Loyola University Chicago's Teaching, Learning, and Leading With Schools and Communities (TLLSC) program is an ambitious break from traditional university-based teacher preparation models. This clinically based initial teacher preparation program, fully embedded in local schools and community organizations, takes an ecological perspective on the…

Describes a four-year Illinois project to identify twelve topics that can be developed into instructional modules for teaching occupational survival skills. Topics include working in an organization, understanding self/others, motivation, interpersonal relations, on-the-job communications, creativity, authority/responsibility, problem solving,…