The document summarizes proceedings of the working institute which focused on bilingual special education in the areas of training, research, and project management. An initial section contains general session papers with the following titles and authors: "Clarification of Past and Future Bilingual Special Education Training Needs and the…

The report describes the development and operation of a program to serve two groups of hearing impaired children: students who need a highly structured multisensory curricular approach to the standard curriculum objectives, and students who need a heavy emphasis in life skills and activities for daily living. Monitoring data is presented on…

Twelve essays examine issues related to community college involvement in international education. Hugh Adams explores the role of community colleges in international education. S. V. Martorana and William Shannon present a framework for program planning. Sydney Grant examines strategies for internationalizing the curriculum. Seymour Fersh…

The National Center for Career Education (NCCE) received a U.S. Office of Education grant to operate the Career Education Information, Training, and Instructional Materials Systems (CEITAIMS). CEITAIMS' 1976-77 proposal objective was to assist career education practitioners nationwide by facilitating the flow of career education materials and…

The ideas of Randall J. Ryder (see related document) regarding secondary content area reading programs may be supplemented with other suggestions about teacher training and staff development. Among the suggestions are the following: content area teachers should be helped to use reading materials near students' reading levels. The certification…

This proposed magnet school program is intended to provide a fundamental education to Cleveland students at both the elementary and secondary levels. Basic elements of the program's first semester operations are used to illustrate plans for an expanded program. A detailed description of the program covers staffing, staff development, curriculum,…

The Oregon component of a four-state project working towards the design of a staff development and school improvement support system is described. Information was gathered from various sources regarding the number and kinds of continued professional development activities engaged in by schools throughout the state. These data were fashioned into a…

Although there are several fine education and training programs in our nation's correctional institutions, most are substandard. There are two primary reasons for this: the confusion existing in our society over the purposes of imprisonment and the effects of reform on the correctional system. The focus of correction is continually shifting as…

This document contains a description of the rationale for staff development programs in North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes, existing means for program delivery, the role of the Department's Office of Staff Development, and the results of a state-wide study conducted to assess the status of local institutional efforts.…

This paper describes the five-year Florida Foster Care and Adoption Plan which was developed to facilitate the provision of more effective services to children needing full time care outside the parental home. The paper is divided into five chapters plus an introduction and summary. The introduction outlines the problems facing the social service…

The guide provides suggestions concerning possible solutions to specific career education implementation problems. Committee selection and organization are discussed in the first section. Then a detailed approach to a sequential system for program implementation is presented. The program consists of a precommitment stage, commitment stage, and an…

Presented is a guidebook for school administrators, teachers, and parents on preschool programing for handicapped children. Chapters are included which discuss the following topics: screening procedures (five steps to secure community support); funding for school programs (acquiring funds from federal, state, and private sources); curriculum…

Conducted by the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board of Greater London, this study was designed to examine problems involved in introducing the managing productivity schemes; to consider methods of helping staff to appreciate the effects of such schemes; to identify educational and training needs in the field; and to propose schemes of…

Prepared as part of the Career Education Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the paper deals with curriculum development and implementation. Using current literature on the topic as a point of reference, topics dealt with include: (1) the role of curriculum in career education, (2) the impact of career education on State…

This document compiles the addresses presented at the 2nd Annual Staff Development Workshop sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board Institute for Higher Educational Opportunity. The objectives of the workshop emphasized the need for awareness of and about minority students among those responsible for educational opportunities and the…