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Direct linkBell, Alison; Bonafede, Lucas; Lorch, Arlene; Snitzer, Melanie; Edmonds, Scott A.; Levin, Alex V. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2023
Introduction: There is an increasing need for occupational therapists with the skills to provide low vision services, however, there is a lack of standardized training of low vision occupational therapy services. The purpose of this study is to design and evaluate a course for occupational therapy students to improve their skills and knowledge…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students
Vincenzi, Harry; Hoffman, Stuart – 1978
Alternative educational programs were offered in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania school district to help students whose needs were not being met through the regular programs. Of 29 alternative programs evaluated, 27 were fully implemented, one was partially implemented, and one was not implemented. The programs included: (1) disruptive behavior or…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Individualized Programs
Peer reviewedOffenberg, Robert M. – Education, 1972
Author attempts to show the Philadelphia bilingual program, Let's Be Amigos, funded under Title VII, was indeed changed as the program staff came to grips with the problem of building-in accountability. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development
Scanlon, Dennis C. – Agricultural Education, 1978
Focusing on the need to give aspiring teachers practical "hands-on" experience in vocational agriculture, the planning, supervision, and evaluation of a summer work experience program for vocational agriculture teachers in Pennsylvania ("Philadelphia Workshop") is described. (BM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Field Experience Programs, Practicum Supervision, Preservice Teacher Education
Download full textGordon, Edmund W.; And Others – 1974
The major responsibilities of the committee whose background and activities are reported here were: (1) to examine and review data on Title 1, Elementary Secondary Education Act programs in the school district and on the basis of this review and evaluation to advise the school district, Title 1 Parent Advisory Council, the State Department of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Court Litigation, Educational Objectives, Federal Courts
McMullan, Bernard J.; And Others – 1988
This document summarizes the literature on the causes of dropping out, reviews national dropout prevention initiatives, proposes a set of principles to guide dropout prevention programs, and recommends a framework of policies for the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Public Schools. The dropout literature indicates that dropping out is a developmental…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Principles
Beard, Samuel P., Jr.; And Others – 1978
This document describes a program developed and implemented in three Philadelphia schools for the purpose of reducing the number of dropouts at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels. A needs assessment of the three schools, a review of the related literature, and the objectives of the program are provided. Specific strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Basic Skills, Discipline Policy
Chern, Hermine J.; And Others – 1978
This document is a compendium of evaluations of 27 federally funded vocational education programs in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as of the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1978. Six projects which were scheduled but not implemented are briefly described. Twenty-four of the implemented projects were concerned directly with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Course Evaluation, Disadvantaged
Loue, William E., III; And Others – 1977
The School for All Ages project was designed to increase contacts between members of different age groups so that the learning of basic life skills and standard academic content can be promoted through mutual teaching and learning; and to create a cooperative atmosphere in which students function better in groups, help others in the learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age Groups
InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC. – 1978
The proceedings at fifteen career education site visits are detailed in this phase 2 final report. (Phase 1, community organization mini-conferences, is described in CE 020 110.) Notes from these visitations cover such programs as career education centers, school system-based programs, and education-work councils. Several site-visit purposes are…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Wingel, William J. – 1976
This practicum report presents a detailed account of a project by an elementary school principal in designing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive improvement program to alleviate problems which have occurred as a result of the transitional state of the neighborhood at the Clara Barton Public School, in the school district of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement
Giloth, Robert; Phillips, William – 2000
The Anne E. Casey Foundation (AECF) funded replications of effective jobs projects to achieve better job placement and retention for low-income, young adults. The six projects funded, collectively called the Jobs Initiative (JI), in Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Seattle, and St. Louis, used an outcomes framework developed by The…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Cooperation, Job Placement
BERNHEIMER, PAULINE S.; FORMAN, LOUIS S. – 1964
THE AIMS OF THE MCKINLEY SCHOOL WERE TO INCREASE ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC SKILLS, TO ENRICH AND ENLARGE THE EXPERIENTIAL BACKGROUND OF THE CHILDREN, TO ESTABLISH A CLOSER LIAISON BETWEEN THE SCHOOL, THE HOME, AND THE COMMUNITY, TO DISCOVER LATENT TALENT, AND TO DEVELOP POTENTIAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE EACH INDIVIDUAL'S SELF-IMAGE. THE TEACHERS'…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Background, Basic Skills, Behavior
Welch, Doug – 2001
As part of its Jobs Initiative (JI) program in six metropolitan areas Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle the Annie E. Casey Foundation sought to develop and test a method for establishing benchmarks for workforce development agencies. Data collected from 10 projects in the JI from April through March, 2000,…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Plastrik, Peter – 2001
Since the mid-1990s, job-training and employment programs for low-income people have begun to emphasize not only program development and implementation, but also reform of the "system" of labor market, employers, training providers, and helping agencies. In 1995, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which launched the Jobs Initiative in 6…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
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