The inservice training of secondary teachers in the consumer economics areas of personal and family financial planning has been identified as a prime need. Responsibility for providing inservice programs in both content and methods of teaching consumer education rests, in part, on colleges of education. This manual was developed to be a guide for…

A special education service center was proposed, to be located at a children's clinic and to provide mobile on site services to school districts in an eight county area. Regional services were to include the following: diagnosis and evaluation of children with poor academic skills; perceptual development treatment and physical, occupational, and…

These guidelines help professional development chairs, administrators, and teachers collaboratively plan for the ongoing skill development and content acquisition of staff members. Section 1, "Missions, Mandates, and Regulations for Professional Development," describes the mission of professional development as supporting teachers in…

This resource guide provides educational agencies involved in vocational education in Hawaii with timely and relevant information for program planning and the establishment of priorities. After prefatory material, Section II looks at conceptual and procedural considerations in planning, focusing on twelve generic steps in planning and describing…

This workbook, which is designed primarily for secondary school administrators involved in planning youth apprenticeship programs, explains approaches to youth apprenticeship that have evolved from operation of the Pickens County Youth Apprenticeship Initiative (PCYAI) in Easley, South Carolina. Discussed first are guiding principles regarding the…