Five papers concerning administrative problems in reading discuss administrative innovation, reading research, inservice education, and program funding. Forces promoting innovation include the federal government, industry, and educational research, the force which is seen as the basis for progress in education. Learning resource centers,…

The Field Studies Program in Elementary Education is the 1973 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Lowell State College, Lowell, Massachusetts. This master's degree training program for experienced and inexperienced teachers focuses on the following objectives: a) the coordination of innovative educational programs in public and parochial…

Contemporary social changes demand a new role for the educational administrator. Yet, responses to a recent poll of 50 large cities indicate that most school districts still depend on the traditional training by universities for administration. Of the 34 cities that replied, only one school district indicated signs of an ongoing program for…

In this monograph, the authors describe the shortcomings of traditional approaches to continuing education of administrators and examine the extent to which innovations are being attempted in present practices. The authors note that, in print and in practice, continuing education of administrators has failed to develop to the extent that it can be…

A total of 10 teacher-coordinators and 10 persons representing business and industrial firms participated in a project designed to provide inservice vocational personnel development and to serve persons in cooperative vocational education including those persons with special needs. The project designs called for: (1) 90 hours of instruction by…

This volume of the Total Creativity Program outlines the rationale for teaching the thinking-feeling processes on which the program is based. It also suggests ways of implementing the program in the classroom. Although the program can be implemented by individual teachers, pilot studies found that a group training program was often helpful in…

An instructional television training program was held at the University of Kentucky Television Center. It was divided into two week-long phases with concurrent workshops held in the outlying community colleges. The primary purpose was to broaden faculty use of instructional television (IVT), to promote interaction between the various faculties, to…

ON-THE-JOB INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WAS INVESTIGATED IN FOUR RURAL, CULTURALLY DEPRIVED, AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE INVESTIGATIONS CONSISTED OF A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, CURRICULUM, SUPERVISION, AND INSERVICE EDUCATION WORKING WITH TEAMS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN LOCAL SCHOOL…

Included in these Proceedings are the papers presented at the 1976 College Industry Education Conference. The collected papers, about half of them by industry representatives, deal with the theme "Engineering and Technology Manpower Requirements for the Next Decade." Topics include the supply and demand of engineers, continuing education and…

As a conveyance for local in-service efforts, the Talent Pool endeavors to identify effective practitioners in the field who can share their methods and materials with less experienced practitioners through demonstration and discussion. Developed by the Career Education Service Center (CESC), this document is a compilation of sample forms and…

Presented is the 1975-76 project report containing descriptions and evaluations of the five accomplished goals of the Preschool Instruction for the Exceptional (PIE) program which provided services for 13 New Jersey students (3 - 5 years old). The first objective, identification and diagnosis of preschool handicapped children, is described in…

Presented is the 1974-75 project report containing descriptions and evaluations of the five accomplished goals of the Preschool Instruction for the Exceptional (PIE) program which has provided services for 11 New Jersey students (3-5 years old). The first objective, identification and diagnosis of preschool handicapped children, is described in…

The report examines the needs and methods for administrative self-renewal from several viewpoints--Forbes Bottomly, Terrel Bell, Ralph Nader, Price Cobbs, Malcolm Knowles, Philip Swain, and Edward Brainard. The introduction notes that rates of change in all fields of education are increasing, but the infusion of techniques and ideas via new…

Intended for administrators and teachers of gifted children, the volume presents ideas on creativity developed by the participants in the 1975 Teacher Training Institute at Governor's School in North Carolina. Sections cover the rationale of creativity in the classroom, theoretical background, the creative classroom (including a game for teachers…

Presented are six inservice modules designed for personnel working with severely multiply handicapped students. Facilitator notes, activity notes, activity sheets, and worksheets or recording sheets are presented for the following modules: defining the problem and identifying what will meet the student's need, task analysis, systematic inquiry,…