Between 1985 and 1988, the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center developed, refined, and disseminated a research-based process for improving local compensatory education programs. Known as the Chapter 1 Improvement Process (CHIP), the effort combined knowledge from five research areas into a year-long,…

Even during the 1970's when diminished national interest in foreign language study was reflected in declining enrollments at most colleges, Tarrant County Junior College (TCJC) was able to maintain a vigorous language program by emphasizing oral communication and developing a flexible curriculum. Since 1975, the college has offered its preparatory…

This document reports the findings of an evaluation of the Family Day Care Training and Accreditation Program, a voluntary program for family day care providers in San Antonio, Texas. The program consisted of eight training workshops, home visits, and a validation. Workshop topics included: space to play and learn, health and safety, growth and…

This manual is designed to assist administrators and counselors in adult basic education programs in implementing the group career counseling model. Section I focuses on administering adult career counseling centers. Topics include establishing a service and managing a center. A checklist for administrators is provided for use as a reference in…

The report describes the development and implementation of a statewide (Vermont) service delivery system which employed and trained parents of children with severe handicaps to: (1) work with educators to facilitate their involvement with families, and (2) provide information and support services which addressed individual family needs. The family…

This guide is one of three products that make up a complete mentorship program. The purpose of the program is to increase the motivation of minority young women to pursue occupations and careers that will be in demand in the future. This presenters' manual contains background information about the mentor experience, tips about training, and…

It was noted that paraprofessional child caregivers working with economically disadvantaged children did not base instructional choices on data derived from direct observations. As a result, this practicum was implemented to improve the observation and recording skills of five caregivers serving as group leaders of day care workers. Centers…

This report focuses on the proposals, materials, programs produced, and the results that occur when new teachers and their students become involved with exemplary science materials and with teachers judged to be exemplary. This project enrolled exceptional teachers who could work together in class groups with some common purpose as to science…

Intended for those interested in promoting increased cooperation between schools and communities, this participant planning package contains a series of worksheets, written agreements, and planning forms for a symposium designed to promote the arts in education. A worksheet for planning arts resources is followed by an assessment form in which…

Four different methods for disseminating materials and activities used in a program to teach middle school students about aquatic environments were compared in Ohio. Six hundred teachers elected to attend one-and-a-half day workshops, 180 teachers attended workshops requiring 10 full days' participation, 200 teachers ordered materials by mail, and…

A collection of classroom activities for French and Spanish language immersion programs includes descriptions of or directions for a variety of exercises, accompanied by a brief introductory section of notes for the teacher. The activities include audio-motor units, a back-to-back activity, a cocktail party simulation, cultural assimilators,…

A description is presented of the activities and outcomes of a project designed to provide training that would enhance the efforts of remedial educators to serve learning disabled students on campus. Introductory sections provide background on the increase of learning disabilities at community colleges, review the evidence of the need for the…

This set of materials on staff development in research libraries, assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), focuses on programs and activities designed to provide general skills training related to the work performed in a research library. Contents of the set include: (1)…

A three-year global education curriculum project involved over 400 children in inner city, suburban, rural, large, and small elementary schools in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The purposes of the project were to present the concept of global education to principals as well as teachers and to provide a forum for developing ways to use…

This paper presents a new format for conducting workshops for college students on eliminating self-defeating behaviors, based on a psychoeducational approach. The content of each of the eight lunch-hour sessions is described including the learned nature of self-defeating behaviors and the tracking identification and changing of such behaviors…