Much of the misunderstanding concerning planning, programing, and budgeting stems from the lack of operational planning systems. However, such a system has been developed and field tested over the past 3 years in two counties and six school districts in Pennsylvania. Key concepts used in the system include forecasting, indicators, the status…

This document enumerates and discusses needs for community service and continuing education programs in the state of Tennessee. Its contents are based on the Statewide Report drawn up by the State Agency for Title I in Tennessee, and on responses to 800 questionnaires mailed to recipients of the Report requesting the identification of other…

Attention is focused upon the interstitial, or in-between, groups of organizations in the community, as well as upon the conjunctive or competitive nature of the relationships within them. An effort is then made to offer some modifications to the many classifications of types of community leaders and structures of community power. Attention is…

Possible alternate methods of preparing college level biology teachers are explored and related conferences held by the Commission on Undergraduate Education in Biological Sciences described. Koen contributes some ideas for preparation programs and describes the University of Michigan College Teacher Training Program. Alternatives to the Ph.D.…

This paper deals with the problems of rigorous research within the dynamic organizational context. Definitions and axioms establish the natures of a social problem, a social intervention program, continuous program monitoring, a method of describing alternative treatments, treatment effect testing, and programmatic change. These definitions and…

This presentation is intended to familiarize the audience with the Planning Programming Budgeting System (PPBS) in its entirety. Some illustrative examples of the system's outputs are demonstrated to convey their utility for highest level program and resource decisions. PPBS was originated by the Department of Defense to cover all of the…

The land-grant universities, through Cooperative Extension Services, have performed the most important university outreach function in America. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 stated that the function of Cooperative Extension was to provide practical instruction in subjects related to agriculture and home economics. Subsequent amendments to the Act…

This program guide for distributive education was developed as a cooperative effort of the Chicago Public Schools and the business community to help the teacher-coordinator establish a cooperative program and organize related activities and classroom instruction. Information is provided on the role of the teacher-coordinator, program activities…

A selection of four papers from those presented at the Special Conference on Instructional Technology (San Antonio, Texas, December 1-4, 1970) are featured. Donald Mahler considers the issue of adopting technology in local schools. Adoption of instructional technology, as part of curriculum development in mental retardation (Marguerite Thorsell),…

The last of seven modules on team teaching, this document deals with the prerequisites for good planning sessions. The major objectives are to acquaint teachers with a variety of team planning purposes for improving instruction, to show the relationship between the goals of team teaching and the planning completed at varying times of the year, to…

This summary of consultative discussions is not intended to represent a definite study of the topic, but rather a beginning. Four general guidelines of themes emerged from the seminar regarding vocational education for persons with special needs: (1) Professional vocational education personnel must become more concerned with people and less…

Selected presentations from the National Conference on Program Planning and Evaluation held in Washington, D.C., March 12-14, 1969 are reported in this mimeographed publication: (1) "Vocational Education: From a World of Stability to a World of Change," by G. Venn, (2) "Staffing the State Department to Meet the Needs of Vocational…

The dichotomy that exists between social and physical planning continues to be a major community problem. A comparison and examination is made between the basic concepts of social and physical planning with the purpose of recommending the creation of a working model that can be adaptable for environmental design. Consideration is given to the…

Guidelines basic to the foundation of a new program of informal, continuing adult educational services have been taken from an analysis of the literature in the field of adult education and presented in this document. The areas covered are: steps in initiating the program, organizational structure (including the state and local governing boards,…

The primary objectives of the study were to develop a model for a National Academy for School Executives (NASE), to determine the receptivity of school administrators to such a program, and to determine the feasibility of implementing the model within the near future. Four academic task forces studied the structural elements, fiscal requirements,…