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Erin F. Boyd-Soisson – Family Science Review, 2024
Many colleges and universities utilize faculty advisors for academic advising. In this model, faculty advise students in their discipline on curriculum requirements, as well as career and academic goals. Faculty often report feeling that they have had little training or support for their role as an academic advisor. Faculty advisors in the field…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Undergraduate Students, Faculty Advisers, Teacher Student Relationship
Crawford, Jennifer; Roberts, Patricia – School Business Affairs, 2013
AIM Academy of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania is a K-12 school modeled after the Lab School of Washington. AIM promises its 200 students and their parents a unique and innovative learning environment. Applying the latest techniques proven to help children who learn differently, AIM Academy taps into students' talents in ways that are both fully…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Facilities, Art Education, Academic Achievement
Larson, Mindy – National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, 2009
This InfoBrief discusses challenges faced by youth and young adults with mental health needs during their transition to adulthood and describes strategies used by youth service professionals to avoid age-related transition cliffs and prevent service interruptions during this critical stage of development. This InfoBrief is based on a rich body of…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Adolescents
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Zygmunt-Fillwalk, Eva; Staley, Lynn; Kumar, Rashmi; Lin, Cecilia Lingfen; Moore, Catherine; Salakaya, Manana; Szecsi, Tunde – Childhood Education, 2007
This article describes a project called "Kids Speaking Up for Kids: Advocacy by Children, for Children". The project was simple in scope. The authors sought to collect stories of child advocacy--ways in which children were working on behalf of other children. They also sought to collect and profile children's voices and vision and so…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advocacy, Diaries, Childrens Rights
Flanagan, Kathleen R.; Trueblood, Cecil R. – 1986
Based on research studies of effective staff development and rural education, the Inservice Leadership Team (ILT) was designed to identify key teachers in school buildings, team them with principals and central office staff, and train the team to design, deliver, and evaluate staff development at the school level. Rural Pennsylvania school staff,…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Don Gibala; Wendy Stuhldreher – Link, 2001
The internship program for undergraduate-level community health students at Slippery Rock University in Butler, Pennsylvania, is designed as a capstone experience bridging the gap from academia to practice. Students in the internship program spend 12 weeks during the summer of their senior year working in any health organization of their choice,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Capstone Experiences, Communication Skills, Community Health Services