The report describes a model program designed to develop, implement, and evaluate services to health impaired children in compliance with the mandates of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The first four chapters provide an introduction, statement of the problem, research strategy, and review of the literature.…

This practicum focused on the problem of inservice training failing to meet the individual professional needs of a diverse summer staff in an early childhood center. The solution strategy utilized a needs assessment survey and consultations with staff members to determine areas of need and interest, the results of which were used to devise a…

This model of teacher supervision was designed to improve instruction in the Aspinwall Elementary School in the Fox Chapel School District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The project sought to accomplish three things: improve the achievement level of underachieving students, increase teacher instructional effectiveness, and change the teachers'…