The interview with the new executive vice president of the American Society of Training and Development reveals the overall action plan for 1975. Included are building a professional resource information center and specific plans related to publications, resource material development, and membership services. (MW)

The purpose of this symposium report was to provide information regarding resources for those planning projects in health, physical education, and recreation. Included are an overview of related federal programs, four accounts of successful local programs, guidelines for developing proposals, details of federal support programs, examples of ways…

Discussions at this 1968 annual conference focused on the proposed official draft of standards of fair conduct and voluntary cooperation in continuing legal education (CLE); CLE goals and the means for attaining them; and a proposed program of general courses, possibly compulsory, designed to bridge the gap between study and practice among newly…

A need exists for the National Institute of Education (NIE) to extend the range of its concern with measurement into a number of new areas. While the measurement of basic cognitive abilities is well-advanced, accurate measures of affective and higher-order cognitive abilities are not generally available. Measurement could also be extended into…

This proposal for the creation of a teacher center is divided into three sections: (a) a statement of the goals of the initiators, (b) budgetary information, and (c) needs statements of Alachua County school personnel and the University of Florida, College of Education. The goals are: (a) to strengthen the relationship between university and…

A guide is presented for initiating and conducting ECOP-sponsored staff development activities, an ES-USDA and 4-H Club program. Overall procedures are listed, followed by a procedure flow chart, guidelines for preparing proposals, format for preparing proposals, proposal submission timing, role of the ES-USDA coordinator, and role of the…

The report outlines efforts to meet federal and South Dakota state law requirements in serving handicapped children under 6 years of age. A plan is outlined to coordinate interagency efforts for this population. Activities are listed for three major goals (sample objectives in parentheses): to develop a comprehensive interagency plan for this…

Although the author offers no handy formula to determine program effectiveness, she does present an extensive list of statements that can help the school administrator plan program improvement with his music teachers. (Editor)

The Cornell Institute for Occupational Education has developed a system to aid community colleges in planning new vocational education programs. It includes two phases of decision-making and close, logical scrutiny of resources, students, local situations, and employment opportunities. (Author/NHM)

Outlines the steps necessary to create a visual or performing arts program in a vocational school. (PD)

Guidelines are offered for accessing local grant and foundation monies to fund special and innovative activities in gifted education programs. Descriptions of six projects funded by grants from local foundations demonstrate the variety of projects that can be funded. (JDD)

Needs assessment activities are presented as a basis for gathering information essential to program development, revision, and evaluation and include surveys of trends advocated by national authorities and consumers and identification of needs of students and local school systems. These data form the basis for developing program objectives in a…