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Griffin, Melissa; Kezman, Amy – Texas Child Care, 1997
Advocates including school-age children in community service programs as a way to give back to the community, build confidence, create a sense of power to make a difference, organize, solve problems, develop strategies, make decisions, and gain personal gratification. Includes guidelines for planning and ideas for community service projects. (SD)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Support
Mook, Corena; Legg, Marilyn
One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotypes, this outreach packet is designed to inform and stimulate community support and encourage women in their attempt to assess and reenter the work world. Materials are suggested for use in forty-five to sixty minutes. Contents include a leader's script (material to be…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Community Programs, Females, Lesson Plans
Wiley, Marcia Siam – Clearing, 1996
Describes a community building self-assessment tool which allows schools to continuously assess community outreach efforts and serves as a guide for outreach planning. Broad findings are reported along with implications at the state level. This article is a Washington Environmental Education Model Schools Program final report. (AIM)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCoyle, Edward J.; Jamieson, Leah H.; Sommers, Larry S. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1997
Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) was created by Purdue University (Indiana) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering to broaden the education of engineering students by the use of an extended service-learning experience integrated into the engineering curriculum. EPICS provides local community service organizations with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Outreach Programs
Alberta Vocational Centre, Edmonton. – 1979
The Alberta Vocational Center (AVC) developed a portable competency-based learning system for use in non-institutional adult basic education community programs. The system addresses needs identified by the 1971 census which found 28% of Alberta's residents (over fifteen and out of school) had less than a ninth grade education. Administered through…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Community Programs, Competency Based Education
Download full textLusky, Richard A.; And Others – 1995
This learning module is one of three training modules that were developed for members of the Texas Gerontological Consortium for Continuing Education to use in preparing case managers working in human service professions coordinating community-based programs for frail elderly Texans. Module I deals with the following topics: foundations of case…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Behavioral Objectives, Caseworker Approach
