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Murk, Peter J.; Wells, John H. – 1986
The Systems Approach Model (SAM) is a dynamic approach to planning adult and continuing education that is intended to provide the flexibility, creativity, and meaningfulness necessary to meet the needs and interests of an ever-expanding and ever-aging student population. The SAM model consists of the following dynamically interrelated and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Budgeting, Continuing Education
Rose, Madeline – 1985
The purpose of this practicum was to develop an on-site training program for latchkey family day care home providers. Practicum objectives were to (1) develop a pilot project involving three family day care homes in Pinellas County, Florida; (2) assist caregivers in meeting the annual training requirements; (3) design and implement, on-site, a…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents
Download full textMcElligott, Arlene F.; McElligott, Joseph P. – 1986
This booklet presents some of the administrative considerations and activities associated with the initiation of an extended day care program for parochial elementary school students. Introductory sections describe a typical extended school day and discuss the social need for extended school day programs because of the increased number of working…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Employed Parents, Extended School Day, Parochial Schools
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1984
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) conducted an examination of patterns and causes of fraud in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs to determine how implementation of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs might be made less vulnerable to exploitation. GAO's investigation found that fraud and abuse in CETA programs…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Davis, Scott R.; Frost, Alan – 1985
This paper contains a concise summary of the theory and practice of competency-based education, especially as it applies to adult education. The paper first defines competency-based education (CBE) and details the assumptions on which CBE is based. It then lists the critical components for effective CBE and cites the advantages of using a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Behavioral Objectives
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1984
This guide was designed to assist school administrators, teachers, counselors, parents and others who are interested in developing guidance programs which meet the needs of young adolescents in Oregon. Practices, procedures, and forms that school districts have found to be most useful in implementing a coordinated guidance and counseling program…
Descriptors: Counselor Evaluation, Guidance Programs, Guidelines, Junior High Schools
Osborne, Ken – 1984
Written primarily for teachers, this sourcebook explains the characteristics and needs of young adolescents and examines the kinds of curricula and teaching most appropriate for them. Chapter 1 provides definitions, a history of the junior high school, and a discussion of the characteristics of education in the middle years. Chapter 2 describes…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Curriculum, Definitions, Discipline
McCombs, Harriet G. – 1984
This paper presents an overview of the evolution of the Yale University Child Study Center's School Development Program (SDP) since its implementation in New Haven, Connecticut in 1968. The needs of inner city school children are discussed, and results of parent and staff surveys are presented. A critique of alternative school improvement…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Court Litigation, Court Role
Frank, Austin – 1984
Student Affirmative Action (SAA) outreach programs to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities and the economically disadvantaged in higher education in California started with little or no coordination and scant thought of evaluation. For a variety of reasons, which include how they were planned, how they are staffed and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Preparation, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Office of International Affairs. – 1984
This study was conducted to provide the U.S. Department of State with an assessment of the potential impacts on science of a United States withdrawal from UNESCO and to suggest possible alternative arrangements to maintain essential U.S. scientific contacts with UNESCO-sponsored programs in case the United States were no longer a member of UNESCO…
Descriptors: Engineering, Environmental Education, Financial Support, International Programs
Soder, Roger; Andrews, Richard L. – 1984
Two large, complex organizations (an urban school district and a neighboring college of education of a major State-funded university) have developed and applied a collaborative model of interaction and resource enhancement in response to resource contradiction and environmental turbulence. This paper (1) presents a conceptual framework of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Organizational Development
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
A set of principles that focus on issues concerning implementation of a successful dropout prevention program is presented by a consortium of national educational organizations. The key elements of this "blueprint" consider local adaptations and effective results among various programs. The booklet discusses seven principles for dropout…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Robson, Maurice – 1986
The purpose of the Ministerial Paper No. 6 and Schools Project is to develop strategies and materials for use by individual schools in the state of Victoria, Australia, as they plan and implement curricula consistent with the guidelines in the Victoria Ministry of Education's Ministerial Paper 6. The strategies focus on improving the balance and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1986
Student achievement of cognitive and psychomotor objectives was evaluated in Saginaw, Mighigan's prekindergarten program. During the 1985-86 year, 454 children participated, based on their Prekindergarten Readiness Screening Device scores. The half-day program was funded through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Compensatory Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Pupil Services. – 1985
This handbook provides guidance to school administrators in setting up an effective school attendance system. After brief introductory sections on the importance of good attendance and on how to recognize whether excessive pupil absences are a problem, the third section discusses how to organize the attendance services: outlining objectives;…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Officers, Attendance Patterns, Attendance Records
