Presented is the manual for asscciate instructors of workshops for training front-line staff in goal planning for develoPmentally disabled persons. Outlined are the eight responsibilities of the associate instructor (including contracting participants' supervisors to insure their support); workshop arrangements in such terms as group size,…

The author looks at some of the assumptions underlying staff development programs, examines some existing formats, and suggests ways to heighten the value of investments in staff development, particulary at mid-career. Two programs are emphasized--the Mid Career Program in Educational Administration, which is for experienced administrators, and…

The publication provides the basic steps and insights to developing a philosophy of career education. It provides change agents within local schools with the background and results of the program developed in Milford, Nebraska. The publication is separated into two parts; they are: (1) position statements and philosophy, and (2) principles and…

This article, published in Learning Notes, a house organ of Cleveland State University, describes the Career Guidance Institute--a program designed to provide counselors with firsthand experiences of the business and industrial centers of Greater Cleveland. Program participants, counselors and career education specialists from the Cleveland Public…

The object of this practicum was to help the small North Smithfield (Rhode Island) School System convert its budgetary procedures from a traditional Function/Object Budget to a Planning, Programing, Budgeting System (PPBS) format. The practicum effort incorporated an inservice training component for key staff members, plus a cooperative effort…

Designed as a guide for all personnel involved in migrant projects, this pamphlet is a compilation of references derived from presentations made at the New York State Migrant Program Directors Conference held at Victor, New York, November 29-December 1, 1972. A short description of agency services and a list of sources for further information…

Developed as part of a project designed to provide a synthesis of literature and practice relating to the career education of disadvantaged students, this proposed teacher education program attempts to represent a systematic orientation, induction, preparation, and professional continuum which eliminates the abrupt lines of terminal experiences…

The institute was designed to prepare Indian personnel for assignments in schools having large numbers of Indian and handicapped children. The following were the specific objectives: (1) improvement of, and change in, educational settings for Indian handicapped children in Federal, state, and private schools on reservations; (2) preparation of…

The document consists of the results of evaluation of the Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education for the year 1968-69. As noted, the program served 3,600 migrant students in 18 regular school terms and 13 summer programs. The institutional staff serving these children comprised 215 teachers, 139 teacher aides, and 14 school-home counselors.…

Idaho's annual evaluation report relating to migrant programs funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (fiscal year 1970, school year 1969-70) is presented. Included in the document are descriptions of exemplary programs and information on number of children served, grade placement, teacher-pupil ratio, coordination with…

This study compared the effectiveness of lecture presentations through the use of Educational Telephone Network (ETN) and face-to-face situations of conventional district inservice training meetings for county Extension agents and explored implications for the selection of inservice training media. County staff units were randomly assigned to ETN,…

Project Man's Environment was organized in 1969 to establish a basis for the development of environmental education in the school curricula. Pilot surveys were conducted by the NEA Research Division and a nationwide survey was conducted of public school programs in environmental, conservation, and outdoor education for systems enrolling 1,000 or…

This final report contains the operational assumptions and descriptive definitions of teacher training complexes, a series of statements which describe alternative variables for guidelines, descriptions of the seven USOE funded pilot projects which will operate during 1970-71, the record of the four committee meetings, and a roster of the…

Classroom teachers often do not get needed information from clinic case reports on children, and children often continue to fail in classroom settings even after individualized remedial instruction. Therefore, to complement existing clinic facilities, the CHILD Center, Kentfield, California, has included in its regular teaching program a…

Guidelines for advisory councils in centers and counties where Seasonally Employed Agricultural Workers' Programs are operated are suggested in this document. Objectives, membership, meetings, officers, functions, program development, council members' purposes, and inservice programs are covered. A constitution and by-laws for advisory councils…