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Taggart, Robert – 1986
Chapter 1 of this reference manual is a summary of the comprehensive competencies program (CCP). It describes this system for organizing, implementing, managing, and efficiently delivering individualized self-paced instruction, combined with group and experience-based learning activities, using computer-assisted instruction. (The CCP covers not…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Preparing for High Technology: Successful Co-op Strategies. Research and Development Series No. 263.
Franchak, Stephen J.; Smith, O. H. Michael – 1986
This document has been prepared to assist program administrators and practitioners in planning and implementing cooperative (co-op) programs in high technology occupational areas. Information focuses on the key elements, strategies, and procedures of successful co-op programs. The guide contains nine chapters and is based on a review of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Benefits
Spencerport Central Schools, NY. – 1986
During the 1982-83 school year the Spencerport (New York) Central School District began a comprehensive project to study the effective schools research and its implications at all levels of a suburban school system. A leadership planning team (consisting of teachers, principals, and district personnel) participated in a series of workshops and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annual Reports, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Spencerport Central Schools, NY. – 1984
This document is an annual status report summarizing findings of the first full year of operation of the Spencerport (New York) More Effective Schools/Teaching Project. Section 1 describes four documents (reprinted in Appendices A through D) that were developed during the project; reviews the assumptions, concepts, and research findings upon which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Annual Reports, Cooperative Planning
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. – 1983
The concept and purpose of this facilitator guide is to provide the three facilitator groups of educators, park and resource management personnel, and parents of handicapped children with information on how to cooperatively design and implement an outdoor education program for handicapped students. Chapter 1 (contributed by Vicki Stayton) outlines…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Facilities Design
Wallace, Stuart Donald – 1984
This paper, presented at the "Ingenium 2000" conference, reports an attempt by the Natal Education Department in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to design, develop, and implement a curriculum extension program to meet the intellectual and/or other needs of the exceptionally able, with no additional provision of staff or facilities. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Processes
Hill, Paul T. – 1987
This paper analyzes design alternatives for Federal elementary and secondary education programs. It identifies the range of program strategies available and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. The proper design for any program depends upon the following factors: (1) goals; (2) the availability of Federal funding to pay for necessary services…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Farrar, Eleanor – 1988
The Boston Compact, signed in September 1982, is a formal agreement between the Boston School Department and members of the business community to collaborate in making new educational and employment opportunities available to the city's high school students. Co-signers agreed to the following: (1) assist in developing private sector initiatives in…
Descriptors: Business, Business Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
King, Christopher T. – 1988
Concern for performance management has increased sharply in recent decades in both the public and private sectors. This has been particularly true in the management of state and federally funded human resource development programs. Legislative purpose, level of use, the role of performance standards, appropriate measures of performance, target…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Educational Policy, Employment Programs, Government Role
Waltz, Freddie C.; And Others – 1984
This recruitment package consists of materials designed to assist those individuals who are responsible for recruiting students into postsecondary vocational education programs. The package, which may be used either as a guide to establishing and implementing a new promotional policy or as a resource to use when planning a specific promotional…
Descriptors: Advertising, Career Counseling, Commercial Art, Counselor Role
Samuels, Frank; Gierach, Lester – 1983
It has been estimated that about 10 percent of the total United States population, some 23 million American adults, are functionally illiterate. About 100,000 of these persons live in the Milwaukee area and could be assisted by extension programs such as those conducted by Milwaukee Area Technical College. One of the major reasons for the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Evans, Karen; Brown, Alan – 1983
This report presents findings of an evaluation of the Trades Education (TRADEC) schemes to report on the approach's distinctive features and to assess its effectiveness and potential to meet the needs of the populations it serves. Chapter 1 describes the origins and key features of TRADEC courses; succeeding chapters examine how they were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Lippmann, Ellen; Arbuss, Steve – 1983
Intended to motivate and assist librarians in taking a new approach to library services for adolescents of junior high and high school age, this handbook (1) outlines the benefits of youth participation in school and public libraries; (2) describes some existing programs, including youth participation in library planning and policy, publication of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Guidelines

Ramirez, Amelie G. – 1979
As a result of a survey of 2,322 Houston adults, a nine-phase methodology was used to design a program of public education about cardiovascular disease (CVD). Survey results indicated that Mexican Americans were significantly less knowledgeable than Anglos concerning the impact, nature, and control of CVD. Many Mexican Americans could not…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior Change, Cardiovascular System, Community Programs
Malpica, Carlos – 1983
Twelve papers were presented at a 1980 International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) workshop on the generalization of educational innovations from the local to the national level. Six of these papers are published in this report, along with a substantial bibliography and an introductory chapter summarizing the papers and describing the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Adoption (Ideas)