The Director of Homemaker Service at the Children's Aid Society relates the process by which paraprofessional homemakers are prepared through inservice training and continuing supervision by the professional staff. Because the homemakers' backgrounds range from five years of grammar school to some experience in college, the training program must…

The use of local lay advisory councils has been an effective method of involving citizens in the school program and an effective bridge between the community and the school. Topics in this publication cover: (1) Benefits of a Citizens Advisory Council, which discusses the benefits for learners, school board members, teachers, administrators,…

This document is divided into three parts. Part I, "Concepts and the Teaching-learning Process," explores ways that would be effective in developing professional competence of extension agents and other adult educators working in the field and those preparing for it. Part II, "Concepts in Educational Psychology," synthesizes the results of an…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This document is the course administrator's manual. It provides detailed instructions on the administrator's functions and serves…

This booklet reports on outdoor recreation actions taken at the federal, state, local, and private levels. The Land and Water Conservation Fund and the financing of outdoor recreation on all levels are discussed. New agencies, personnel, reorganizations, resolutions, and recommendations for the organization and administration of outdoor recreation…

The seventh annual report of the community program, Program IMPACT, is presented. The following subjects are covered: national purpose, continuing education, community education, program administration, general developments, participating colleges and universities, and financial aspects. Conclusions are given. (CK)

A new variant, the Partially Contingent Educational Opportunity Bank Plan (PCEOB), of the contingent repayment loan is proposed for higher education. This report develops PCEOB operating parameters to be applied to U.S. medical schools. Part one discusses three EOB variants: semi-conventional, fully-contingent, and partially-contingent. Part two…

This study was conducted to assess the impact of expanded resources and extended eligibility on the internal functioning of a state vocational agency local office. The effects of expansion were examined in the areas of: (1) agency personnel, (2) client characteristics, (3) caseload characteristics, (4) counselor characteristics, and (5) patterns…

THIS PROJECT WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. A SECOND OBJECTIVE WAS TO TRANSLATE THE THEORETICAL RATIONALE INTO AN OPERATIONAL PROGRAM INVOLVING THE COLLABORATION OF A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CENTERS INTO A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND…

Designed to provide direction for those who contemplate establishing a competency-based program for vocational teachers, this monograph contains major papers developed for the Institute on Competency-Based Teacher Education for Virginia Vocational and Technical Teacher Educators held in Blacksburg, November 23-26, 1975. Also included are two…

The New England Consortium criteria of excellence are 26 statements of conditions which describe a quality reading program and which must exist if all children are to learn to read. These statements are grouped under five goal areas, the second of which, organizing and managing a reading program, is treated in this position paper. The paper…

This report investigates the concept of individualized education both from a descriptive view of its general features and purposes and from an analytical view of specific components in such systems, identifying the component steps necessary for planning and implementing individualization. Chapter one deals with the importance of individualized…

The community development program, initiated in 1952, failed, in the author's opinion, because no sustained attempt was made to involve the people in the development process. Discussed are: program objectives, implementation, administrative structure, an evaluation of 15 program aspects, a community development strategy, and the failure of the…

Project Trident (an ESEA title III project at Lincoln, Illinois) was designed to develop a comprehensive career education program for all students which would unify and synthesize the various components of career education at the secondary school level. A description of program objectives, phases, structure, and implementation is presented.…

A job description of the director of continuing education in Illinois District 214 is presented. (LH)