The handbook provides suggestions and guidelines to assist local education agency personnel in planning and implementing inservice education programs for the teacher of the gifted and talented. Information is presented on the following topics: the need for inservice education; twelve guiding principles for inservice education (including use of a…

Transcripts of speeches as well as the Outline of How to Plan a Workshop are included in this proceedings report. It contains the texts of individual presentations by Bay Area Reference Center staff covering the following topics: The Workshop Planners, Assessing Needs, Preparing Workshop Objectives, Defining the Audience, The Time, The Place, The…

Information on the development of a welding program and curriculum is presented to assist instructors and administrators in the implementation of a training program. The American Welding Society is recommended as an authoritative source for assistance. (EC)

Describes the elements of a directed reading plan (DRP) and outlines the procedures for developing such a plan. (RB)

This article challenges the value of the Carnegie Unit and proposes an alternative. The basic orientation for both the challenge and alternative is derived from the concept of "quality control." (Editor)

This article tells the story of how a university can develop an on-site inservice program for teachers that deals with day-to-day, real-life issues of teaching. Such a program benefits both the university and school participants. (Editor)

Physical education teaches basic life principles as well as motor skills that have long-lasting benefits. Yet, say these authors, it is usually the first curricular area to suffer school budget cuts. Criteria for a good physical education program are described with the implication that if the subject is properly taught it is more difficult to…

Deals with the activities and services that must be maintained by a Chicano counseling program to provide for the needs of the Chicano student. These services include academic advising, personal counseling, vocational-career counseling, tutorial service, and other miscellaneous activities. (Author)

Examines several activities that directly influence the future of special educational programs in higher education and presents problems that must be resolved if significant expansion of special educational programs is to be achieved. Funding, staffing, and accountability are discussed in detail and other crucial areas are reviewed. (Author)

Alternative educational programs have been highly developed in the 1970s, but need to be organized for the right student and the right teacher. There is no need to fragment education; alternative schools within a school can be organized to meet the needs of both teachers and students. (JC)

Neighborhood resistance occurs frequently when a group home program is implemented in a community. In this article major variables associated with a neighborhood are explored and strategies effective for minimizing neighborhood opposition are analyzed. (Author/SE)

Offers specific recommendations for teachers starting a new forensics program. (MH)

The paper reviews inadequacies common in secondary programs for learning disabled students and suggests guidelines for more appropriate program development. (CL)

The role of needs assessment in special education program planning and evaluation is discussed, and one comprehensive process for conducting a needs assessment is delineated. (Author/DLS)