This document examines the following four teacher center pilots in the National Teacher Center Program: the Bay Area Learning Center in northern California, the Rhode Island Teacher Center in Providence, the Texas Center for the Improvement of Educational Systems in Austin, and the Center for Educational Advancement located in Washington, D.C.…

The purpose of this Handbook is to provide the user with the information needed to develop a program similar to the Providence Educational Center (PEC) in his or her community. As an alternative to incarceration in a training school, the PEC in St. Louis, Missouri provides intensive remedial education and counseling to adjudicated delinquents.…

The Federal Bonding Program, providing fidelity bonding for individuals excluded from insurance policy bonding and thus ineligible for certain types of employment, is analyzed. The first section of the document contains a brief history of the program, a discussion of the data analysis approach, a series of 36 summary findings, conclusions, and…

From April 1971 to December 1974, a career education project for elementary and secondary grades was conducted in a lower income area of urban Chicago. The general objectives involved the development of a guidance program, integration of occupational information into the classroom, skills training, placement, and attitude adjustment. Career…

Following a historical introduction to the Kentucky Educational Television (KET) project, this final report concentrates on five major issues: (1) KET's relationship with other educational and governmental agencies, (2) utilization and maintenance of equipment for school and evening programing, (3) programing, (4) technological considerations, and…

A rural, economically depressed parish in Louisiana has attempted to establish in two elementary schools, one junior high school, and three high schools a program in career education. The project directed its focus on three particular areas: in-service training of teachers and administrators; public awareness and involvement; and teacher/student…

A comprehensive assessment of Right to Read programs in Illinois is provided in this final report. The chapter headed "Purposes of the Report" includes a description of the development of evaluation rationale and design, presentation of findings and products, and format for provision of conclusions, implications, and recommendations.…

The document describes in detail the Institute of Agricultural Technology (ITA), established by the Algerian government in 1969 at Mostaganem to train agricultural engineers, and its innovative four year training program. An introduction provides background information and quotes from the governmental guide regarding the Institute. Following…

The final report describes the generally successful development and use of two new instructional models for adult basic education (ABE): a peer instruction model and an instructional system for consumer decision making. Section 1 examines the two year application of the peer instruction model, first developed for the military, in various adult…

The paper is intended to meet the Human Renewal Service demonstration project objective: to review the status of supportive services of adult basic education programs, focusing on how exemplary services were developed, implemented, and evaluated. The first of three major sections looks at what constitutes supportive services and why they are…

This discussion of the Pennsylvania Model Project follows a flow chart to cover all aspects of the program: mission, awareness and understanding, advantages and disadvantages, commitment, needs assessment, isolation of problems, setting priorities, assessing the present program, reevaluation of priorities, planning staff allocation, goals and…

Described is a 4-year project to design and implement a competency-based training model which prepared teachers and administrators for careers in early childhood programs that integrate normal and handicapped children. Discussed in the introductory chapter are the project's rationale, overview, objectives, and training setting. Chapters II through…

Major problems with resource room programs for children with learning disabilities are discussed, and an alternative approach, the teacher-consultant model, is described. Sections provide information on the following program components: staff selection, staff training, consultant services, and program evaluation. Listed among the changes resulting…

Provided is a practicum report on a travel training program initiated at the Ray Graham Training Center (Chicago, Illinois) for 40 trainable mentally handicapped young adults. The center is described in terms of the geographic area and clients served, staff roles, parent role, and curriculum. It is noted that a prime impetus for the development of…

This document is the eleventh in a series of 12 early childhood program descriptions compiled by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program described here is the Florida Parent Education program developed by Ira Gordon of the Institute for Development of Human Resources at the University of Florida in…