This manual designed for grade 3 is part of a series for a program to integrate the teaching and learning of mathematical and computer concepts and skills in the elementary school. The manual contains 20 lessons. Each lesson includes information on the topic, suggested grade level, mathematics concepts and skills, objective, prerequisite skills…

This study addresses attrition in the teaching profession, a major problem in Florida's schools. The study's target population was a random sample of 10% of the teachers from a Florida metropolitan school district employing 5,500 teachers. Data were gathered through a mailed questionnaire--the Survey of Teacher Characteristics and Activities. The…

This learning activity packet is designed to help students to acquire a competency: how to use knowledge of textile design to gain expertise in preparation for a career in the fashion industry. The unit consists of the competency, four objectives, suggested learning activities, transparency masters, and a pretest/posttest with answer keys.…

The concept of the school as community encompasses two distinct relationships: the school/extended community and the internal school community. As social needs and conditions change, so does the school role in the community. Topics covered in this book include benefits of collaboration between the external community and the school, the creation of…

The Workplace Literacy Project conducted in Pima County, Arizona, provided workplace literacy training for 161 trainees at 8 worksites and 3 off-site locations. Worksites included industrial and service employers. Support services, including child care, transportation, educational counseling, and tutoring, were made available to participants…

Assessment and review are the subjects of this document, one of 9 modules in an 11-unit resource pack designed to help trainers and postsecondary and continuing education staff meet the needs of special needs students in Great Britain. Having completed the module, staff should be able to: (1) use assessment procedures that specify students'…

Providing guidance and support is the subject of this document, one of 9 modules in an 11-unit resource pack designed to help trainers and postsecondary and continuing education staff meet the needs of special needs students in Great Britain. Having completed the module, staff should be able to: (1) define what is meant by guidance and support;…

This resource guide is intended to assist local vocational education service providers in implementing preemployment competencies as a focused portion of a local vocational education curriculum. Section 1 explains the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Competency System. The four competency areas--career decision making, life and work management,…

The Drug-Free School Recognition Program is a competitive evaluation and award program that acknowledges those public and private elementary and secondary schools with successful substance abuse prevention or reduction programs. Strategies and activities utilized by the 47 winning schools, which underwent an extensive nomination and review…

The conference reported in this publication was funded by STAR (System of Technology to Achieve Results), a program of the Minnesota Governor's Advisory Council on Technology, under Public Law 100-407 (the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988.) The conference focused on the development and availability of…

This report looks at the concerns and issues about the growing involvement of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in education, provides legislative information and primers about the programs in the three education areas with which JTPA links most often, and provides program models and resources. Specifically, the report looks at four areas:…

Program directors, teachers, and counselors of Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) programs were surveyed about their attitudes toward and knowledge of their students with learning disabilities (LD), the availability of services for those students, the availability of staff development activities about LD, and…

This volume of an annual journal contains 17 articles that focus on model local offices of the employment security (ES) and training systems. The articles are arranged in three parts. Part I, on developing new initiatives, contains the following five articles: "A Public Employment Service for the 1990s" (Elizabeth Dole); "The…

The 1983 publication of "A Nation at Risk" began a new reevaluation of American schooling. The issues raised in that and several more recent reports are summarized and discussed in this preface to the ERIC volume, "Trends and Issues in Education, 1986." This paper offers observations and reflections on the issues presented in that volume and…

This journal provides abstracts of 150 documents included in the database of Project SHARE, a National Clearinghouse for Improving the Management of Human Services. These documents are on subjects of concern, interest, and importance to those responsible for the planning, health services, administration, counseling services, employment services,…