With the proliferation of alternative route (AR) special education teacher preparation programs, many teacher educators are likely to be involved in AR program design and implementation. Unfortunately, few resources have focused on best practices for program developers to prepare the nontraditional participants who typically populate their…

One strategy for addressing the persistent challenge of advancing empirically based social work practice is to engage practitioners in the formulation of empirically developed practice guidelines. Although this approach is promising, there has been relatively little work to guide practitioners, and perhaps consequently, few examples of…

If colleges and universities are truly committed to promoting the well-being of their students and fostering their academic success, they must attend to the needs of grieving students. One way to do this is to invite students to use the university's counseling services following the death of a loved one. However, although grief counseling can be…

This policy analysis project is designed at uncovering specific standards that can be utilized by a school district in developing and evaluating their Type II Alternative Schools to ensure high levels of student success within their programs. While there is a substantive body of research in alternative education, there are no universally accepted…

Ten guidelines for establishing preschool programs in the public schools are discussed in terms of premises and suggestions. It is asserted that public school-based programs for black, preschool-age children should: (1) incorporate an effective parent education program; (2) involve parents in decisions about curriculum and policy; (3) include…

This Tasmanian handbook for teachers describes a handwriting program that helps children develop a technique that enables them to easily produce a legible and fluent personal handwriting style. An initial overview of the program is followed by sections that focus on activities for development of handwriting skills, the process of planning the…

New guidelines for administrator preparation drafted for the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) are presented, and, though subject to further AASA scrutiny, they are suggested for inclusion in all administrator preparation programs. The basis for the guidelines was a literature search, personal interviews with staff at five…

Six steps are described which can be used to evaluate a section of an extension program (e.g., the extension agent may have a corn program promoting a new variety and wants to know how many farmers are planting that variety). The steps are (1) state your objectives, (2) identify source of proof, (3) choose a representative sample, (4) use…

This document, one of a series on planning an inservice teacher education program, provides a conceptual base for understanding and developing such programs. The document is divided into four sections. Section one suggests that there are six assumptions, constraints, and mandates that must be addressed at the local level in order to plan a…

Local New Jersey school districts must comply with a state requirement for providing a legally defined "thorough and efficient" (T & E) education. This process may be assisted by the formation of committees. Seven basic committee types are recommended in this document: steering, contextual information, goal development, educational…

Specified in this master plan are many facets of the environmental problem-solving process which help depict Florida's concern for its environment. This concern to preserve the riches of its natural resources and beauty has resulted from rapid growth and development necessitating the need to control and improve the quality of the environment.…

Examples of environmental problems in Rhode Island are specified in this document. Listed are needs of 12 identified target groups (agriculture, business and industry, citizen organizations, elementary and secondary schools, government, higher education, individual citizens, labor, mass communications, professional and trade organizations,…

This monograph considers 12 questions which could provide guidelines for local administrators and school boards to follow in considering the concept of differentiated staffing: 1) What are your instructional objectives and is the proposed staffing pattern related to these objectives? 2) Will the proposed new patterns provide for continued…

As a result of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the Amendments of 1968, occupational educators are faced with the task of developing project proposals. Many considerations when writing a proposal are pointed out in this document. It is noted that a proposal is not likely to be accepted unless it indicates that the applicant agency is…