Intended for use by classroom teachers and supervisors, this paper presents guidelines for implementing a peer tutoring program. The contents provide a definition of peer tutoring, a program rationale, and a list of steps for program implementation. Responsibilities of participating teachers and guidelines for selecting tutors and tutorial…

The document provides guidelines for conducting a workshop for administrators, teachers, and counselors on career education for the hearing impaired student in grades K through 12. Initial chapters address the history and purpose of the workshop; concept outline; instructions for using the manual; selection, registration, and preworkshop…

The paper describes King Edward Campus's (Nova Scotia) Individualized Educational Program for Adults (I.E.P.A.) for learning disabled adults. Sections address the following: program divisions, development of the I.E.P.A., components of the I.E.P.A. committee, the referral process, learning diagnostic services, the learning diagnostician's role,…

The paper explains the design of a national survey which was intended to identify factors associated with variations in the properties and contents of individualized education programs (IEPs); provide descriptive information about the target population; the nature and setting in which special education services are provided to this population;…

Career education has been the focus of substantial thrusts in American education, both at the national and state levels, with program development and experimentation taking place in numerous local education agencies. Intended to aid school superintendents, principals, and career education project personnel in the conceptualization and…

A well-planned job placement program is an essential function of the total career education program of a school. This guide is intended to assist administrators guidance counselors, and vocational educators in identifying substantive problems connected with establishing a job placement program. Included in the guide is a discussion of job…

Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education this curriculum guide is the second in a series describing current, successful career education practices. Intended for elementary teachers and educators responsible for initiating a career education program at the elementary…

The American Vocational Education (AVA) Task Force on Career Education met to formulate a recommended position for AVA on career education. Papers were presented, and six study groups made recommendations regarding the position that AVA should take on concepts and issues. Study group recommendations covered leadership, financing, the role of…

Accounts, in part, for the successful implementation of an alternative "school-without-walls" and provides clues to what program administrators can do to make it more likely that new programs will get fair trials in the schools. (Author/IRT)

A comparison of the similar economic but different political outcomes of retrenchment strategies at McGill University and the University of Montreal suggests that the key to success is matching the content of the strategy with an implementation process consistent with the particular institutional context. (Author/MSE)

Argues that a typical model for vocational rehabilitation of handicapped individuals can also be used with economically disadvantaged youth to help them become employed. Presents two case studies of programs that have implemented such a model. (CH)

This article presents guidelines designed to assist instructional developers in improving their performance in workload estimates for prospective training development projects. Also provided is a description of an instructional systems development model for estimating, which includes front end analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation. (LRW)

Presents an overview of an evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of family-centered home-based services as implemented within the Child Welfare Division of Hennepin County, Minnesota Community Services Department, which worked with families of an adolescent who had been approved for out-of-home placement. (BB)

Program theory and implementation process theory contribute, respectively, to specifying the what and the why of program delivery. This article discusses the relationship between these two theories and the types of data collection methods that can be derived from each in order to contribute to more comprehensive evaluation designs. (JAZ)

Describes the university and community perceptions of the role of the university in providing outreach off-campus degree programs, perceptions of the impact of the bachelor of science in nursing program in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and the process by which such a program can be identified, negotiated, and conducted. (JOW)