This report summarizes the findings of a national study of how desegregated school districts use staff development to prepare for desegregation. Data were collected in a series of field visits to sixteen desegregated school districts varying in size, ethnic composition, and geographic location. Three aspects of staff development were studied: the…

This is one of a set of five handbooks compiled by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory which describes the processes for planning and operating a total Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program. Processes and material are those developed by the original EBCE model--Community Experiences in Career Education or (CE)2. The area of…

Competency based modules are presented for educating paraprofessionals to work with severely and multiply handicapped persons. Objectives, suggested learning activities, and performance criteria are listed for six modules (sample subtopics in parentheses): human growth and development (prenatal influences); orientation to disability and…

This booklet is designed to assist the teacher center director in the development of an effective and efficient staff team and subsequently an effective teacher center. It outlines successful management techniques and relates them to the specific needs of a teacher center staff. Guidelines are presented for: collaborative inservice activities…

Seventy vocational education personnel training projects funded in Indiana from 1970 through 1978 are abstracted here. Projects are grouped into the following categories: State Board of Vocational and Technical Education Personnel Training Projects, State Board of Vocational and Technical Education Projects 1973-1978, Education Professions…

BORN FREE is a collaborative effort of university-based counseling psychologists and field-site educators to reduce career-related sex stereotyping in 14 educational institutions, and to broaden the range of career options of women and men. The project focuses on the development of training modules (materials, workshops, and videotapes) for…

This publication's theme, "Institutional Change," is broadly examined in fourteen articles that range from research and opinion to allegory and satire. A student teacher, a dean, and a state education director are among the authors. Articles concern: 1) key elements of change; 2) relationships between local, county, state, and federal educational…

In order to assess the effectiveness of the faculty development program for full-time instructors and the orientation program for part-time instructors at William Rainey Harper College, a questionnaire was mailed to all 67 lead teachers, coordinators, and academic administrators; 23 (34%) responded. Half of the respondents indicated that the…

Written by a school superintendent, this booklet was intended to explain school district policies in Oregon's Grants Pass School District Number 7. Although intended for this district's educational leaders, it may also be of interest to other administrators and board members, and of special interest to new or aspiring administrators. The handbook…

With the primary goal to enhance the degree of cooperativeness between CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) and vocational education in Pennsylvania, CETA "prime sponsor" staffs were surveyed in a study to determine (1) general staff background and information; (2) types of educational and noneducation experiences; (3)…

The 1974-75 Austin Independent School District bilingual/bicultural program was designed as a comprehensive program of bilingual (Spanish and English) education for schools with the highest concentrations of Spanish-dominant Mexican American students. Bicultural instruction was inherent in the program which used both languages for a portion of all…

This booklet describes specific proposed and/or implemented strategies for dealing with some of the problems encountered in the CETA program. These strategies are directed toward four goals: (1) helping those who need help most; (2) creating a jobs program that goes where the jobs are: the private sector; (3) better management, delivering more job…

While the financial survival of postsecondary institutions is being stressed, continuing education operarions are facing increasing difficulties in surviving and competing. Strategies are needed for the significant survival of continuing education operations at the small college. The Lifelong Learning Center and others like it need to be concerned…

Papers on new developments in vocational-technical education in Britain include: the polytechnic, its academic board and organizational structure (J.V. Pepper, M. Emerson); the development of polytechnic courses: an analysis of the steps to be taken within the school to begin a new course (J.A. Sandbach); course validation and approval: the…

A project was conducted to identify the nature and extent of sex role stereotyping in the Williamsport Area Community College. Using examination methods which could be replicated by other institutions, the project documented instances of sex role stereotyping in college procedures and materials which can affect students' career and educational…