This report offers 2-year colleges and law enforcement agencies alternatives for merging resources for improving police training and education. Currently approximately 250 2-year colleges offer programs inlaw enforcement, police science, or police administration education. The President's Crime Commission reports that present training programs of…

An ESEA/Title III program designed to expand services to remedial readers through the use of paraprofessional personnel is described. The greater part of the report explains the need for such a program, selection and training of paraprofessionals, materials, project implementation, parental involvement, and inservice training of the professional…

This study sought to describe three groups of adult educators (Cooperative Extension Service, public schools, State University of New York system); find differences between groups on professional attitudes; identify relevant background factors; determine whether associations between attitudes and predictor variables vary in different…

The report of the April 1970 NEA Conference on the teaching profession and instructional improvement focuses on the need for the professional association to become increasingly involved in the improvement of teaching and the curriculum. The conference objectives were 1) to identify the association's role in curriculum, instruction, and personnel…

The highlights of the Navajo Area education program and activities are described in this progress report for the 1969-70 school year. Brief descriptions of programs, activities, and events are classified by 4 goals set by the Tribal Education Committee in 1966: (1) to attack the unique problems of Indian students by the provision of unique…

In the Foreword, it is stated that "It is not the purpose of this publication to set forth a grand scheme for migrant education programs, nor is it intended to serve as a progress report or an assessment of the Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education. It is published with the much more humble intent of reflecting in some degree the philosophy…

Programs implemented under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are described in this 1969-70 annual evaluation report for the Washington State Plan for Migrant Education. It is noted that exemplary projects and various aspects of the programs involved 6,058 children in regular programs and 2,305 children in summer programs.…

The 44 entries in this Civil Service Commission directory deal with the development and evaluation of training programs in Federal agencies (in progress, and completed) and with training methodology. Agencies include the Department of Agriculture; the Air Force, Army, and Navy; the District of Columbia Department of Public Welfare; the General…

This chapter is designed to aid in the understanding of trends toward developing more effective programs of selecting and preparing educational supervisors. A survey of present policies and procedures in the selection of personnel for supervisory positions shows that the selection process could be significantly improved simply by setting up and…

Financed by a three-year demonstration grant, this inservice training program for selected AFDC (Aid to Families of Dependent Children) workers in Washington State was undertaken to improve the quality of casework services, to develop caseworkers having greater knowledge and skill, and to provide special training for workers with the potential but…

The regulations for employee training of the Federal Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are enumerated in this manual. The responsibility for employee training, factors for selection of employees for training, procedures for authorization of training, and contributions and awards for training are described. Provisions for…

Four papers discuss training and personnel in early childhood education. The concepts developed by the Division of Training Programs in seeking to award a grant for planning inservice training programs are described by J. Gerald Minskoff as is the role of a training coordinator. An evaluation of a pilot program to train teacher aides is presented…

This study examined inservice training for classified school personnel in 150 selected organizations, and determined critical training requirements. Data were obtained by a preliminary questionnaire on training scope and content, and by a critical incident questionnaire. These were among the findings and conclusions: (1) inservice training was…

The report describes an evaluational study of a series of 8 television programs for in-service training of teachers of Mexican-American children with language difficulties. Three groups of teachers (2 experimental groups and 1 control group) and their classroom students participated in the evaluation. One of the experimental groups was given…

This second annual report by the Florida State Department of Education provides brief project descriptions of innovative programs for curricular change in schools. The listing is compiled on the basis of answers to a questionnaire. Part I of the listing is arranged by subject, with a breakdown by elementary, junior high, and senior high school,…