This workshop was in response to the need for developing and implementing vocational guidance and career development programs in compliance with legislation passed by the State Assembly which provides for comprehensive vocational education in Grades 9-12 and appropriate counseling and prevocational education in Grades 7-8 in all of Tennessee's…

This manual had its origins in a training project at the University of Michigan directed at the staff and directors of area planning agencies on aging. The manual is a revised version of a manuscript used in the regional workshops to facilitate the planning and coordination of services and programs for older people. Its purpose is to provide an…

This paper presents the resolutions adopted at Ohio's 1975 Governor's Conference on Aging. The Commission on Aging views these resolutions as a blueprint for action and includes resolutions on such topics as rural and urban transportation, medical services, utilities and housing. (Author/HMV)

Realizing the need for in-service workshops and graduate-level courses for middle-school practitioners, the College of Education Continuing Education Program of the University of Pennsylvania conducted a series of three-credit, graduate-level workshops throughout southeastern Pennsylvania during the summer of 1974. This is an ongoing workshop…

This manual is designed to facilitate efficient director preparation for the Project on Team Teaching Modular Workshop. Although the director has many set responsibilities throughout the workshop, there are also many options left open in workshop design. Responsibilities are listed and options explained after an introduction. Certain workshop…

The workshop for persons engaged in the training of Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers had two major objectives: (1) that a clear analysis of the state of the art in ABE teacher training be formulated and made available to the field, and (2) that faculty members who need this information be brought up to date, thereby increasing the…

This manual contains the complete course plans designed to prepare an individual to participate in an onsite survey. It provides an introduction to the major phases of the survey process: (1) planning for an onsite survey; (2) conducting the opening conference; (3) onsite factfinding; (4) problem identification and analysis; (5) problem solving…

Presented in the first year report of a joint project by the Oregon Developmental Disabilities Council and the Research and Training Center in Mental Retardation at the University of Oregon are planning strategies to assist state advisory councils in serving the developmentally disabled. Described in part one are project activities and reproduced…

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…

This silver anniversary report reviews the history of the Iowa Adult Education Association (IAEA) since its founding on April 7, 1945. IAEA conferences, meetings, workshops, and publications are covered year by year, with particular reference to such activities and concerns as leadership training, professional continuing education, educational…

This review analyzes current trends in the literature concerned with the training of school administrators. Emphasis is placed on the effectiveness of a variety of inservice training strategies, including workshops, simulations, seminars, and encounter groups. In university-based training programs, the trend is toward greater use of the humanities…

The 1965-66 activities of the South Florida School Desegregation Consulting Center are summarized under nine categories: advisory council activities, area-wide conferences, "drive-in" conferences (one- or two-day workshops for elementary and secondary school personnel), year-long workshops, speeches and formal programs, field work…

An overview of inservice training programs in Ohio is presented. Evidence of the impact of federal assistance is shown through a review of ESEA/Title I and NDEA/Title III programs. A statewide Reading Council has been created to sponsor conferences and workshops and to initiate secondary reading programs. Descriptions of specific inservice…

A workshop sponsored by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education was attended by members and staffs of state boards for community colleges and by interested representatives from states without such boards. More than 75 people represented 13 states. Its purpose was to broaden the participants' understanding of the issues of community…

One workshop at Michigan State University and another at the University of Florida were held in February 1969 to assist junior colleges in developing and selling the idea of well-rounded occupational curricula. More than 110 representatives attended each conference. This monograph records first the topics and discussions covered at both…