Community school centers have evolved from many experiments in interagency cooperation and community involvement. A community school center is a place that provides a variety of services that may include health, recreation, day care and after school care for the young, senior citizen programs, job placement, vocational and manpower training,…

The Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) Program, a pilot correspondence course program specifically designed to assist the Statewide School Dropout Prevention Program by enabling migrant students throughout California to accumulate high school graduation credits more easily, was effective and worthwhile in 1978. Sixty-three curriculum units in…

New developments in the field of elementary school physical education are included in this up-dated text book. The following major topics are covered: (1) organizing, developing, and implementing a physical education program and curriculum; (2) the learning process and teaching techniques; (3) implementing a physical fitness program with attention…

This document reports a conference, attended by representatives from the 50 states, which attempted to ease the way for the transition of the administrative authority for the PACE program (Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, Projects to Advance Creativity in Education) from the direct control of the U.S. Office of Education to the…

In presenting a complete program of occupational education for the Denver metropolitan area, this proposal offers 12 criteria for consideration in conjunction with a particular occupational need. The purpose of the criteria is to provide guidelines for determining in which level of school a program should be offered. The criteria include factors…

Information is provided on Florida's mental retardation facilities and programs, and specific recommendations and guidelines are given for the expansion and improvement of services. The following are specified: basic principles for the care of the mentally retarded; recommendations for legislative action, training centers, research, community…

Part of a report of seminar proceedings, six papers on community development in developed nations review the conceptual dimensions, issues, and directions of community development in the United States; pilot programs of social research, training, and consultation in rural Saskatchewan; the community development efforts of the University of New…

This bibliography is a collection of selected resources significant to a deeper understanding of the many aspects and definitions of movement education. The one hundred seventy-three annotations are arranged and ordered in a pattern to reflect an overview of both theory and practice, the latter examined under the headings of basic movement,…

In 1977 the National Advisory Council on Indian Education sought as one of its primary goals the coordination of its actions with other Indian organizations. Recommendations in this report reflect that effort to bring education and tribal affairs closer and so improve education delivery services to tribal people. Recommendations include: (1) that…

Postsecondary education programs at military installations have been offered jointly by the military and higher education institutions to meet the needs of the on-duty serviceman. Undergraduate and graduate courses are designed to contribute to skills in the military occupation, develop skills for a second career, and provide personal enrichment.…

The coordinator's handbook provides a basic outline for establishing or improving volunteer programs; it is primarily directed toward assisting fledgling programs. The handbook defines a school volunteer program as an organization of persons who work in schools under the professional personnel's direction, strengthening the school program or…

It is the undeniable responsibility of the community college to provide educational opportunities for all citizens in a community, including culturally different adults. In designing relevant outreach center programs for culturally different adults, it is of utmost importance to determine the needs of the groups, to directly involve participants…

The coordinator's handbook provides a basic outline for establishing or improving volunteer programs; it is primarily directed toward assisting fledgling programs. The handbook defines a school volunteer program as an organization of persons who work in schools under the professional personnel's direction, strengthing the school program or…

This booklet contains 43 "workjobs," (experiences in manipulating common objects) adapted from classroom activities, that are appropriate and easy for parents to make and use with children in the home. These manipulative activities are designed to help children develop language and number skills and hand-eye coordination, and give children…

The report describes the Biomedical Equipment Technology project carried out by Technical Education Research Centers between 1967 and 1974. The project developed a curriculum and a program for training biomedical equipment technicians in two-year schools. The report discusses the three phases of the project: development of pilot programs,…