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Henrico County Public Schools, Glen Allen, VA. Virginia Vocational Curriculum Center. – 1987
This handbook provides information on starting and conducting a Future Business Leaders of America program in Virginia schools. The guide is organized in seven sections that cover the following topics: introduction to Future Business Leaders of America (organization, organization chart, map, pledge, creed, goals); bylaws; dues and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Job Skills, Leadership Training, Learning Activities
Simpson, William M.; Koehler, C. Russell – 1984
The pilot project described and evaluated in this report was conducted at Olympic College to test the assignment of volunteer classroom assistants under the supervision of Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) instructors to help individualize classroom instruction. Section I introduces the project, the college and its…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Program Descriptions
Swan, Jack – 1980
The guide describes the 300-acre Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center, located in the Adirondack Mountains, which offers winterized residential facilities and indivdualized 3- to 5-day outdoor and environmental programs for groups of up to 85 elementary and secondary students. The guide describes the center's activities, which focus on…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Wolf, Wendy C.; And Others – 1982
The development and operation of the Federally funded Ventures in Community Improvement Demonstration Project (VICI) and its impact on participant youths and communities are summarized in this report. VICI's purposes were (1) to provide young, minority, inner-city, high school dropouts with intensive skills training in the workplace that could…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Community Benefits, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Inter-American Foundation, Rosslyn, VA. – 1988
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), an independent agency created by Congress, funds local private organizations that support the self-help efforts of the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean. In fiscal year 1988, IAF approved 208 new grants, 173 grant supplements, and other program activities totaling nearly $25 million. The average grant…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Developmental Programs
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
The Library Literacy Program, Title VI of the Library Services and Construction Act, is the largest federal library program under which state and local public libraries can apply directly to the U.S. Department of Education to compete for literacy grant awards. State public libraries may use the grant funds to coordinate and plan library literacy…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Holmes, Neal J.; Powers, Michael H. – 1987
A description of the Teacher, Industry and Environment (TIE) educational improvement project at Central Missouri State Univesity is provided in this report. TIE is designed for Missouri high school chemistry teachers, involving 73 of them in a weekend workshop, meeting with chemists, engineers, and educators to assist them in using resources…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Stoyanoff, Karen, Comp.; Klehm, Jeanette, Comp. – 1981
Summaries are presented of 15 case studies conducted at Illinois Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) regions to determine the kind of credentialing mechanisms that exist for awarding academic credit or some other record of achievement to those eligible participants who complete CETA training programs. Introductory material describes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Credits, Credentials, Credit Courses
Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr.; And Others – 1982
This symposium consists of four papers presented as part of the program of the American Psychological Association's Division on the Teaching of Psychology. The initial paper, by Ludy Benjamin, describes the results of a survey, conducted in 1980, of 504 psychology laboratories. It includes information on departments that have undertaken laboratory…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Classroom Design, College Buildings, Construction Needs
Evans, Joyce – 1981
Alternatives for Paraprofessional Training (APT), a 3-year project, addressed the need for training paraprofessionals working with young handicapped children in rural and urban areas of Texas. Objectives of the project were: to identify competencies needed by paraprofessionals in working with young, handicapped children; to identify the needs of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Oen, Urban – 1982
Designed for use by employment skills training operators and educators, this report provides information on competency-based education (CBE) and its use in Illinois. First, some of the main features of CBE programs are outlined, i.e., their emphasis on the interests, needs, and strengths of students and on providing those skills that the student…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Employment Programs
Mark, Jorie Lester, Ed.; Campbell, Joyce Fowlkes, Ed. – 1985
This publication highlights business, industry, and union efforts--independent of or collaborative with the public sector--to provide employees with the basic education they need to do their jobs. The 34 employee education programs sketched here are considered to be cost-effective when compared to the cost of recruiting and training replacement…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs
Stern, Rhoda – 1976
The Native Language Arts English as a Second Language Program for Optional Assignment Pupils in New York City was designed for economically disadvantaged students whose native language was not English and whose ability to read and write in English and, in some cases their own tongue was not adequate to permit them any degree of success in school.…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, English (Second Language), High School Students, Illiteracy
Nowliss, Helen H. – 1977
The Drug Education Program is funded by Education Personnel Development funds from the Office of Education. Its goals are: (1) reinforcing non-use of drugs; (2) discouraging experimentation; and (3) preventing or intervening in destructive uses of all substances. Its philosophy emphasizes both use and non-use of substances as behavior, and looks…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Skills, Community Problems, Counseling
Romero, Christian – 1976
Inservice bilingual education is one of many ways that can be used to help educational institutions make changes necessary to meet the educational needs of the linguistically and culturally diverse students, as well as to bring about an overall enrichment in educational systems throughout the nation. This report describes the sequence of…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Curriculum
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