This description of the marketing process as a practical way to manage the function of instruction development emphasizes the importance of the identification and evaluation of customer needs before developing objectives. To assist the instructional development agency in focusing on this aspect of planning, a check list of possible marketing…

The booklet presents information for parents of gifted and talented children. Topics addressed include the following: identification (early development, intellectual traits, language and academic skills, interests, and social and individual characteristics); parents' role in the education of their gifted/talented children; ways to encourage the…

The official rules governing womens' participation in tennis, badminton, and squash competition are presented. Teaching suggestions for coaches are included. (JD)

COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEVELOPING ART INSTRUCTION THROUGH TELEVISION ARE GIVEN. METHODS ARE DISCUSSED FOR INCREASING STUDENT PERCEPTION AND FOR ACHIEVING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT WITH AESTHETIC PROBLEMS. THE FOUR MAIN CENTERS AROUND WHICH PROGRAMS SHOULD BE ORGANIZED ARE DEFINED AS--SUBJECT, ART MEDIUM, ART FORM, AND CULTURAL…

Guidelines are offered for positive camping experiences for poverty children and youth. There are sections on community organizations which can offer services for camp placement, recruitment of campers from among disadvantaged groups, and the orientation of new campers to camp (including such practical suggestions as the types of food and snacks…

Viewing decision makers within the program as the primary audience for program evaluation information, a model for the evaluation of ESEA Title I projects is developed for program improvement as well as program assessment. The model incorporates four stages of assessment, with five evaluative criteria distinguished for each stage. Both negative…

This handbook lists the reasons why educators at the local level should become involved in the development of education television programs for cable television. Developed by the National Education Association (NEA), it encourages use of the cable channels set aside for education by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) before the channels…

This guide was developed to assist with the problems of organization and administration of girls' interscholastic sports programs. Guidelines are presented for the following: (a) a statement of basic principles, (b) a constitution, (c) league bylaws, (d) operating codes, (e) conduct of contests, (f) archery, (g) badminton, (h) basketball, (i)…

Existing evaluation models have been examined and found wanting with respect to planning comprehensive evaluation strategy. In seeking a more coherent conceptual framework from which to design evaluation strategy, the Virginia Beach City Public Schools developed an evaluation Systems Framework. The framework represents a conceptual scheme which…

The booklet presents guidelines for educators in the use of television to disseminate information about their schools or programs. It was designed as a supplement to the "use of television for vocational education teachers and administrators" presentation. Suggestions are offered about the right to use television, approaching the station manager,…

In 1969-70 the New York State Education Department adopted standardized fiscal forms for local education agencies to use for most federally funded programs. The standard forms have been an improvement and have been readily acknowledged as simplifying the application and funding procedure. Since 1969-70, changes, such as indirect cost procedures…

A perceived need for teacher inservice workshops aimed at developing the career education effort led to the holding of a Workshop on Workshops in Seattle, Washington, which produced this guide to the preparation and running of inservice workshops to acquaint teachers with career education concepts and with the integration of these concepts into…

This project was undertaken to develop a formal guide for planning foreign language teachers' conferences. This work is a response to the need for guidance in planning meetings expressed by past chairmen of the conferences of the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers. The project was conducted by: (1) researching both the published…

These guidelines for conducting a manpower utilization study are designed for independent use or in conjunction with any existing work measurement program for determining manpower requirements. Although the instructions are complete enough for use by themselves, a bibliography of publications is included to provide additional background…

This document presents an application of cost-benefit analysis to a hypothetical university parking problem. After discussing cost-benefit analysis in general, the document applies this technique to hypothetical data in light of a checklist for general cost-benefit procedure. The checklist includes the following steps: (1) examine and quantify…