This report describes the Community Child Care Services and Funding Plan, which is a plan for future collaborative child care efforts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The plan was developed through the Child Day Care Planning Project in Cuyahoga County. The first section of the report provides an introduction, which is followed by an overview of the…

Experiences with family and intergenerational programs in English Second Language (ESL) literacy are reviewed, and factors that contribute to their success are discussed. It is suggested that as the notion of literacy expands, conceptual boundaries of the population of learners must expand also. While there is much to be learned from existing…

Traditional electronics engineering technology (EET) graduates have a broad and general background in EET, but they encounter difficulty when faced with the modern computerized working environment. The EET curriculum trains students to be broad-spectrum, general electronic technicians rather than specialized ones. EET graduates are competing in…

The history of French immersion instruction in Canada is reviewed, and the literature relating to that history is examined. The first chapter offers three distinct perspectives on the emergence of French immersion: (1) chronological; (2) phenomenological and pragmatic; and (3) methodological and pedagogic. Also in the first chapter, the immersion…

An international mass communication minor, with its salient, unique communication features and its interdisciplinary nature, can internationalize American higher education and raise students' cultural, political and economic awareness. The relationship existing between communication and the various disciplines is illustrated in the Arts-Sciences…

This advisory manual for Alberta, Canada offers guidance for those involved in (1) deciding to operate an early childhood services (ECS) program; (2) establishing policies, guidelines, and procedures; (3) organizing a program; and (4) administering a program. Topics addressed in section I, which covers making the decision to operate an ECS…

The South Carolina Alternative Certification Program (ACP) is an alternate route to certification which provides teachers for the shortage areas of mathematics and science. Earning certification through the ACP requires completion of a rigorous pedagogical curriculum founded on teaching effectiveness research and on-the-job teacher training. The…

This handbook is designed to assist staff development committees in planning and conducting effective staff development programs. Administrative rules governing the establishment of staff development programs are set forth and clarified. A model for staff development describes the following steps for developing a program: (1) establish a board…

To determine the status of latchkey programs in the United States, a questionnaire requesting information on actual or pending latchkey programs and legislation was sent to each state superintendent of schools and the secretary of the education committee of the state legislatures in the 50 states. A content analysis of the questionnaire responses…

Designed as an effort to gather, package, and disseminate useful programmatic information on aging education, this publication is divided into seven substantive sections. Following a preface and acknowledgements, an introduction presents a model of intergenerational programming, a definition of an intergenerational activities committe, purposes of…

A review of literature concerning the effectiveness of bilingual education programs consists of three sections, each containing descriptions of one or more studies and evaluations of the studies' significance. The first examines broad studies of the factors promoting or affecting bilingual education program success. The second section looks at…

This paper presents and illustrates some principles for organizational development approaches to improving school climate. It discusses a specific structure for facilitating school improvement entitled Program Development Evaluation, and it illustrates the use of school climate assessments for school diagnosis and the evaluation of improvement…

This manual was developed to provide school systems with information useful in identifying and responding to crises in their schools and communities. It provides a framework for school systems to use in establishing procedures and guidelines to react appropriately to crisis situations. It consists of general information to guide school systems in…

Once a school system has resolved to introduce suicide awareness education into the curriculum, many philosophical and pragmatic questions about program goals, content, and format must be addressed. This document discusses several of these issues, including: (1) who should receive suicide awareness programs; (2) who should conduct suicide…

Postsecondary institutions have developed expanded, comprehensive career education programs. Needs and problems that should be addressed when developing such programs include assisting students with educational-vocational planning, providing faculty inservice training, improving student support programs, developing work skills related to career…