To develop a model plan for a career education curriculum laboratory, a 2-phase study was conducted with phase one concentrating upon the state-of-the-art of curriculum development in Vocational Education Curriculum Laboratories and the production, nationally, of vocational instructional materials, and phase two starting with the study of the…

Presented are the proceedings of a special study institute which field tested the Special Education Administration Simulator (SEASIM) to acquaint urban school administrators with the role of the Special Education Director and with information on current trends in special education. SEASIM is said to be based on 31 critical problems and issues…

As a follow-up to the 1972 Management Information Systems (MIS) Summer Training Institute held at Tennessee A & I State University, two in-service training sessions were held in Atlanta, Georgia, October 1972 and February 1973. This document highlights reports and presentations for the October and Febraury sessions. Topics cover: introduction to…

The purpose of this study was to determine to what degree public school districts with heavy migrant populations utilize the services of the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), and to identify and describe some factors which may influence future use of the MSRTS in 5 states. An original questionnaire was developed and administered by…

Combing experienced teachers (i.e., teachers in graduate programs in reading or language arts) and preservice reading students in methods courses is not a new idea, but the practice is not prevalent. Most teacher preparation institutions still run the initial language arts and reading courses before student teaching and independent or input other…

The Director of Homemaker Service at the Children's Aid Society relates the process by which paraprofessional homemakers are prepared through inservice training and continuing supervision by the professional staff. Because the homemakers' backgrounds range from five years of grammar school to some experience in college, the training program must…

The report constitutes a comprehensive review of the literature related to career motivation and selection procedures. It surveyed the reported techniques for measuring career motivation and interest which were used by 24 industrial firms, 14 personnel and management consulting organizations, 8 marketing research firms, and various governmental…

The Counselor-Aide Program is implemented by para-professionals working cooperatively with a certified counselor, in an effort to raise the economic level of the adults in Carroll County, through an improvement in the educational level of achievement. The counselor aides feel that they have been reasonably successful in meeting the objectives as…

The Title III reading program in the Wagner, South Dakota, school district was intended to increase the reading levels of selected elementary school children through the use of lay tutors. The 167 children with reading levels considerably below their grade level were selected to participate. Consultants were used to give intensive inservice…

This publication is designed for pre- and in-service teachers to learn the philosophy and techniques of teaching employed in Intermediate Science Curriculum Study materials. The content of this book centers around the concept of electricity. A number of activities are suggested. The teachers can work on this at their own pace individually. A…

The ES-USDA staff's understanding of, acceptance of, and perceived feasibility of balanced programming were measured before and after an ES-USDA workshop concerning the balanced programming concept. A semantic differential scale was used. Results showed that: (1) ES staff believes the following changes would be necessary for balanced…

In the belief that trained personnel are vital to the development of quality care programs for children, this handbook provides training suggestions for personnel in various day care settings. Basic principles in day care training include: (1) All persons in a day care setting, from policy-makers, to staff, to children are learners; (2) Training…

Documented are staff training programs at the Rutland Center, a community-based mental health facility combining professional mental health and special education personnel in a cooperative program of psychoeducational service to seriously emotionally disturbed or behaviorally disordered children. The report describes the process of planning and…

High quality day care is a pressing social need for the 1970's. Factors responsible for the strong interest in day care include pressures for welfare reform, the growing number of women in the labor force, minority pressures for equal opportunities, and research findings stressing the importance of development during the early years of a child's…

The procedures and results of an information dissemination technique involving direct mail activities and conferences are described in this report. The approach described was utilized as the first step in an effort to begin the national implementation of the Multiunit School-Elementary. Analysis of the results of the project indicate that the…