Bethel (Connecticut) Public Library's first young adult librarian chronicles the experience, month-by-month, of building a collection, programs, and other services for teens where none had previously existed. A list of the top seven things to do when developing a new YA library department is included. (AEF)

In the basement of the Waupaca Area Public Library, the Best Cellar is a separate room for young adults that allows teens the freedom to laugh, talk, snack, and listen to music without disturbing others. The furniture, collection, young adult population and community, hours of operation, staffing, planning, youth participation, and librarian and…

"Health and Fitness Challenge" program was implemented using the "social marketing model" to raise awareness of health education and related services to students. Collaboration between faculty, student affairs professionals, and students occurred from design through evaluation. The primary goal of bringing students, faculty and staff together was…

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the International Technology Education Association's Technology for All Americans Project is developing content standards. TfAAP's goal is to promote excellence in technology education by defining technology's domain, advocating technology study, and creating standards. The program's development,…

Describes an Internet-based graduate training program at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Discusses the steps involved in (1) training the faculty (to prepare faculty for the transition to electronic instruction the school implemented an asynchronous training programme delivered over the internet), and (2) applying…

The purpose of the project described in this article was the development, evaluation, and implementation of an interactive multimedia CD-ROM instructional package used to train steelworkers in the basic concepts of hydraulic fluid power. The project was a university/industry partnership between Purdue University and the Burns Harbor Division of…

Discusses the role of the Learning Partnerships Specialist (LPS) whose primary role is to increase children's capacities for learning and achievement by and through greater family and community involvement in education. Outlines the training plan for Learning Partnerships Specialists which is being introduced as a legislative proposal. Side bar…

Examines the personal distress that interventionists must face when their work requires immersion in a foreign culture. Addresses the issue of burnout and recommends that program development be holistic to meet the needs of the intervention team members.(Author/VWL)

Describes a women's studies outreach program and the development of a formal exercise for evaluating the program aimed at three groups: (1) at those in the institution who evaluate and fund the Humanities Out There program; (2) at the teachers who sought to develop an effectively collaborative module; and (3) at the high-school students who were…

The Canadian Ecology Centre (Ontario) offers year-round residential and day programs in outdoor and environmental education for secondary students, field placement and internship opportunities for college students, and ecotourism programs, while providing employment and tax revenues to the local community. Dubbed consensus environmentalism, the…

Discusses the benefits of using technology in the music classroom. Provides suggestions and activities for using music technology that are appropriate for students in elementary and middle school focusing on computer software, structure of a music technology class, music technology as an advocacy tool, and building a music technology program. (CMK)

As schools realize that every international school teacher is an ESL teacher, interest is focusing on helping subject-area specialists cope with their second-language students. Describes a Language Through Learning course designed to help subject teachers facilitate nonnative speakers' access to lessons, develop and improve students' language…

Describes Nokomis/Mishomis Place, an assisted living home for elders of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Discusses background on Native American elderly in the United States and Michigan, development of the home, services offered, culturally relevant environment and activities, funding, and problems related to facilities planning…

One government initiative in England and Wales involves moving teacher education away from higher education and into schools; establishing school consortium-administered postgraduate certification in education courses. From a study of one such program, this article reports findings related to weaknesses in program preparation and organization,…

Describes a framework supporting continuity in early childhood and in turn smoothing young children's transitions, including transition to elementary school. Model's elements are families as partners, shared leadership, comprehensive and responsive services, culture and home language, communication, knowledge and skill development, appropriate…