Regardless of where you are in your school improvement process, here's a book that helps you make sure you have all the right elements working for you in the right way. The authors take you through the core processes that are essential for all school improvement efforts--from establishing your mission to differentiating your supervision based on…

This timely book describes the work of the School Improvement Network, a partnership in which university professors and graduate students collaborated with K-12 school leaders and teachers to design, implement, and assess schoolwide action research projects focused on long-term school improvement. Presenting a comprehensive model, this resource…

Research continues to support the many teaching and learning benefits of one-to-one laptop learning. Benefits range from improved student engagement and teacher-student interactions to the attainment of 21st century skills and the transformation of teacher practice. Additional benefits include improved student writing skills, increased teacher…

Whether to adopt national standards and tests has long been a subject of lively debate in the United States. With 47 states now participating in the Common Core State Standards Initiative, and a commitment from Education Secretary Arne Duncan to allocate hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to the development of common tests, the country is…

An updated and expanded version of a 1976 monograph on alumni travel is presented. It provides practical information on all aspects of alumni travel, including the pros and cons of travel service programs for alumni, marketing and promoting tours, and legal and planning considerations. Along with basic, how-to articles, the handbook also features…

This description of the volunteer program at the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, suggests that older adults can improve the quality of life for themselves and others by building bridges of understanding between: generations within an organization, paid and unpaid workers, parts of an organization,…

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This booklet is designed to assist teachers and/or coordinators of vocational/technical programs in the organization and operation of local advisory councils. It contains guidelines, directions, and sample materials that can be appropriately modified as the situation requires. Contents include a description of the purpose of advisory councils and…

This manual provides regulations to assist local education agencies in Georgia in planning, designing and implementing programs of compensatory education for Title I eligible children. The areas considered under program planning include: the responsibilities of local educational agencies, allocation and reallocation of funds, accounting of fiscal…

This document contains instructions for developing comprehensive program plans at both the district and the school levels, as required under the 1973 Proposed Regulations for Consolidated Categorical Aid Programs in California Schools. The essential planning elements for both levels are identified; they stem from the premise that the specifics of…

The process for providing a "thorough and efficient" (T & E) education according to New Jersey statutes and regulations involves six basic steps. This document suggests procedures for handling the second, third, and fourth of these steps: setting objectives and standards for education according to goals established by and for the…

THESE GUIDELINES FOR PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EMPHASIZE THE SIMILARITY IN FUNCTION OF THE VARIOUS SPECIALISTS. THE OBJECTIVES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUPIL PERSONNEL PROGRAMS IN LARGE AND SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DISCUSSED. GUIDES FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION ARE ALSO INCLUDED. ROLE DEFINITIONS OF THE VARIOUS PUPIL PERSONNEL…

High turnover rates among school board members, increasing complexity of school affairs, high costs of education, and demographic upheavals are among the factors that make efficient school board management very difficult. To cope with these factors, school board members need inservice training, particularly at the local level. Further, this…

The key to successful management of staffing during decline, this paper says, is advance planning. It suggests several steps to take via analyzing, prioritizing, economizing, and publicizing before reduction in force hits the school. Administrators should make projections and predictions on enrollments, revenues and expenditures and facilities and…