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Kinsey, Sharon – New Directions for Youth Development, 2013
This article focuses on how 4-H youth participants are building social capital, or connections among individuals and community members, through their 4-H experiences. These experiences can be seen through the lens of such 4-H delivery modes as the traditional 4-H club, after-school programs, and school enrichment programs. In addition, other…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Social Capital, Delivery Systems, Program Development
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
Making Connections was the Annie E. Casey Foundation's signature place-based, community-change initiative of the 2000s. It sought to build on previous work and launch an effort focused firmly on the framework of family strengthening. The Foundation started Making Connections in 22 places, focusing eventually on first 10, then seven sites. It…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Change Strategies, Program Development, Program Implementation
Hanson, J. Robert – 1976
This publication presents and discusses the program priorities identified by 63 program managers from 10 of the 11 divisions of the New Jersey State Department of Education. The individual program priorities were prepared in response to eight overall objectives established by the State Commissioner of Education. For the purposes of analysis, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Objectives
Donohue, Gregory; Rainear, Arthur D.
Surveyed were the program planning processes employed by 40 New Jersey schools in establishing resource rooms as alternatives to self-contained special classes for handicapped children. Responses to questionnaire items indicated that a majority of the schools surveyed did not formally evaluate their previous self-contained program to determine its…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Handicapped Children
Larsen, Mary V. – 1981
A study compared three New Jersey vocational rehabilitation programs serving schizophrenic clients to identify program strengths and successes in vocationally rehabilitating schizophrenic clients. The effective program elements were then related to the variables found to have a significant impact on rehabilitation outcome according to previous…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Educational Improvement Center-South, Sewell, NJ. – 1981
Designed to help South Jersey school districts address the vocational developmental needs of their secondary gifted students, the Vocational Guidance/Instructional Program for Gifted/Talented Vocational Students (Project VGIP) involved a flexible consortium and development of a handbook of vocational counseling and teaching strategies for gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes, Career Counseling, Career Development