Discussed a large-scale curriculum development project in music; how it was innovative, why it was undertaken, and what the known deficiencies were in music programs that necessitated curriculum reform in music. (Author/RK)

In 1975 a survey was conducted of teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) in two school districts. The purpose of this study was to provide information about the effects of SPECS in action. The first district, called Pine School District in the study report, was located in a…

AREAS OF TRAINING WHICH ARE OFFERED IN THE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENTS OF MARYLAND ARE PRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT. AGRICULTURE TEACHERS AND ADVISORY GROUPS MAY SELECT AREAS OF TRAINING FROM THE TOPICAL OUTLINE OR ADD NEW AREAS AS NEEDED IN THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. PHILOSOPHY, SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, GROUPS SERVED, AGRICULTURAL TRENDS…

This monograph presents specific guidelines for use by school administrators in developing educational consensus in a school and with a community. The authors describe their success in identifying priorities and achieving objectives by using an "annual school plan," which focuses on specific, short-range objectives that can be realized…

Descriptive characteristics of participants in the 1978 Teacher Corps Conference are first presented in this report. This data includes information on role in the teacher corps project, age, race, and geographic location. The report discusses participants' overall assessments of the sessions they attended daily. The major events of the conference…

In a report of seminar proceedings, papers are presented on the formation, aims, structure, and organizational relationships of community youth clubs in rural areas of Victoria, Australia; and on the origins, structure, staffing, and overall characteristics and problems of Australian rural youth clubs. An interim group report also defines the…

The steps involved in conducting a valid needs assessment are described and some problems to be avoided are discussed. Needs assessment begins with a set of educational goals. It is important that community opinion be obtained regarding the goals to ensure that they represent the interests of all involved in the educational process. Once the goals…

Education is criticized both for failure to accomplish its objectives and for the inappropriateness of those objectives. Perhaps there is a need for an educational system that is not directed toward specific, predetermined goals. It seems that educators have adapted the engineering and management applications of general systems theory. Instead of…

Administrators and teachers who are formulating a career education program for their school or school district are confronted with a wide range of decisions to be made. By viewing career education as a "curriculum organizer," the authors present the range of questions that must be discussed before decisions and directions are determined. Fourteen…

The teacher directed document defines career education and outlines suggestions regarding career education at the community college level. The pamphlet provides outlines for a community college career education model and checklists delineating administrative personnel program responsibilities and the possible roles of staff members, including…

Using Terrence Deal's four developmental stages of alternative schools, the authors analyze the development of two Lansing, Michigan, alternative schools (the Capitol Alternative Education Program and the Re-Entry Program). Deal's four stages are the euphoric stage, the psychic upheaval stage, the dissatisfaction stage, and resolution (either…

This document provides an assessment of the progress Leeward Community College has made toward fulfilling the objectives of its five-year 1.4 million dollar Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP) grant at the end of the first year of funding. Essentially, the objectives of the project fall into four major program areas: community…

Volume 3 of the report describes the Management Information System (MIS) for monitoring instructional programs developed for the New York State Education Department. The background of the system is discussed with regard to: the specially developed Planning-Programing-Evaluation processes, characterized by: operational as opposed to philosophical…

This teacher appraisal program, developed by the Hyde Park School District, is based on the following objectives: (a) clarifying performance expectations of the individual; (b) establishing short- and long-term job targets to bring about learner, professional, or program improvement; (c) improving the relationship between the appraisee and…

Career development education has many possible definitions, but they all consider content, career development tasks, and results. Career development education has advantages for many different groups. It provides the student with motivation and a means to self-actualization. Teachers gain a reason for teaching essential basic educational skills…