A study assessed the current status of library services in Florida state-supported institutions in order to establish a long-range plan for the future of those libraries. Through reviews of materials, site visits, and interviews, the services of each library and their relationship to the community were studied, areas for improvement were…

With the awarding of federal funds to the Deerfield, Illinois Elementary School District, a program was developed for training individuals to assist members of the pupil personnel team. Those selected for training had baccalaureate degrees, were eligible for provisional teacher certification, and took three basic guidance courses in conjunction…

The roles of the teacher and clinician in the diagnostic reading situation are explored, and the importance of diagnosis for reading instruction is stressed. Emphasis on a child-centered program, with the classroom and the clinic viewed as basic structures for gathering diagnostic information, is recommended. Factors related to reliability,…

The report includes the following tables on the need for rehabilitation counselors in the West: the number of employed counselors, the degree status of employed counselors, the annual demand for rehabilitation counselors, a summary of this annual demand, estimates of the future annual demands, and the estimated demands for counselors by…

This paper projects present trends and capabilities into the future, conjectures about the educational implications of these trends, and proposes some possible responses for those involved in the preparation of school personnel. It is simultaneously an illustration and an application of the process of "futurism" and its increasing relevance to…

The Brazilian government, recognizing the benefits to be gained from instructional television (ITV), established the Advanced System of Educational Technologies (SATE). SATE conducted a study of educational television in Brazil in order to determine the actual needs for trained ITV personnel and, using these results, devised a training program. A…

In May 1970, USOE requested new training designs for research, development, diffusion, and evaluation personnel in education, and a consortium of interviews conducted on a nationwide basis in 21 selected institutions engaged in one or more of these activities, and the results confirmed extensive national and regional needs for trained RDD&E…

The training consortium described in Vol. 1 of this report (SP 005 047) determined national needs for RDD&E personnel. The training program designed to meet these needs has three areas of objectives: materials development, training, and program development. Forty-eight training modules would be used individually in various agencies for evaluating…

Volume 3 of the report of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory training program for RDD&E personnel is devoted to a budget-cost analysis. The introduction outlines the scope of the program and the total man-hours required for the training modules, together with the proposed first-year budget. Other chapters detail the first year…

Volume II of a study of the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) training program for higher education personnel indicates the first of a three-faceted approach to assess current training needs. The approach, a survey, employed two questionnaires: the Presidential Questionnaire, designed to elicit background data and judgments concerning…

The various specialty occupations dealing with the rehabilitation of the disabled, retarded, disfigured, emotionally disturbed and socially disadvantaged have for a number of years suffered a manpower shortage. Since rehabilitation clients are stigmatized as unpleasantly different, and dealing with them is therefore considered "dirty work," it has…

The study estimated costs to the State of Pennsylvania and to local school districts for establishing and maintaining instructional materials media centers including materials and personnel. Results indicated that State subsidized regional media centers would be less costly for both the State and local districts and that the range of available…

Using data from the pilot School Staffing Survey, this report points out the availability of selected pupil personnel specialists for public elementary and secondary schools in cities with populations over 100,000 and in the rest of the nation. The specialists included are: (1) nurses, (2) speech therapists, (3) psychologists, (4) psychiatrists,…

This case study of the libraries at Columbia University analyzes the libraries against the backdrop of contemporary trends in higher education. New management styles and approaches to the utilization of professional personnel are recommended. The report presents detailed suggestions for implementing the change recommendations. (KB)

This document describes the rationale, development, and implementation of a coordinated college-wide staff development plan at Southeastern Community College. The plan, devised as a result of faculty and staff input, provides for the professional development and evaluation of all college staff: instructional personnel, administrative staff,…