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Ignash, Jan M. – 1992
Recent trends in immigration and foreign student enrollments are placing a growing demand on community colleges for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. A 1991 study of course sections at 164 two-year colleges nationwide revealed that ESL had grown from 30% of all foreign language courses offered in 1983 to 51% in 1991, and that the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Enrollment Trends, Foreign Students
Zide, Michele Moran; Colbert, Ronald – 1992
This document provides an overview and description of the Fitchburg State College (Massachusetts) Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) Program in Professional Staff Development and the subsequent establishment of the Professional Development Center. The purpose of the certificate is to enable veteran master teachers, specialists, and…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Degree Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove – 1983
Little data are available concerning the native languages of Scandinavian residents, other than the official languages, despite the linguistic diversity of the region. Foreign language teaching starts early in schooling, but there has been little study of actual language needs. Three basic program designs are available for teaching foreign…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Children, Educational Planning
Cashin, William E. – 1990
Recommendations for deriving and using student ratings of college teachers are presented. General recommendations for teacher evaluation include: (1) using multiple sources of data about a faculty member; (2) using student ratings as one aspect; and (3) determining the purpose of the ratings before they are collected. Ten specific recommendations…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Data Collection
American Vocational Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1988
Five presentations are provided. "Technology Teacher Education: A Framework for Program Redesign" (Thomas Erekson, Scott Johnson) discusses the design and development of a technology teacher education program at the University of Illinois with lists of course requirements and illustrations of course sequence. "Teacher Preparation in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Industrial Arts Teachers
Smith, Patricia K. – 1991
In Michigan, a school-based bicycle helmet intervention program has been developed to increase the prevalence of helmet use among middle/junior high school students. The intervention involved approximately 3,100 students and their parents. The school-based intervention component of the project is the focus of this report. A two-tier intervention…
Descriptors: Accidents, Behavior Change, Bicycling, Head Injuries
Lewis, Anne – 1992
This monograph looks at the field of youth service broadly and provides examples of the range of programs available for urban youth. A review of statistics on urban youth involvement nationally notes that most young people are not involved in community service, African American students perform more community service annually than any other racial…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Citizen Participation, Community Services, Federal Legislation
Bell, Jim – 1992
The report describes the design and results of a Calgary (Canada) program (August 1, 1990 to June 12, 1992) to disseminate information about literacy education needs and services to the local community. It is organized into sections, each addressing a specific program objective. Sections include the following: (1) increasing awareness,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Hotlines (Public)
RMC Research Corp., Denver, CO. – 1991
This publication is a guide with the materials necessary for leading a workshop session on comprehensive needs assessment for Chapter 1 programs for teachers and administrators. As the packet points out, secondary and elementary schools with Chapter 1 programs often do comprehensive needs assessment to satisfy federal regulations or to record…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Torres, Robert M.; Garton, Bryan L. – 1991
A proposal for a preservice agricultural education teacher preparation program involves the examination of seven aspects: (1) role statement; (2) curriculum; (3) instruction; (4) facilities and resources; (5) student selection; (6) faculty; and (7) evaluation. Agricultural teachers have many roles: facilitator of learning; program developer;…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agricultural Education, College Faculty, Curriculum Design
Adkins, Kathleen – 1994
A survey, completed by 15 professors of English, indicated a fundamental lack of student critical thinking skills within their department, and a 90 percent discrepancy in teacher training with only 10 percent of teachers having received formal training. This paper describes a workshop designed to educate and motivate the English professors in a…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, English Departments
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1994
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is giving 82 public schools around the state a chance to show what they can do to improve student achievement through reduced state regulation and increased flexibility. The project referred to as the Partnership Schools Initiative teams local school campuses with regional education services and the TEA for a 3-5…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Elementary Education
Comsis Corp., Silver Spring, MD. – 1993
This report describes major activities of the Mid-Atlantic Multifunctional Resource Center (MRC) during 1992-1993. Chapter 1 includes a state by state description of the service area (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia). A description of the MRC and staff and other…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Demography, Federal Programs, Language Research
Fagan, William T. – 1991
Although the emphasis on adult literacy/basic education is increasing, the high dropout rate from programs in these areas is a concern. Why learners choose to participate or not to participate in such programs can be understood in terms of three sets of factors. Learner-inherent factors include self-evaluation, goals, and capabilities. Life…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Matthews, Doris B.; And Others – 1984
An in-progress staff development program in a small, rural school district in South Carolina strives to make teaching and supervising more rewarding to the staff member while at the same time improving instruction for students in the schools. The program is the result of attempts by the school district to survive through staff development. With…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement
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