THE PRINCIPAL CONCERN IN DEVELOPING THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A PUPIL PERSONNEL PROGRAM IS HOW THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE EACH PUPIL WITH THE BEST QUALIFIED SERVICE, SO THAT THE PUPIL CAN MOBILIZE HIS STRENGTHS AND RESOURCES TO HIS GREATEST BENEFIT. ONE REQUIREMENT IS THAT ONE PERSON SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GUIDANCE OF…

Administrative behavior in implementing educational innovations is defined in terms of selecting, installing, evaluating, extending, and improving innovations in the administrator's system. It is suggested that on the basis of relevant facts, knowledge of alternative procedures, and careful plans, an administrator can select an educational…

Needs, goals, and characteristics of inservice programs in reading are discussed. Careful planning and organizing are emphasized; roles of various participants are outlined; and suggested criteria for evaluating the program are discussed. A discussion of survey forms for inservice work in reading suggests areas of application, and sample survey…

To prepare school administrators to exert more effective leadership in conceptualizing, analyzing, organizing, and administering public school vocational and technical programs, simulated materials were developed in the form of three "in-baskets" which consecutively communicate an awareness of the need of a more comprehensive program, provide…

This report consists of five separate parts which bear on the problem of vocational-technical education in the county school district. Part One deals with an analysis of dropouts from the schools of the county during the years of 1960 through 1966. Questionnaires were sent to dropouts, graduates, and parents of both groups. Part Two deals with the…

Two regional workshops were held to expedite development and improvement in the scope and quality of project training in distributive education. The activities center around the development of instructional projects for high school level distributive education students. Each workshop consisted of about 42 hours of formal instruction, 30 hours of…

An evaluation is made of the postdoctoral training program in education which was held at the University of Oregon, 1966-67. Six postdoctoral fellows participated in the program, four from the field of higher education and two from public school administration. The program had four objectives: (1) To improve and extend research skills, (2) to…

This guide was developed by a national professional association for use by teachers of industrial arts for the improvement of instruction. Contents of this fourth revised edition suggest possibilities of an organized program of industrial arts structured to provide for teaching concepts that more realistically lead to a fuller comprehension of…

An evaluation of the elementary counseling program in the Olympia, Washington schools is presented. The emphasis is upon counselor role as seen by the counselors, teachers, and principals. Models of counselor role in intervention and change are developed. Case examples further explain the models. Evaluative comments by teachers and principals on…

Third stream evaluation, the fusing of the ecological perspective with experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation design, is described. The ecological perspective necessitates that the conceptualization and analysis of a setting and the design of the study emphasize the interdependent relations among organisms, behavior and environment in…

Provided is a guide to individualizing instruction in vocational education. Background information on the Alternatives Approach to Individualization in Vocational Education (AAIVE) Project and an introduction to the publication are presented in section I. Section II contains a glossary of terms used in this handbook and in the literature…

A 1974 survey was undertaken to determine the extent to which the Curriculum Research and Development Center in Mental Retardation was responsive to the needs of the Social Learning Curriculum field test advisors (FTA's). Thirty-eight FTA's responded. Among the results was a significant positive change in FTA's perceptions of Center functioning.…

The three papers describe current projects in the field for the visually handicapped which are directed toward improvement of educational programs in both day and residential settings. The first paper (by F. Roberts) reviews the process employed for revising the standards for residential schools. Discussed in the second paper (by G. Scholl) is the…

This report includes testimony and information with regard to: the National School Lunch Act and the supplemental feeding program for women, infants and children (WIC) in Vermont; and school lunch and WIC programs in Oklahoma. Remarks by Vermont and Oklahoma nutrition experts and WIC participants are recorded. Comments made by members of the…

Twenty-seven mini-conferences on career education in grades K-12 were conducted in three phases. Two hundred sixty-one participants, representing all fifty states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, attended the conference. Nine topical areas were considered as they apply to career education: teaching/learning processes, evaluation,…