This book is a collection of eight speeches given at a 1978 symposium dealing with citizen participation in the collective bargaining process in public schools. The theme of the papers is public access to and influence on the bargaining process. Five of the eight speeches are followed by a discussion by symposium participants. Some of the topics…

A 50 PERCENT REDUCTION IN DELINQUENCY WAS NOTED AS A RESULT OF A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT KNOWN AS CHILD AND FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WHEREBY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ARE HELPED BEFORE PROBLEMS OR OFFENSES ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO WARRANT COURT ACTION. PROGRAMS ARE ESTABLISHED JOINTLY BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE JUVENILE COURT. THE JUVENILE…

This handbook was designed to assist advisory councils, program staff and administrators, and community members in planning community education programs and in managing those programs effectively. Chapter I defines and describes planning: what it is, why it is used, and how to engage in the process. The critical role of planning leaders is…

The guide provides some basic strategies and tools for monitoring residential settings--both institutions and community residences--for the quality of services provided to persons with developmental disabilities. An introductory chapter explains the purpose and layout of the document. Chapter II describes how to find and understand public…

This paper focuses on an analysis of the two general approaches to educational planning--the centralized, top-down, approach and the localized, bottom-up, approach. After an introductory section, the second section of the paper centers on a brief discussion of the historical development of educational planning and the assumptions on which it is…

This handbook is a practical guide that can be used by an individual, group, or group leader in planning an active role in community development. Major topics covered are organizing the group; purpose and structure of your organization; how to identify the problem; planning an active program to solve a community problem; planning a large meeting…

The problem here was to create, on 4.5 acres of Lower Manhattan, a junior college to meet the needs of 11,000 full- and part-time students and the urban community. In 1968, educators, business leaders, politicians, architects, urban planners, et al. attended six seminars. The following were considered the most important aspects of the total…

Although the volunteers' guide is intended primarily to outline the functions and tasks of the adult and youth volunteers in 4-H clubs, it also provides helpful outlines of support tasks for citizens of the community, sponsors, business and government agencies, and civic and religious agencies. The guide's sections deal with the following topics:…

The Crisis Prevention-Intervention Project (CPI) of the Boston Public Schools is described in two parts: a six-month evaluation report and an interim report by the project director. The goals of this pilot project for the five Boston schools (three public, two parochial) were: (1) to develop an operational program of crisis intervention and…

A citizens task force of 25 persons representing the geographic areas and population of Shasta College (Redding, California) district was organized to propose goals for Shasta College in providing services for the older adult population in the district, and to make recommendations concerning a comprehensive continuing program to achieve these…

This publication discusses a school evaluation model developed by the Center for New Schools (CNS) for use in evaluating Cleveland's New School. Section 1 describes three key principles that underlie the CNS model and discusses the rationale behind each of those principles. The three principles include (1) facilitating community participation in…

Environmental problems affect the entire community and/or region. With this in mind, a workshop in the Weirton, West Virginia and Steubenville, Ohio area was organized to make participants more aware of their environmental problems and to involve them in the decisions concerning future environmental quality. This document contains the detailed…

A large-scale movement toward sports clubs is evolving in colleges and universities in response to widespread professionalism in varsity sports, limited sports opportunities available to highly skilled student athletes, and most importantly, substantial increases in the desire for sports participation by students in general, as a supplement to…

This booklet describes the many ways in which the private sector can become involved in the national Right to Read effort by giving assistance: seminars sponsored by business and industries, on-the-job literacy classes, encouragement from recognized athletes, and the Book Ownership Program (aids the community by making books readily available at…

This paper supports the proposed legislation, but recommends that the bill (1) assure local autonomy for the programs and exclude state departments of education or welfare from operating responsibility, (2) include additional language mandating career development as an integral part of the staffing of all programs, and (3) encourage the…