This book was written for elementary school counselors, teachers, and administrators to assist them with the development and management of new elementary school counseling programs and with the renewal and revitalization of existing programs. It may also be useful for counselor educators in preparing counselors in training for their role as future…

This handbook explains the requirements for selecting, developing, evaluating, and placing a student in the Refuges and Wildlife Cooperative Education Program of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Following a brief program description, information is provided on the following topics: the responsibilities of various administrators; the program…

This paper reports on a study designed to assist in the development of an incentive pay system at Kentucky's Sue Bennett College that would be utilized to recognize merit and performance through increases in faculty salaries. Study procedures to determine the system's elements involved a literature search, a solicitation of input from the Faculty…

This program development guide outlines the procedures for replicating the B-WEST (Building Workers Entering Skilled Trades) program, a two-term professional certificate program designed to prepare women for skilled jobs in the traditionally male-dominated electrical, mechanical, and construction trades. The components and major activities of the…

This guide presents a comprehensive strategy, called "environmental management," for alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention in institutions of higher education. The environmental management approach utilizes, in addition to educational programs, changes in the physical, social, economic, and legal environment accomplished through a…

This workbook offers tips for staff development planners who train teachers about technology. The first six sections are "Getting Started with Competencies and Context,""Looking at Learner Needs,""Taking School Technology Inventory,""Outlining Parameters for Program Design,""Selecting Resources and…

This manual was developed to help expedite the efforts of postsecondary vocational education and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in developing comprehensive strategies, by joint planning, to serve the common targeted populations of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 and JTPA. It is a supplement to "Navigating…

This report is based in part on an analysis of current preservation practices and of the 1988-89 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Preservation Statistics. It includes discussion of the 10 components of a comprehensive preservation program to which library administrators must give attention. Organizational models for mature preservation…

This paper describes the development and establishment of an inclusive education program on a junior high school campus. Although this is the documentation of secondary programming, with an emphasis on severe disabilities, these "phases" can be generalized to other program areas and levels of education. During phase I, a functional,…

A program was developed at a local college to provide directors of child care centers, Head Start programs, nursery schools, and school-based early childhood programs with formal training in administration, supervision, and program development to help them better manage their programs. The program was the result of a collaborative effort by…

The Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) of the state of Washington is charged with the responsibility for approval of new degree programs to be offered by public four-year institutions. It is responsible for the review and approval of both on- and off-campus programs, including branch campus offerings. This report offers guidelines and…

School-based and -linked health centers (SBHC and SLHC) are becoming innovative centers for providing health care to adolescents. The Center for Population Options (CPO) has designed a site-monitoring team model for SBHCs and SLHCs. The first phase is preparing for the site visit. This begins with contracting a team leader, assembling the team and…

In recent years, educators and policymakers have been concerned with the growing need to consider implementation and maintenance of multicultural or cross-cultural educational programs in elementary and secondary schools. This article discusses the need for multicultural education and the means by which school boards can begin to implement,…

This guide is one in a series of publications addressing a variety of topics related to both management and instruction in continuing education. Based on an earlier study, the guide shows how a number of effective continuing education managers have turned the challenge of survival into opportunities to become valued parts of their institution. Of…

This document describes 2 + 2, a form of articulation between high school and community college programs that involves 2 years of secondary and 2 years of postsecondary vocational training, which has become a major goal of vocational education policymakers in the 1980s. This report mentions a variety of strategies that have been discussed and/or…