While volunteers are important for Cooperative Extension Services, Extension agents encounter problems in the training of volunteers, the supervision of volunteers, and the completion of reports on volunteers. The use of middle management level volunteer coordinators can alleviate these problems. Extension agents can train their best volunteers as…

IN PREPARATION FOR A CONFERENCE ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION IN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES, INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION FOR INSTRUCTION AT 47 PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE ORGANIZATION CHARTS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES (AND, IN MANY CASES, FOR THE ENTIRE COLLEGE), WITH A DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND…

An investigative study sought to identify those factors characteristic of an ideal interpersonal relationship between cooperating teachers and student teachers and to determine if the two groups agree as to the determinants of that relationship. A 110-statement measuring instrument was developed by means of a series of Q technique ratings by 60…

A new technology, which the authors see developing in the mental health field, is viewed as a consequence of urbanism with its varied societal manifestations. A major part of this technology is the ability to invent special social prostheses and to assemble them into a spectrum of services which represent various levels of intervention: (1)…

The comprehensive city planning process for the 70s must be broad in (1) activity -- research, planning, and programing; (2) scale -- neighborhood, city, and region; and (3) scope -- human, physical, and economic. Planning should be a continuous process that recycles annually and involves both the government operating agencies and the entire…

The objectives of this project were to provide Central Wyoming College and School District No. 25 with an audiovisual media specialist who would be able to develop audiovisual materials and programs to complement existing learning activity packets, as well as supplemental materials. Program integration was sought between the college and high…

Employer preferences and teacher-coordinator practices were studied and the results compiled to serve as an aid in implementing programs in cooperative vocational education, particularly on the secondary school level. A pilot study, involving 100 employers and 50 teacher-coordinators, was conducted using the questionnaire technique, then was…

Cooperative education in agriculture calls for two-way cooperation between the school and the employer in coordinating programs for their mutual benefit and for the students' benefit. The article notes a number of specific benefits to the cooperating employer. (MF)

The Pennsylvania Department of Education requires Technology Coordinators employed by public school districts in the Commonwealth to be properly certified. The Technology Coordinator is responsible to implement instructional technology for the district, provide leadership in the use of technological delivery systems, and routinely work directly…

Article discusses cooperative education as a vehicle for forming closer bonds between the college and the community. (Author/RK)

A description of a study designed to compare the professional interests of librarians and audiovisual directors. (AK)