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Peer reviewedFeinberg, Lynn Friss; Newman, Sandra L. – Gerontologist, 2004
Purpose: This study describes the preliminary experiences of 10 states in providing support services to family or informal caregivers of elderly adults and adults with disabilities; it focuses on the newly created National Family Caregiver Support Program, state general funds, Medicaid-waiver programs, and other state-funding streams. Design and…
Descriptors: Family Support, State Officials, Program Design, Program Development
Peer reviewedSteltzer, W. N., Jr. – Clearing House, 1979
The Avon Grove School District has a middle school orientation program for incoming elementary students and their parents, which consists of several visits and open houses in the Spring and at the beginning of the Fall term. (SJL)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Parent Participation
Download full textEriksen, Michael; And Others – 1976
A segment of a 3-year dental research project involving 2,000 school children aged 5-13 conducted in a rural Pennsylvania county, this study presents 1 component in a 3-pronged attempt to determine the effectiveness of a school-based dental health delivery system. The implementation procedures of this program are described as involving:…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Dental Health
Firestone, William A. – 1981
A descriptive study provides information in seven sections on regional educational service agencies (RESA's) in Pennsylvania (where they are called Intermediate Units or IU's). The information is derived from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, various IU's, and initial introductory interviews with current and former state department staff.…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Lutz, Carolyn Hebden; And Others – 1980
The document--80% of which consists of appendixes--presents the final report of Project AID (Assistance for IEP Development), designed to assist schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the initiation of the individualized education program (IEP) process for handicapped students. Intensive training programs were devised for personnel in each…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
Hammond, Jeanne – American Education, 1980
Describes a petroleum production program created in Bradford, Pennsylvania, by oil company executives and local educators to answer the need of the regional oil industry for trained manpower. Discusses the need for the program, the search for qualified teachers, funding, and how one student feels about the program. (CT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Industrial Education, Labor Force Development, On the Job Training
Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. – 1992
This report examines program integration as a way to improve the delivery of rural human services in Pennsylvania. A panel of policymakers, human services providers, and representatives of state agencies identified barriers to effective rural human services delivery and generated policy recommendations. Most county-based human services in…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, County Programs, Delivery Systems, Human Services
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Inst. of Public Administration. – 1977
Program structure is the means employed to organize information concerning the work performed in government, the resources consumed to carry out that work, the effect upon individuals and the environment, and the relationship of this information to goals and objectives. The structure described in this document is intended as an aid for medium size…
Descriptors: City Government, Community Development, Educational Development, Goal Orientation
Patrick, Edward; And Others – 1982
Considerations in the design and implementation of the technical assistance (TA) system for supporting Pennsylvania's statewide school improvement initiative are analyzed. After a brief introduction, the authors describe the key features of the initiative, called Long-Range Planning for School Improvement (LRPSI). They briefly review recent…
Descriptors: Charts, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Toombs, William – 1981
Using the concept of organizational effectiveness to aid in the development of a statewide policy for educational information centers (EICs), a project described and analyzed selected organizational features of 28 Pennsylvania Educational Information Centers. Six organizational attributes, dealing with structure, policy, and process (legitimacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Lareau, Edward H. – 1975
The interim report describes the progress of the first year of a three-year exemplary project in career education beginning in 1973 and conducted by the Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the project was to develop a "reality bound" total K-14 educational continuum. The model…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development
Hawley, Willis D.; Evertson, Carolyn M. – 1993
This paper deals with the need to redefine and comprehensively restructure teacher education programs, emphasizing what teachers can best learn, in what contexts, and at what stages of their cognitive and social development as professionals. The report is organized into 5 parts: Part 1 concentrates on what schools should do that they are not…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Policy Formation
Cormany, Robert – 1976
Written to accompany a three-volume set of teaching activities, this guide provides recommendations for staffing, structuring, and equipping a career education program. The introduction discusses the purpose of the guide, career education in Pennsylvania, and several laws pertaining to career education. Chapter I deals with the roles of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Education, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
Lutz, John E. – 1977
A cooperative statewide effort to evaluate individual Arts-in-Education projects and their cumulative impact upon Pennsylvania education is described. Eight Title IV Arts-in-Education projects in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are participating in the three year project. A coordinating center maintains communication, organizes data, and ensures…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Cooperative Programs, Educational Objectives
Selden, William H., Jr. – 1974
The publication is designed to serve as a guide for those responsible for business education in Pennsylvania, emphasizing curriculum planning and the development of course guidelines. Chapter one deals with planning the business education program within the framework of the principles of curriculum construction. Program implementation at the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Behavioral Objectives, Business Education
