Outlines eight principles and five priorities of social studies classroom teacher staff development. Principles include identifying teacher needs, matching teacher inservice preferences with program offerings, and devoting quality time throughout the year to skill development. Priorities include working with volunteer teachers, establishing a…

The author describes the parent training model as a viable alternative to delivering services to train parents of handicapped children. (SB)

Alumni administration in a one-person shop demands careful planning, written goals, and organizing time to meet specific deadlines. Established goals also provide a basis for evaluating programs. Annual events are seen as time savers. (MLW)

Describes the cooperative television advertising arrangement between Johnson County Community College (KS) and the Metropolitan Community College District (MO), which resulted in the lease and later in the production of public-service announcements to promote student recruitment. Outlines the project's development, problems, and successes.…

Describes the implementation of a college reading program for preservice teachers. Lists the 11 recommendations made by a special task force to guide the program's development. (FL)

Suggestions are made for promoting intramural sport programs in junior high schools. (JD)

Six suggestions are made for initiating, improving, and strengthening intramural and recreational programing in high schools. (JD)

The impact of the Health Activities Project (HAP), an activity-centered, supplementary health education program for fifth- to eighth-grade students, on their attitudes toward health education was studied. Results indicated a positive change. (JD)

The purpose of this study was to develop and execute an alcohol intervention program that was directed at dangerous and disruptive behavior. (JD)

Cooperation among a teacher center, the local education agency, and the institution of higher education provides a strong foundation for improving teacher center inservice activities. (JD)

Survey results have demonstrated a need for the integration of economics education in the total public school curriculum. (CJ)

The primary and essential objectives of population education are listed and recommendations are made for developing an effective population education program. (JD)

Describes a three-dimensional model and its application to program content analysis and deployment of staff. (Author/WD)

A volunteer project by a community group has enabled parents to have access to a lending library of materials for home instruction of their handicapped children. Teachers specify materials appropriate to the child's needs. (CL)

A program is described which was intended to assist gifted ninth graders to develop skills, perspective, and characteristics needed to deal effectively with change. The program's goals (development of a futures perspective, futuring competencies, and self-actualization); philosophy; organization; evaluation; and content are reviewed. (CL)