This guide is the second in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…

This guide is the fifth in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…

This guide is the seventh in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…

This paper, addressed to administrators and school board members, lists 10 suggestions for developing a public relations program that releases to the community more of the good news about schools. The suggestions include the following: (1) emphasize face-to-face communications with members of the community, (2) make sure good and bad news about…

The amount of time a school superintendent spends in the various functions of his job is studied. The data used were those collected by Robert Utter and Gordon Anderson in 76 school districts in the Metropolitan School Study Council and the Associated Public School Systems during 1964-65. Included were school systems ranging in size from 975 to…

Designed for administrators and teachers at the community college/secondary/elementary levels, the guide is a reference source for establishing and developing citizen advisory councils. A section on Advisory Councils--Planning discusses the need for citizen advisory councils, definition and purpose, advisory council types, and operational…

The third report of the greater Milwaukee area career education project documents the phase 3 activities and accomplishments of the project, from October 1974 to July 1975. The following objectives were accomplished. Contact persons have been established in each district to promote career education. Three one-week workshops, two adult career…

Competent school administrators should keep up-to-date on areas of information relating to their field and might find useful the following 12 most important elements in a performance accountability code for school executives: strive for fair and equitable treatment of the staff; make competence and performance the key to promotion; make decisions…

The University-Urban Interface Program at the University of Pittsburgh is a program that has been in operation since 1969. The program had several goals at the outset dealing with (1) minority and community services; (2) campus development; (3) communications; (4) the long-range Pittsburgh goals project; and (5) university governance for community…

This study investigated some ways to tap the perceptions of the community toward the school and the educational values of parents, teachers, and administrators, providing school principals with the data on which to base an effective school-community relations program. The dual objectives of the study were: (a) to ascertain whether the degree of…

The "inevitable and ubiquitous nature of censorship" forces teachers of literature to accept seven responsibilities: (1) to know literature of all types and all periods extremely well and to know what constitutes literary merit and adolescent appeal in any work; (2) to understand the implications of arguments for and against censorship; (3) to…

The text of four papers read at the hearing of the Canadian Commission for the Community College, October 1969, are included in this report. Each paper is preceded by a short abstract, and the papers review the following topics: (1) the role of the community college in meeting community needs; (2) the philosophy and function of the community…

This study evaluates the Community-School Relations Workshops, a component of the Learning and Action through Social Education and Reading (LASER) program. The workshops are designed to help school-community representatives to work on problems of mutual concern. The study considers two questions: (1) Assuming the workshop is capable of bringing…

This report describes an experimental project called the New York City Interaction Umbrella Project, which puts into action communities' creative response to educational problems. The 46 pilot programs operating between schools and their communities are grouped into four categories, each being controlled by an Umbrella Board. The particular focus…

The Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Network is designed to encourage increased community support and influence in schools by providing information about existing early childhood programs to community members and school staffs. Information dissemination, observation of ongoing programs, and project monitoring are planned and supervised by…