This manual for graduates of League of Women Voters discussion leader training courses covers the planning and direction of meetings, including such aspects as selecting topics, opening discussion, starting meetings, useful roles or functions that occur within groups, working toward a conclusion, evaluating meetings, and having members prepare for…

This paper presents step-by-step guidelines for evaluating a reading course. A concept of evaluation is discussed as a guide to decision making for teachers in the ongoing development of an instructional program. A procedure for developing an evaluation plan for instructional reading programs is explained, specific questions are delineated that…

A program budget is an alternative to the traditional line-item budget. Such a budget would interpret the expenditures of the school system in terms of the programs the school system provides rather than in terms of the resources it utilizes. This report outlines a structure for such a Program Budget System (PBS) in the Worcester, Massachusetts,…

A two-part guide to retirement programming is presented. The first part provides a rationale for retirement programs and is intended to stimulate leaders in business, labor, governmental, educational, religious, and social service organizations to offer retirement programs or refine those which they already offer. The second part describes what a…

Forms and activities used in planning, developing, and conducting a career education conference are offered in this guide for any individual or agency planning to conduct a similar activity. The basic format was to provide twenty small group sessions in which successful practitioners demonstrated methods and/or materials with a keynote speaker of…

This booklet is a simplified guide for program planning and is intended to complement a somewhat lengthier companion booklet on program evaluation. It spells out in outline fashion the basic elements and steps involved in the planning process. Brief sections focus in turn on different phases of the planning process, including problem…

Author suggests 14 guidelines to follow in writing successful instructional television scripts. (SF)

A discussion of a formula for the logical development of a successful television program. (HB)

Outlines the experience of one center in establishing a group therapy program. Highlights strengths that a center has to offer, specifically, persons with special interest, training and experience with the issue of suicide, and a 24-hour crisis service to serve as a backup system. (Author)

A community college program for providing gynecology services is described, with a focus on aspects of financing, approval and publicity, and teaching and counseling. (DS)

Suggests an educationally sound approach for creating programs of minimal essentials for which a school can be held accountable. The program is teachable and reasonably limited. (IRT)

Eight key steps for effective performance appraisal are developing a positive performance climate, organizing for results, identifying organizational results objectives, defining job responsibility, training managers, developing individual performance standards, developing meaningful performance evaluation forms, and recognizing results.…

Guidelines are offered for preparing effective photographic slide essays on physical education topics. (MJB)

Describes a training cost model used in government agencies to simulate the behavior of training costs and thus predict or reconstruct the costs of a training course. Includes step-by-step procedures for using the model, worksheets, and charts. (MF)