The responsibilities of Chicago Online Users' Group (COLUG) officers, coordinators, liaisons, and committee chairpersons are described in this manual. All descriptions identify the type of position (elected or appointed), its length of term, its general responsibilities, and its duties. The manual was devised to (1) inform COLUG members of their…

Open space schools will lead to coordination by teachers in more exciting ventures in education, such as joint teaching, individualized instruction, and crossgrouping of students. "Open space schools," denotes a type or architectural design and not an instructional program. Many teachers, though, are frustrated by open space and are…

This seminar, which involved 32 distributive teacher coordinators, was planned to help distributive eductors identify the disadvantaged and their problems and to provide practical solutions for their needs, both in the classroom and in the business community. During the 1-week seminar, participants were divided into five subgroups to discuss each…

The film service program described in this handbook defines selection procedures that facilitate ordering and scheduling of instructional films. The internal structure of the program (i.e., the group leader concept) provides for student involvement at varying levels of responsibility. Once in operation, the program should relieve the professional…

Since the state of Ohio has combined the certification requirements for the professions of school librarians and directors of audiovisual services, the professional interests of these two groups were compared to discover if they have identical interests. A questionnaire was devised with rating scales for areas of professional concern. The…

The term cooperative education is generally associated with a school and work program in which student-learners receive supervised payroll experience as part of the school curriculum. Steps in planning a program include surveys of community resources, student aspirations, and existing curriculums, and evaluation in terms of the criteria for…

Workshop and conference improvement becomes a function of planning, linking, evaluating and following up on all aspects of the workshop experience. (ABM)

Results of a national survey of 285 cooperative education directors from postsecondary institutions indicate that strategic planning in cooperative education is not widely used and somewhat unsophisticated. Results also indicate that strategic planning may be associated with positive program outcomes. (CH)

Discusses the use of school volunteers and their importance in providing valuable support for the instructional program of a school system. (Author/GB)

Argues that rural community education must evolve into a system that is community-based, process-oriented, and accountable to the community. (Author/MF)

A generalized model for successful coordination of grants and funded projects. (Editor)

The article contends that today's counselor should have the foresight to anticipate the roles that will be required of him. Counselors, with their training and their obvious community interaction are in the best position to be the school coordinator for community involvement. (Author)

Argues that the role of the cooperative educator must include that of researcher; that cooperative coordination should be a self-critical research act; that cooperative education should incorporate the study of the complex relationship between formal education and corporate training. (JOW)