This publication is designed to provide assistance in the acquisition of facilities and program development in environmental education. The descriptive material is grouped under three headings: planning the program, developing the facility, and utilizing and maintaining the outdoor laboratory. Appendices include sources of environmental education…

This study attempts to provide some general guidelines for the development of preschool bilingual-multicultural (BL-MC) curricula in a number of diverse Spanish-speaking environments and cultural enclaves, including Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Mexican American communities. Significant factors in the development of a BL-MC curriculum are identified…

This summary of consultative discussions is not intended to represent a definite study of the topic, but rather a beginning. Four general guidelines of themes emerged from the seminar regarding vocational education for persons with special needs: (1) Professional vocational education personnel must become more concerned with people and less…

Guidelines basic to the foundation of a new program of informal, continuing adult educational services have been taken from an analysis of the literature in the field of adult education and presented in this document. The areas covered are: steps in initiating the program, organizational structure (including the state and local governing boards,…

The Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory uses one of its own research projects as a model to outline recommended procedures in the planning of research efforts. The model used is an inservice teacher education program where three distinct phases operate in an overlapping manner as the program progresses. In the first phase, the problem is…

Described are four preschool programs for gifted children at the preschool level, and discussed are components of a good preschool program for the gifted and talented. It is believed that programs for the gifted can easily be included in a Head Start program. Reported are the results of on-site visits to two programs in Utah which resulted in…

As the most effective, long-range means of diffusing environmental education throughout the general curriculum, students preparing to become teachers are focused upon in this publication. Since such preparation will require changes, additions, and adjustments in the teacher education programs of colleges and universities, this guide offers…

Intended for public school administrators, teachers, and speech and hearing clinicians, the document contains guidelines for setting up programs to implement the statewide mandatory special education plan for hearing impaired children in Indiana. Outlined are procedures to follow in comprehensive programing for the following categories of the…

Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education this curriculum guide is the second in a series describing current, successful career education practices. Intended for elementary teachers and educators responsible for initiating a career education program at the elementary…

A response to a requirement that Iowa public schools provide special education for all handicapped children in grades kindergarten through eight, the booklet provides explanatory material on the incidence, identification, and nature of handicapping conditions as well as program and personnel needs. Conditions covered are those of the hearing…

Addressed primarily to planners facing the challenge of changing both the directions and scope of services provided by community jails, this report describes the trends and alternative ways of dealing with offenders which bear directly on future jail operations. The report considers jail functions, administrative models, and physical design. (BH)

This publication is intended to assist the leaders of collegial teams and to provide a plan for a school district program coordinator to use in establishing a number of collegial teams within a district. Part 1 presents a thorough definition of a collegial team and describes what such a team does. Also provided in this section is information on…

This publication is intended to provide valuable suggestions to local school officials to help them develop and adopt policies and procedures designed to assure equal opportunities in education without discrimination. The guide deals both with concerns related to instructional and extracurricular school programs and issues related to employment…

This booklet presents a step-by-step system for planning and carrying out an effective public communication campaign. In his discussion, the author concentrates on various planning processes rather than on the mechanics of writing, designing, photographing, or editing. However, while the booklet's emphasis is definitely on planning, many specific…

This is one of a series of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses how to plan and conduct a competency-based staff development program as part of an overall accountability program. Short sections focus in turn on various steps in the…