ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE PILOT PROJECTS STRESSING THE DEVELOPMENTAL-PREVENTIVE APPROACH TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELING ARE PRESENTED FOR EVALUATION. ALTHOUGH GENERAL GOALS WERE ESTABLISHED, EACH PROJECT WAS TO EXPERIMENT IN DEVELOPING ITS OWN SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, AND EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES. SOME 34,592 CHILDREN FROM A…

RHETORICAL AND ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAM ARE PRESENTED. THE ASSUMPTION THAT IF THE EXPERIENCES ARE PLEASURABLE, THE CHILD WILL CONTINUE TO READ IS BASIC TO THE TOTAL APPROACH. THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM AND PROCEUDRES FOR DETERMINING THE CHILD'S RECREATIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL, AND…

THE JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT UCLA HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PRODUCE LEARNING SPECIALISTS, AND ALL PHASES OF THE PROGRAM ARE INTENDED TO DEVELOP THE INTERN'S ABILITY TO SPECIFY OBJECTIVES, TO SELECT APPROPRIATE MEDIA, AND TO GATHER AND EVALUATE EVIDENCE OF LEARNING. IN THE SUMMER BEFORE HE BEGINS TEACHING, EACH INTERN ENROLLS IN A…

This pamphlet shows school personnel how to apply successfully for Federal grants to finance improvements in educational programs. Advice is given on the importance of evaluating needs, objectives, and procedures as a prerequisite to writing a proposal. Next, suggestions for writing a good proposal are made, including references to the need for…

Strategies for implementing career exploration programs into schools and cooperating hosts from business and industry are suggested in this short booklet. Content is presented in outline form and covers the following three topics: Organization of Guidelines for Exploration of Business and Industry (Schools--communication, preparation of students,…

This paper reports on seven day care centers established through the Southeastern Day Care Project to provide state child welfare agencies with experience in developing day care programs and providing program administrators with information for program planning and development. The project was funded by the Donner Foundation and the Office of…

The paper focuses on the evaluation of training programs for educational personnel, particularly those dealing with special students; and conceptualizes such evaluation as a process requiring three stages. Many elements of the Three-Staged Evaluation which were carried out in the development of a paraprofessional aide training program are briefly…

The instructor-free, empirically-based training package focuses on planning for a program or total agency for severely handicapped, developmentally disabled persons and is intended to assist agencies develop a participatory management system for ongoing program planning and evaluation within the trainee's agency. The package consists of a trainee…

The planning and evaluation method (Management by Objectives/Results) briefly described in this booklet is intended to help leaders and participants at all levels in school activity programs. MBO/R provides for goal setting, objectives identification, identification of resources, allocation of responsibility and time, and, finally, evaluation.…

The purpose of this paper is to: (1) discuss the reasons for applying the experimental method to program evaluation; (2) review the basic elements of the experimental method; (3) illustrate refinements and variants of the experimental method with examples from program evaluation in the social sciences; (4) describe ways in which funding directives…

This document describes the elementary education program to be initiated at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. It is an individualized, modularized, personalized program consistent with the competency-based mode. Requirements for entrance into the program and the expected skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for program…

An instrument for future planning and policy formation for adult basic education (ABE) staff development at national/regional levels, the assessment determined which current objectives, processes, and products proved most effective and offered the greatest potential. The basic evaluation design was established by the Center for Resource…

Aimed at local program directors, the handbook provides fundamental information, procedures, and strategies regarding the implementation and development of career education programs, K-10, in Ohio. An overview provides information on the purposes, history, administration, and educational components of the Ohio Career Education Program. Chapters…

This booklet is one of a series of publications designed to present a complete system for planning, organizing, and directing the development and operation of individual volunteer programs, as well as the management of a comprehensive volunteer system consisting of many individual programs. This particular booklet leads the reader through a series…

Central Massachusetts Library Administration Simulation Project (CLASP) was a research project funded under Title II-B to develop and test a simulation model that would enable public library personnel to learn and practice skills of negotiation, decision making, budgeting, and program planning. A simulation model was developed and tested in a…