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Iowa Department of Education, 2014
The Statewide Work-based Learning Intermediary Network Fiscal Year 2014 Report summarizes fiscal year 2014 (FY14) work-based learning activities of the 15 regional intermediary networks. This report includes activities which occurred between October 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014. It is notable that some intermediary regional networks have been in…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Expenditures
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Baird, Dee – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The demand for improved workplace skills in the U.S. is rapidly rising, and U.S. industries, employees, and educational systems are struggling to respond. This paper describes the Skills Advantage program, an effort led by employers and facilitated by Kirkwood Community College to address regional employment needs. This work-ready certificate…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Market, Community Colleges, Job Training
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Morse, George W. – Journal of Extension, 2011
More research is needed to help states evaluate Extension delivery model alternatives. Given funding trends, access to all programs requires regional systems with county offices. The traditional county model provides access to an office but only to some programs. While there will be many differences, only states with specialized educators can make…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Educational Finance, Access to Education, Counties
Hulme, Thomas S.; MacQueen, John C. – 1986
The report describes a regionalized system of community based child health centers developed in Iowa to provide coordinated secondary level health services for children with chronic illness and handicapping conditions. The system is based on two principles: (1) Communities will be given the responsibility for determining which health services are…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems
John F. Kennedy Inst., Baltimore, MD. – 1984
Second in a series of three publications which address the prevention and treatment of developmental handicaps, the volume continues the effort to expand working relationships among university affiliated facilities (UAFs) and Title V Maternal and Child Health Programs. Five papers in Section I address developmental issues as of 1984:…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Clinical Diagnosis, Cooperative Planning
Bernstein, Melvin H. – 1986
Connections between higher education and state governments to promote economic development are discussed, including a regional economic development project in New England, and four partnerships between higher education and the state in Georgia, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. International examples from France, Great Britain, Russia, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Economic Climate, Economic Development
Coyne, Minerva Rivero – 1993
The Multifunctional Resource Center for Bilingual Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison is a federally funded program of training and technical assistance to schools, programs, and individuals involved in the education of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. It provides services in six states: Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; North…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Dannenbring, Gary L.; Krueger, Frederick H. – 1986
A computerized referral management system, the Arrowhead Student Information System, has enhanced communication among special education staff members in rural Iowa. The system serves a 45-district intermediate level service unit which identifies and serves children from birth to 21 years who require special education from a student and preschool…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Design Requirements, Educational Diagnosis