How can teachers adapt the curriculum to help advanced learners attain expertise? An abundance of research exists on the topic of expertise, exploring the traits students exhibit as they progress from the initial stages of novice-like uncertainty to the more confident stages of expertise. However, fewer researchers have demonstrated how teachers…

In the work of the authors with states over the years, they have observed that most follow a similar process when they develop policies or guidelines to support statewide implementation of social and emotional learning (SEL), such as establishing learning goals or standards for student social and emotional competencies, or providing guidance to…

This guide is a list of tools that can be used in continued implementation of strong programming powered by Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies. This curated resource pulls from across the landscape of policy, research and practice, with a description of each tool gathered directly from its website.

Explores the concept of "democracy" and what it means in a multicultural society. Outlines several assumptions of critical literacy and suggests that it is important in realizing a strong democracy. Shows how the Saving Black Mountain project exemplifies critical literacy in action. Notes that students learned that their spoken and…

Discusses the screening and evaluation procedure at Central Michigan University that allows students to meet their communication competency requirement without taking a course. Examines the credit by exam option, the "Oral English Test-Out" procedure, and the implications of testing-out. (KEH)

Discusses how communication audits serve well as educational tools for both student auditors and employees of organizations. Describes how teachers need to gain access to organizations, especially through internal audit departments; negotiate the exchange of essentially free audit findings for a learning experience and research data; and secure…

Discusses two assessment alternatives applicable to departments of communication: oral communication across the curriculum and assessment centers. Argues the efficacy of integrating assessment and learning. (KEH)

Three major ways that mentors influence their proteges are by heightening anticipation, deepening expectations, and helping proteges keep their creativity going. The role of mentor relationships is to find and highlight what makes the protege special and valuable and to facilitate the expression of this essence and the actualization of the…

A "New American High School" is a place that prepares students for a global, knowledge-based economy, helping them to be effective citizens, parents, and workers. Case histories are provided for 10 high schools that received awards for instructional innovation. These schools were chosen by the United States Department of Education and…

The Multimethods Model organizes the learning activities of preschool classes for gifted children and assures a differentiated curriculum geared to the individual student. Model components include prescriptive instruction, acceleration of content, building self-direction, creative divergent problem solving, affective guidance, cultivation of…

Students of Concord School, Maryland, a facility serving moderately retarded youth, participate in a school newspaper project designed to assist in their integration into society. Highlights the success of the project, which involves students, teachers, interns, and local corporations. (RJC)

The guidance and counseling profession is evolving from an emphasis on a loose collection of services to recognition as a comprehensive program with its own curriculum emphasis on student outcomes and competencies. This handbook was written to assist counselors in New Hampshire's public schools as they move from an ancillary service mode into a…

University students with learning disabilities (LDs) have faced a wide range of barriers which have often eroded their self-confidence and complicated their career planning process. The fact that many of these students can succeed in the university and the world of work would suggest that university LD students have a "nonsubmersible" quality that…

Discusses trends affecting the development of counseling centers into comprehensive, developmentally oriented agencies, and describes the Counseling and Testing Center at the University of Georgia. Summarizes administrative issues and steps taken to facilitate desired changes. (JAC)

This manual encourages teachers, business people, and administrators to create innovative local school/business programs by listing and describing American programs that have been proven successful. A directory describing the role of businesses in education is included. Additional comments and program descriptions are divided into three…