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Nelson, Ray; Laughlin, Lori – 1997
The South Dakota Alliance for Transition establishes a formal partnership among state agencies, local service providers, and community stakeholders to address the transition needs of youth with disabilities. The 5-year federally funded project aims to enhance transition services through systems change: developing responsive case management and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Coordination, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Walker, Dean – OSSC Bulletin, 1995
The solution to the problem of violence in the schools lies not only in the protection of students, but the prevention of aggressive, antisocial behavior. This monograph is designed to help schools build a violence-prevention program from the ground up. Following the introduction, chapter 1 discusses how the causes and consequences of violence in…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conflict Resolution, Counseling Services, Crime Prevention
Collins, Raymond C.; Kinney, Patricia F. – 1989
One of a series of technical papers prepared for the advisory panel of the Head Start Evaluation Design Project, this paper presents information about national Head Start goals, program participants, and the Head Start delivery system. The four stages of Head Start's evolution are described in terms of changes in the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems
Lamb, Donald K.; Roeber, Jane A., Ed. – 1990
"Readlicious: Carry-outs Available" is a theme that can be adapted to a variety of emphases since libraries are filled with materials relating to food in many ways, and library collections feed hungry minds and imaginations in countless fashions. This manual is a smorgasbord of planning ideas contributed by many Wisconsin librarians, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Community Involvement, Creative Activities, Food
Carleton, Nancy L.; And Others – 1984
Through efforts of concerned, knowledgeable, and culturally aware individuals, recreational programs which may help the special needs of Native Americans can be designed and implemented. Knowledge of tribal similarities and differences, cultural values, diverse life-styles, tribal beliefs, socioeconomic status, and leisure pursuits is paramount in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Involvement
Szabo, Lester John – 1982
This manual is designed to help school personnel implement a social studies program in grades K-12 in New York State. It provides the State mandates for social studies, recommends the scope and sequence of the social studies program, and suggests a procedure for implementing social studies revisions at the local level. How to form a local social…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Johnson, Grant; And Others – 1980
This paper is intended to help program developers to initiate or refine school-based, self-contained delinquency prevention programs. These programs are limited, short-term efforts to minimize delinquent behavior among youth by creating school situations in which the factors that contribute to delinquent behavior are reduced. Designed as an…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention
Garay, Reynaldo; And Others – 1976
Los Angeles Harbor College conducted a survey of Mexican-American residents in its prime service area in order to determine their educational interests and needs as perceived from their particular cultural perspective. The study aimed at ascertaining the extent of congruence between community-perceived needs and the needs identified by a core of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Surveys, Counseling Services
Ingram, Ernie; And Others – 1981
Education North is an experimental project to promote community involvement in schools in seven selected towns in northern Alberta (Canada). The project strategy is based on the "local education society" (LES), an autonomous group that develops and operates local programs using government funds, independent of the local education agency…
Descriptors: Administrators, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
La Guardia Community Coll., Long Island City, NY. – 1977
Divided into two parts, this document describes the comprehensive career education model at LaGuardia Community College (New York). Introductory material in part 1 includes a general overview of the project, a description of the U.S. Office of Career Education contract which enabled LaGuardia to expand its career education efforts, and a…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Colleges, Community Involvement
Holmes, Dennis H. – 1979
High attrition rate and under representation of educationally disadvantaged youth in vocational education programs were the policy issues behind the development and piloting of the Consolidated Services Demonstration Project in seven California high schools. The three-year project sought to integrate the separated programs for compensatory,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Basic Skills, Career Education
HAUBRICH, VERNON F. – 1966
THE BACKGROUND OF THE FAILURE OF RURAL AND URBAN SLUM SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS REVIEWED. A DISCUSSION OF THE SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE TEACHER, THE PARENT, AND THE COMMUNITY IN THESE PROGRAMS. IT IS FELT THAT ACTIVE TEACHER…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs
JOHNSON, BEN F.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE "COMMITTEE FOR ESTABLISHING CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION OF PROPOSALS" IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, ADVISED THE CREATION OF A "PROPOSAL REVIEW COMMITTEE" TO ASSESS THE MERITS OF NEW UNIVERSITY EXTENSION PROJECTS, PROPOSED FOR FUNDING UNDER TITLE I, HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, PRIOR TO KNOWLEDGE OF AVAILABLE FUNDS, TO…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Community Involvement
Boulmetis, John – 1979
A fictional Rhode Island community is used to describe the Local Planning and Assessment Process (LPAP), including technical assistance, and to discuss some of the drawbacks involved in planning and implementing program evaluation and development. The hypothetical situation is based on real experiences of several communities which have used LPAP.…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adoption (Ideas), Advisory Committees, Communication Problems
Barletta, Charles, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Bringing together parents, teachers, and researchers, this conference was intended to provide a climate in which participants could examine their own needs and develop their own action plans for the development and implementation of parent and community participation in schools. The goals of the conference were to provide descriptions of proven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Conference Reports, Decision Making
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