A planning model is presented which was used throughout the development of state and local and vocational guidance models and plans for West Virginia. The general planning model upon which the state model is based is also included. The planning model used is outlined in eighteen steps: (1) identify the problem; (2) decision makers awareness; (3)…

The manual for the development of general practice residency programs in dentistry is designed to be used in three regional workshops to train individuals representing institutions who wish to develop such programs. The first of three major sections in the manual reviews the historical background of general practice residency programs. In the…

A result of Australia's Community Information Sharing Service (CISS) study of community information services currently being provided by public libraries in New South Wales, this report (one of three) presents five general principles which can assist public libraries with decisions about their response to the issue of the provision of community…

This document provides a set of guidelines to be used in planning and evaluating multicultural teacher education programs. They are divided into the following six categories: (1) governance of teacher education programs; (2) design and content of curricula for preservice teacher education programs; (3) competence and utilization of faculty; (4)…

This guide is addressed to those individuals who are considering the development of a volunteer program in agencies that provide prevention of, and treatment and rehabilitation services for alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Specific steps for planning and implementing a volunteer program utilizing individual volunteers to extend and complement staff…

This booklet is one of eight developed both as resource guides to assist Wisconsin public schools in offering quality reading instruction and as models for improvement where there is a need for change. This second booklet presents the concept of community education and stresses the need for community involvement in education in implementing Right…

This document examines the importance and difficulties in resource sharing and acquisition by libraries and introduces the procedures of the Site Appraisal for Area Resources Inventory (SAFARI) system as a method of comparative evaluation of subject collections among a group of libraries. Resource, or collection, sharing offers specific…

In many respects, the United States itself is the school of the migrant child, and local, state and federal agencies must share the responsibility for educating such children. However, setting up a migrant education program on a local scale is both complicated and technical. The Oklahoma Department of Education designed a handbook that would…

Prepared for use with the Research for Better Schools experience-based career education model, this handbook is designed to assist school personnel to formulate concrete and flexible responses to the challenges of developing exploration programs in collaboration with personnel from community resource sites. The handbook is divided into five…

Designed to provide for the improvement of student career development through group guidance instruction, the career guidance component is one of three instructional components of the Research for Better Schools' career education program and is composed of four items. The general information manual provides background information, the rationale…

A framework is presented for district long-range instructional planning which takes into account the financial uncertainty caused by the funding cuts of California's Proposition 13--the Jarvis-Gann initiative of 1978. (SJL)

Discusses issues concerning the use of computers in school bus scheduling and routing. Examines the advantages, technical considerations, and costs of changing to a computerized system. Offers a five-point approach toward implementation and includes a table of comparative data for routing and scheduling models for a typical school bus fleet. (IW)

This paper cites relevant court decisions and provides guidelines for expelling and suspending handicapped students for disciplinary reasons. The advantages of in-school suspensions are described, with discussions of policy, curriculum, and management considerations. Tables cover behaviors of handicapped students, a schedule for awarding…

The effects of stress in families of very young handicapped or at-risk children are pervasive, multiple, and sometimes unsuspected. Stress reduction strategies include building on family strengths, empowering families and children, arranging for medical stabilization, providing social and economic stabilization, providing a functional curriculum,…

Research-based recommendations for an effective writing instruction program for exceptional students include, among others, allocate a sufficient amount of instruction time; expose students to a broad range of writing tasks; integrate writing with other academic subjects; develop the processes of planning, sentence generation, and revising; and…