Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a decision-making approach to pest control that has been used successfully on farms, city parks, offices, homes, and schools. IPM programs help individuals decide when treatments are necessary, where treatment would be most helpful, and what combinations of tactics would be most effective, safe, and inexpensive…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: Lincoln Unified students (K-12) profit daily from a large number of livewire teachers who are habituated to keeping up with their professional literature. At their own request, Lincoln teachers and other staff receive regular updates in theory and practice, media and materials. Here is how it works.…

This profile, written for national, state, and local professionals in aging, presents a broad overview of state and area agencies on aging as of 1981. This first report of the National Data Base on Aging (NDBA) contains the information generated by an initial survey of the entire network of state and area agencies. Subsequent annual reports will…

This paper, written for counselors and educators, describes a course in guided autobiography (a self-narrative which is structured around important life themes such as family, work, health, love and death) and its role in developmental psychology. A description of the course which is structured around three components, lectures, writing…

Program materials and a brief description of a remedial reading program for grades 3-6 which uses contests to motivate reading at home are presented. The program uses bulletin board displays to keep track of student progress in the contests. The contests operate as follows: (1) students select a name for their figure on the bulletin board; (2)…

The technical communications program at Clarkson College (New York) offers students 23 courses in subjects ranging from interpersonal behavior to engineering and scientific report writing to computer documentation and the development of technical manuals. With the help of an advisor, each student works out a course of study appropriate to his or…

A program description and supporting materials for the "Tell Me Tours" program of the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (California) are presented. The program is described as mobile inservice training in which classified employees spend a day visiting two high schools, the district office, and several special programs in…

Many colleges and universities are trying to improve both the quality of their education school's curriculum and the caliber of the students they enroll. In the last five years, 85 percent of the schools have taken some action in this direction. Some examples are: (1) the University of South Carolina has eliminated undergraduate degrees in…

Cleveland State University has developed a program to enroll Ohio residents, 60 years and older, on a nontuition and noncredit basis. Volunteers from the Project 60 Program assist in the administrative and program planning, and act as peer advisors during group advising sessions and at registration. A Project 60 student initiated a group called…

The purpose of the Rural Student Vocational Program (RSVP) is to provide rural high school vocational students with work and other experiences related to their career objective. Students from outlying schools travel to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau (Alaska) to participate in two weeks of work experience with cooperating agencies and businesses.…

Designed for high school teachers and administrators, this compilation of two journal articles, a bibliography, and a course list describes how one school took two days between semesters, abandoned regular schedules, and offered special minicourses suited to the talents of the staff and community. Minicourses are seen as a way to broaden horizons,…

Sixty profiles are presented that demonstrate actual contracting in practice between organizations and colleges for the provision of instruction to employees, clients, or members. The objective is to assist colleges in the early stages of developing such arrangements, as well as to guide organizations that are considering this approach. Contracts…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: Because of budgetary constraints, we were forced to have a daily schedule which gave all teachers a common conference period. The conference periods occurred either at the beginning of the school day ("A" period) or at the end of the school day ("Z" period). The regular schedule…

Through cooperative education, not only do students gain exposure to instruction related to their vocational goal in the classroom and laboratory, but are also exposed to vocationally relevant instruction in the practical world of work. However, this combination of work and school can be very demanding and stressful, and students are often lacking…

Descriptions of scholastic competitions for Marin County (California) students are presented. Following a rationale for conducting scholastic competitions, community groups and businesses which lend support are listed along with the type of support given. Participating grade levels, dates of competition during the 1983-84 school year, and a brief…