Presented is a statement of goals and objectives for mathematics education for kindergarten through grade eight by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools. Directions and priorities are established and more specific instructional objectives for the listed grade levels are emphasized. The major program goals listed are: Number Awareness,…

REPORTED HERE ARE THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF A SURVEY TEAM THAT INVESTIGATED THE FIVE-STATE AREA OF THE SOUTHWEST FOR PROGRAMS ON TEACHING SPANISH TO THE SPANISH-SPEAKING. AFTER A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN, CAPSULE DESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN OF SOME OF THE MORE PROMISING PROGRAMS. OBJECTIVES VARY, DEPENDING ON THE LITERACY (IN…

The ELEXTEC project was initiated to provide better technical education to students enrolled in electronics technology. It was designed to convert a set of materials developed by the U.S. Air Force for teaching electronic principles in a form which could be utilized by civilian technical education institutions. Fourteen colleges participated in…

Materials contained in this compendium synthesize the career education activities and strategies developed in a project designed to facilitate career education in the schools through a linkage approach involving Shippensburg State College and three intermediate units that include 26 school districts. The program is described in which 80 vocational…

This primer introduces the basics of Program Management and Budgeting (PMB) in an effort to demonstrate how PMB can benefit school systems. Short quotes from previous publications on the topic are paired with cartoons designed to clarify the purposes and workings of the program. The publication begins by defining PMB as an alternative financial…

A draft for a state plan for career education was developed in Utah. To provide the necessary information on which to base such a plan, career education needs assessments were conducted of students on the elementary and secondary school levels. Eight questionnaires were also developed and administered for an institutional needs assessment. The…

A two-year project was undertaken in Kansas to develop a five-year plan for career education in the state. The first year resulted in (1) a brief summary of previous work done in Kansas since the introduction of the career education concept, (2) establishment of a definition of career education, (3) a description of various resources that can be…

Rationale, application for training, and implications for practice are presented for a school psychology training approach that is part of a broader Transactional-Ecological Psychology (TEP) Training Program. The TEP provides an innovative and unified approach to training in the areas traditionally called clinical, community, counseling and school…

The final evaluation report of the Federally-funded Windham Central Career Education project (July 1, 1973-June 30, 1975) in Townshend, Vermont addresses the status of career education in the Windham Central District, the impact which two years of effort had, and assesses the future of career education in the district. The report provides…

Detailed in the final report of the 4-year project designed to provide home preschool education for handicapped and non handicapped Appalachian children are organization arrangements, project objectives, curriculum design, dissemination methods, program findings and recommendations. Administration is explained to involve a regional board of…

The purpose of a Capstone Program is to provide an opportunity for an occupationally competent student to complete a baccalaureate degree with no more than two additional years of college. A two-year Capstone Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale was developed in 1972 to provide occupational graduates from community colleges with…

Edited transcripts taken from participant notes, stenographic minutes, tape recordings, and other sources constitute the major portion of this report on the 1972 Inupiat Conference on Bilingual Education held at College, Alaska. Also included in this document are: an abstract; a summary of the conference proceedings; and the following appendices:…

The concept of community services has become one of the newest and most exciting dimensions of the community college. However, the concept presents problems of definition, delineation, financing, management and intervention. The articles in this sourcebook discuss the definition and objectives of community services; ways of developing better…

In working toward a goal of encouraging all nurses to participate in continuing education programs, the Florida Nurses Association has defined its standards for continuing education certification. A certification board was established, and the purpose for certification outlined. Four concepts are explained in the standards: certification, the…

This is a report of an EPDA sponsored project which trained program directors, administrators, teachers, parent educators, Policy Advisory Committee chairmen and parents, as well as other key staff members to implement the Florida Parent Education Follow Through Model. There are two major parts (VI and VII) to this report. The first part describes…