This handbook describes the development and operation of family enhancement programs in Parent Centers in Wisconsin. Parent Centers, also called Family Centers, provide opportunities for parents to meet each other and to share concerns, ideas and fun. They can be "legitimate" places for parents to find friends for their children and…

In a Program Development and Evaluation model, guidelines are presented for program directors at Delaware County Community College. Based on the premise that the process of developing programs is essentially that of evaluating programs, the model includes the following steps for both processes: (1) involve the appropriate publics; (2) identify…

This guide is a reference to assist nutrition educators in conducting a nutrition education project for certain target populations. It represents activities undertaken with school, home, and community cooperators in Lowell, Massachusetts, to improve the nutritional knowledge of bilingual (Spanish speaking) children and their families. Formats for…

A community's health is dependent on the attitudes of its individual members towards their own physical and mental well-being and the amount of awareness and willingness individuals demonstrate in accepting responsibility for improving their own health conditions. The suggested course and unit goals are intended to foster a sense of health…

An experience-based career education project for gifted and talented high school students was implemented in three pilot schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. The model was adapted from an existing model, which was designed for the regular school population and based on a prototype model developed by Northwest Regional Education Laboratory.…

Procedures developed during a pilot study of self concept in first grade students were applied to all first grade students in the project area. Programs developed for each of the following areas are described: (1) recognition and identification of characteristics of the self concept, (2) determination of how these characteristics are developed,…

To promote popular participation as a means and goal of community development, the Bureau d'Amenagement de l'Est du Quebec (BAEQ) had to work within a milieu that favored traditional power structures over social participation in decision making. Phase 1 (May-September 1963) of this project was mainly a time for recruiting and training change…

The American public school must depend for its strength on the support of local citizens who understand school affairs. The task of interpreting school affairs to the public is an administrative function and requires both information programs and enlistment of community support. Organized programs are needed in which (1) community relations needs…

Recognizing the need for improved, more flexible, more reality-based training for pupil personnel workers, the Division of Foundations and Human Behavior, Indiana University, in conjunction with the Department of Counseling and Guidance, formed a relationship with the Indianapolis Public Schools in order to seek out methods of improving PPS…

Project Career Education K-10 (PCE/K-10) was designed to implement career education through a process of curriculum change, community involvement, staff attitude change, and program planning in the Portland, Oregon Public Schools. The Marshall High School Attendance Area was chosen as the site for implementing the project. This included one…

This booklet is intended to aid leaders of local education associations in developing a continuing public relations (PR) program aimed at establishing and maintaining a favorable public image for teachers. Although it offers useful guidelines for developing a PR program, the booklet does not contain lists of specific things to do. Instead, it…

The purpose of the study was to expose key individuals to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) developed curriculum materials for police traffic services supervisors and to teach them how to teach. The objective was accomplished through the conduct of five 30-hour instructor training institutes conducted in various areas of…

The Academic Development Plan II of the University of Hawaii is designed to guide the operations of the University through the academic and fiscal year of l974-l975. It commences with background information and a brief historical look at the university. In Part I the University at large is discussed. This includes the problems of (1) centralized…

The paper presents short descriptions and an existing program example for 29 innovations in the personnel services. The topics chosen as innovations represent a wide range of concerns of counselors and other pupil personnel workers in various educational levels. (Author)

Because the year-round school, if adopted, produces change in the way of the lives of students, their parents, school staff, and possibly much of the community, an information dissemination program about the year-round school must be broader, more inclusive, and better planned and executed than any other innovative program in a school district.…