Building a stronger teacher workforce requires the thoughtful orchestration of multiple processes working together in a human capital system. This white paper presents a framework that can be used to take stock of current efforts to enhance the teacher workforce in school districts or educational organizations, as well as their underlying theories…

Describes the development of a microcomputer based management information system (MIS) for the DeKalb County Public Library. Data collection activities that determined system requirements and the evolution of a database design from those requirements are discussed, as well as plans to develop a generic public library MIS based on this model.…

A review of strategic planning needs of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE) identified current understandings and expectations regarding strategic planning around the state as seen by key staff and other constituents. Bases of the review were the four components of the DTAE's Strategic Development System: levels of…

Service integration attempts to provide coordinated service delivery systems for the uncoordinated mix of programs such as income support programs (food stamps, Medicaid, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and employment, child care, child welfare, and training programs that exist at the local level throughout the United States by…

Focusing on the management of vocational curricula with a special emphasis on individualized instruction, a research and development project had a fourfold purpose: (1) design and development of a statewide curriculum management system (CMS), (2) testing of that system by developing additional individualized student materials and adapting existing…