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DeLong, Douglas J. – Principal Leadership, 2008
Having professional learning communities in place enables teachers and staff members to provide targeted assistance to students who need it. This article discusses Chardon (Ohio) High School's professional learning community program which provides time and support for students and teachers. Through the program, the teachers meet every week during…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Resource Allocation, Educational Strategies
Hall, Philip S.; Wheeler, John J. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
This exploratory resource allocation model for implementing community-based supported employment services for persons with mental retardation uses a multivariate linear regression approach to project the hours required to develop a job site based on the size of the community, the rate of unemployment, and the percent of service jobs. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Employment Patterns, Mental Retardation
Goplerud, Eric N.; Walfish, Steven – 1983
Although the major locus of mental health care in the United States is in community agencies, funding cutbacks threaten the services those agencies provide. To assist human service managers in developing guidelines and concrete action strategies for dealing with financial problems, 106 mental health professionals (e.g., agency directors, technical…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delphi Technique, Financial Problems, Institutional Administration
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1991
A study explored the roles of three British further education colleges in different inner-city geographical settings in initiating and supporting inner-city regeneration. Selected colleges initiated and contributed toward local regeneration during 1989-90. The project identified an increasing recognition that there were social and economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Gruber, David A. – 1994
This report explores the potential for and obstacles to comprehensive community-level approaches to preparing young people for occupational and academic advancement. Chapter I introduces the New Workforce strategy based on a pathways design and a community framework and strategic plan. Chapter II includes the following: overview of the shaping of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Coordination
Texas State Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Austin. – 1990
This report, in two volumes, contains recommendations and supporting documentation for restructuring mental health services to Texas' children with an emphasis on the cost effectiveness of developing accountable school and community based services, family centered prevention services, and early intervention services. Major mental health issues for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems