The guide for an inservice course in career education is presented in 14 units designed to be used together as a complete course or selectively as learning modules for developing new skills or reviewing previously learned concepts. The course covers: definitions and concepts, historical antecedents and rationale, career development theories,…

The Maryland State Department of Education participated with the Cooperative Accountability Project (CAP) in an exploratory study of the cost-pricing of educational accountability components. The exploratory study was undertaken to determine the state of the art in cost-pricing of accountability components at the State and local educational levels…

This first phase of an exemplary career development project in Maryland included the following seven action programs, each with general and specific goals and objectives: (1) a team approach at selected junior high schools involving counselors, home economics, and industrial arts teachers, (2) use of a full-time resource consultant in five…

This plan, including all goals, projections, and policy directions, is predicated upon continued open access to community college occupational, transfer, and community services programs, in accordance with the educational needs of the citizens of the state. Enrollment projections suggest that growth in full-time enrollments will be moderate while…

Part 1 of the project aimed at determining unmet vocational-technical education needs in the State of Maryland which might be met through residential education; Part 2 was designed to study the possible alternatives for meeting the needs discovered and to make recommendations regarding how these could best be met. A summary of Part 1 of the…

This annual serial issue contains seven articles on technology and higher education at institutions in Maryland. "A Faculty Development Model for the Virtual Campus" (Diane E. Davies) describes a seminar that helps instructors at the University of Maryland University College adapt to on-line teaching and learning. "The Maryland…

This report describes the activities of the Maryland Clearinghouse Training Advisory Committee (CTAC) in developing a statewide training plan for child care providers (called the Core of Knowledge Training Program) and presents the main ideas of the plan itself. The CTAC was created in 1992 to draft a comprehensive plan for training, education,…

The comprehensive state plan which is reported was developed over an 18-month period by nine cooperating task forces and uses federal, state, and community resources. After an outline of 10 priority recommendations for the state, a general discussion of mental retardation is given which includes estimates of prevalence at city, state, and national…

In 1975, the departments of English, history, modern foreign languages, and philosophy at Frostburg State College (Maryland) cooperatively proposed a master of arts program in modern studies. A survey was conducted to assess reactions to the program proposal. Three populations were surveyed: (1) undergraduate English, history, and foreign language…

When Prince George's County Public Schools created a teacher mentor program, administrators also created a system for evaluating it with clear expectations and goals at the outset. Precisely defining objectives enabled leaders to see their progress, determine what needed to change along the way, and build support for the program.

This guide provides materials related to the management of the Maryland Adult Performance Program (Project MAPP). The Project MAPP model is comprised of assessment, instruction, management/guidance, and staff development components. Section I provides the rationale for this competency-based educational delivery system for adult learners enrolled…

This report contains an analysis of the efforts in 1965 and 1966 of the National Committee for Children and Youth (NCCY) to help the youth in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. who failed to meet the educational requirements for military enlistment. A description of the program includes: (1) background of the NCCY, (2) intake and followup process, (3)…

Intended as a guide for the design and implementation of parent-infant programs for the hearing impaired, the volume provides suggestions and sample materials from the program in Prince George's County, Maryland. Included in the guidelines for assessment of local need and identification of hearing impaired infants in the community are sample…

The formulation, implementation, and evaluation of the Title II program objectives are reported by three groups. The State Title II administrators report the procedures of management, needs assessment, information dissemination, and evaluation for the program in a question-answer form, and present statistical summary charts of data from every…

A project was designed to develop a curriculum model based on salient, sequenced occupational tasks. After an extensive literature review and staff discussions, a modified Q-Sort procedure was formulated to select and sequence tasks. The procedure made it possible to readily utilize a catalogue of tasks compiled by the Vocational-Technical…