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Breiter, Joan C. – 1988
This paper explores gifted education and plans for inservice teacher education in gifted education programs in Iowa. A survey was conducted of 238 Iowa public school districts having programs for gifted students. Initial analysis of the data involved a frequency count for each of 13 survey items which rated program emphasis on major provisions of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Inservice Teacher Education
Rosberg, William H. – 1981
The paper addresses issues facing small and rural Iowa school districts that attempt to provide services for their gifted and talented students. Problems with transportation, personnel costs, and the small number of target students are cited, and enrichment program alternatives such as mentorships, educational programing from television and radio,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Delivery Systems, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Martin, William B. – 1989
The Individualized Resource Program/Community-Based Vocational Training Program of the Iowa Valley Community College District provides assessment, vocational and functional academics training, and job placement services for adults with developmental disabilities and moderate mental retardation. Participants complete a non-credit community college…
Descriptors: Adults, College Programs, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs
Download full textRosenbusch, Marcia H.; Chatfield, Walter – 1986
To provide a more permanent foundation for foreign language education in general and for extracurricular FLES programs in particular, a project was funded by the Iowa Humanities Board and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Its overall goals were to ensure positive foreign language learning experiences for elementary and secondary school…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Programs, Elementary Education, Federal Aid
Brown, Ivan E. – 1981
The Labor Educational Advising Project (LEAP) was inaugurated in 1979 at Des Moines Area Community College to facilitate the provision of educational advising services within organized labor in Central Iowa. LEAP worked with local unions and union members to train a network of peer volunteers to provide educational counseling to workers interested…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Counselor Training
Anderson, Carol L. – 1977
A study was conducted to analyze perceived real and ideal parenting style and perceived sex-role concept of rural fathers of children 2, 3, and 4 years of age; compare differences in perceived real and ideal parenting style of fathers by demographic factors such as age of fathers, age of child, sex-role concept, economic level, formal education,…
Descriptors: Family Life Education, Fathers, Males, Parent Attitudes
Van Ast, John – 1992
A 2-year teacher preparation and induction process for faculty new to teaching is being implemented in Iowa's community colleges. The process includes a series of credit-earning seminars that are sequentially taught at predefined levels of competence and implemented in the teacher's classroom with the assistance of the master teacher and…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, College Faculty, Community Colleges
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
