Describes the means used and problems faced during an effort to implement, maintain, and improve a national program for disseminating training in educational administration to secondary school administrators in New Zealand's Central Region, an administrative area containing 80 secondary schools, by depending on the first trainees to train others.…

An overnight retreat away from campus for Wilkes College faculty and their new president was used for renewal of intrafaculty relationships and discussion of curricular and other college planning. It resulted in faculty revitalization, opened lines of communication, and a revised mission statement. (MSE)

This article is directed toward equating some established leadership principles in guiding effective programs of vocational agriculture at the state level. The author presents leadership activities (such as cultivating linkages and consolidating resources) and suggests ideas for state program leadership in vocational agriculture (such as thinking…

Sees corporate sector students as a major potential market for colleges, while warning of recruitment and retention difficulties. Recommends that educators analyze the nature of their market, what they are marketing, the degree to which administrative systems and policies support retention, and activities for strengthening support systems for…

Presents a collection of articles to provide chemistry teachers with resource materials to add forensic chemistry units to their chemistry courses. Topics range from development of forensic science laboratory courses and mock-crime scenes to forensic serology and analytical techniques. (JN)

The participant's manual contains training materials for a 3-day national conference on strengthening board leadership in agencies concerned with independent living for people with disabilities. Preliminary materials include the conference agenda, background information about the trainers, and organizational information on Independent Living…

An inservice training program to enhance the ability of child protective services (CPS) workers to provide parent education to their clients was developed and tested with CPS workers in a rural Ohio county. The CPS workers' need for training in delivery of parent education was assessed through an 11-item pretraining survey that was completed by 20…

This study aimed to help the teachers clarify and understand the nature of science (NOS), as well as classroom practice through the implementation of the constructivist teaching model. Ten elementary science teachers were involved in a year-long in-service program that included a series of intervention courses. Following the intervention courses,…

This paper argues that meeting the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century will require significant changes in organizational and institutional leadership, and that universities worldwide must accept greater responsibility for the training and development of administrative leaders. Universities must develop cooperative strategies and…

Many small nursing homes can neither justify nor afford the services of a full-time inservice educator. But one nurse, functioning independently and serving a number of homes on a part-time basis, may be the solution to the problem. (Editor)

Discusses the implications for home economics in meeting the need for auxiliary workers. (SB)

"In Broward County, Florida, four teams of specialists are helping to bring a multifaceted approach to learning in hundreds of classrooms. Art and communications specialists are included on each team which serve disadvantaged students. (Author/JL)

Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).