide for an energy sources course is one of four developed for the energy/power area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--graphic communications and production.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition and…

Designed to provide information for those who make decisions about staff development at the school district level as well as for those responsible for implementing school-site programs, this monograph is based on the premise that an integral part of any school improvement effort is an organized, sustained, and comprehensive program of staff…

This description of a free, two-day home appliance exposition organized by the county extension center of Johnson County, Kansas, outlines the basic structure of the exposition in a format that can serve as a guide for organizing similar expositions. Discussion of the exposition is divided into the following sections: rationale for an appliance…

A third-party evaluation was conducted as part of a Georgia State University project to provide the Georgia State Office of Vocational Education with the preliminary materials and procedures necessary to further test a state coordinated evaluation system of secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs. Following an orientation meeting…

Designed for teachers and counselors, this professional manual provides detailed information for utilizing access materials and setting up the Career Information System (CIS) component of the Career Decision-Making (CDM) program developed by Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for a description of the total CDM program.) The first…

Guidelines in organizing a staff development program in a community college are outlined. Initially, some kind of assessment must be made to determine program needs. Four areas to assess include: (1) administrative views and support; (2) present level of staff development activities; (3) institutional and personal/professional needs; and (4)…

The paper provides guidelines for establishing an outreach program to increase communication and skill development of trainable mentally handicapped students (ages 5-16 years) based on the Project SEARCH (Special Education and Related Child Health) program at the Emerson School (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Following an introduction, meetings between…

One of two publications developed to facilitate bilingual vocational training, this guide is designed to assist educational agencies at the national, state, and local levels in determining priorities for development of materials needed for bilingual vocational training programs. (CE 019 071 contains a handbook for developers of bilingual…

Developed as part of a research and design project for disadvantaged and handicapped vocational education students at Fresno City College, California, two management plans to assure compliance with affirmative action and sex fairness legislation are presented in this booklet: Plan 1, a generic plan of action to qualify for federal funding, and…