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Ulrich, James F., Jr. – 1988
This packet contains materials, process guidelines, discussion questions, and suggestions that serve as a guide for a 3-hour training session on the topic of organizational culture for groups of from 7 to 21 (or more) adults. During the training session, participants simulate organizational behaviors following three different sets of cultural…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Interaction Process Analysis
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
A set of principles that focus on issues concerning implementation of a successful dropout prevention program is presented by a consortium of national educational organizations. The key elements of this "blueprint" consider local adaptations and effective results among various programs. The booklet discusses seven principles for dropout…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
McIlwain, Doris W. – 1984
A project sought to extend Central Piedmont Community College's (CPCC) expertise in quality circles. Objectives were to provide low-cost quality circle training for personnel in community colleges and business and industry and to provide instruction in quality circles for college students. Three hundred educators and business people attended…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Participation
Download full textMount, Beth; Zwernik, Kay – 1990
This workbook is designed for people interested in facilitating Personal Futures Planning, a person-centered creative planning process designed to help people craft a life of meaning and contribution for a person with developmental disabilities. The facilitator of the Futures Planning process organizes a group to listen to the dreams and desires…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Vermont Interdependent Services Team Approach: A Guide to Coordinating Educational Support Services.
Giangreco, Michael F. – 1996
In recognition of the limitations of isolated decision making, teamwork has emerged as a preferred approach for educating students both with and without disabilities. The Vermont Interdependent Services Team Approach (VISTA) process described in this manual offers ways to think about and implement many of the tenets of collaborative teamwork to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Farley, Roy C.; And Others – 1992
Know Thyself Manuals contain test protocols and summaries of test interpretations and were developed to be given to vocational rehabilitation clients in order to involve them in the assessment process. This example of a Know Thyself Manual demonstrates how the "know thyself" strategy is operationalized in an evaluation center using the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities
Berla, Nancy; Hall, Susan Hlesciak – 1989
Although parents and citizens in each community should be encouraged to participate in the educational policy-making process, it has been shown that public access to school board meetings is thwarted in many subtle ways. To gain information that would help to balance the interests of privacy and public access in every school district, the State…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. – 1991
This document explains how community groups can use the Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) process to ensure that skills taught in school are those sought by employers. Chapter 1 explains how the SCANS process works. Chapter 2 is titled "What SCANS Means to You." Chapter 3 explains how to build coalitions,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Control, Community Cooperation, Education Work Relationship
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Occupational and Continuing Education. – 1986
This handbook is designed for the dual purpose of assisting local administrators in establishing and using local advisory councils and helping council members to understand their role in maintaining high-quality occupational education course offerings. Addressed in a section on establishing local advisory councils are authorization, definition,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Advisory Committees, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Maryland State Advisory Council on Vocational-Technical Education, Baltimore. – 1984
This handbook is designed to assist local boards of education, postsecondary educational institutions, and local advisory councils (LACs) in establishing LACs on vocational-technical education. (LACs are a mandatory prerequisite for receiving Federal funds in support of local vocational-technical education programs, services, and facilities.)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Malden. – 2000
This report presents a guide to involving parents, families, and the community in education. It explains that student achievement increases, schools improve, and parent and community involvement thrives when: (1) parents, families, and community members play an integral role in helping students learn at all grade levels; (2) communication between…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Family School Relationship
Marburger, Carl L. – 1985
This book is an introduction and guide to school-based management, a decentralized form of organization in which decisions that have traditionally been made by a superintendent or school board are made by the local school. Chapter 1 provides an overview of decision-making in public school systems starting with a brief history of the trend toward…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Community Control, Decentralization
Vukasin, Helen L., Ed. – 1985
This Caribbean Regional Workshop was organized to bring together representatives of private, voluntary, and community development organizations, governmental agencies, and other non-governmental organizations in the Eastern Caribbean who were concerned with environmental quality. The conference was intended to improve the level of citizen…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
California State Dept. of Education. Sacramento. Office of Special Education. – 1988
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is a strategy to involve the community in active participation in the development, amendment, and review of the local plan for special education. The CAC originated under the design of the California Master Plan for Special Education. The CAC brings together and supports parents and professionals, regular and…
Descriptors: Administration, Advisory Committees, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities
Phipps, Lloyd J.; Knell, Kenneth – 1985
As a means of encouraging the formation of school-sponsored, citizen advisory committees, the Illinois Citizens Education Council embarked on a 3-year research and development project. This publication describes this project and thereby serves as a guide for organizing and using citizens' education advisory committees. Specific objectives of the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils
