Mastering life skills such as financial management, career development, cooking, and self-care is important for young and emerging adults as well as older patrons. This book guides libraries towards providing programs and activities that help their users expand these life skills and accomplish their goals. Between making financial decisions,…

This report highlights the critical role family literacy and learning play in breaking down barriers between different learning contexts and engaging hard-to-reach adults and children in education. This report was developed as part of a family learning project initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2016. Based on the…

One of 33 self-paced industry services leadership development (ISLD) modules, this module contains three sequential learning activities on developing performance objectives. (The industry services program for which these materials were developed would involve provision of job training by public agencies for new or expanding private industries.)…

The goal of the Parents Aid School Success (P.A.S.S.) program is to help parents cultivate the necessary attitudes and skills so they are equipped to assist their children in reading and other school subjects. This handbook is for anyone interested in setting up such a program in his/her school. Steps for preliminary planning and program…

This career education consultant package for use with staff at the primary grade level is one of a set of six packages of consultants' materials developed to serve as a guide for consulting staff presenting career education workshops in the following areas: Counselors, primary K-3, intermediate, junior and senior high, and administrators. (The…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders, this module contains three sequential learning activities on determining appropriate types of instructional methods and media for an industry services job training program. (Industry services are manpower services provided by public agencies to new or expanding…

This manual is written for those responsible for staff development in American-sponsored overseas schools (ASOS). Program management for staff development planning is divided into seven categories: (1) mission statement preparation; (2) needs assessment survey; (3) goal statements preparation; (4) staff objectives preparation; (5) activities…

This activities book for lower elementary grades is the second book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more sensitive to their…

This activities book for the middle elementary grades is the third book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…

This activities book for the upper elementary grades is the fourth book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…

This activities book for the senior high school level is the sixth book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders, this module contains three learning activities on preparing a budget for an industry services project. (Industry services are manpower services provided by public agencies to new and expanding private industry.) The first learning activity is designed to provide the…

One of 33 self-paced industry services leadership development (ISLD) modules, this module contains three sequential learning activities on developing training manuals for an industry services job training program. (The type of industry services for which these modules were developed would involve provision of job training by public agencies for…

This module, one of a set of seven instructional materials designed for competency-based vocational education administrator education, is designed to help the learner develop skills in implementing competency-based instruction (CBI) in vocational education. Following introductory material discussing the organization of the module, the module's…

The module is one of a series of eight developed to provide inservice education training for administrators of career education programs. An examination of basic scientific planning approaches and procedures is presented to provide the administrator with a basic tool to implement career education. Various scientific management techniques and their…