The Correctional Education Association established the Outreach Training Center for Mandatory and Literacy Education. Its purpose was to collect and disseminate information on literacy programming, as well as to supply training and technical assistance to correctional educators working in the field of literacy. Press releases were sent to all…

The aging of the population of the United Kingdom has occurred at the same time as the greatest increase in unemployment since the 1930s. The older unemployed are likely to have longer periods without work than younger people. For many, loss of a job has meant enforced early retirement and a lower than anticipated income in later life. The U.K.…

In 1983-84, the Bilingual Mini-School at Samuel Gompers High School of New York City, was in its first year of a three-year funding cycle. An evaluation was conducted to determine how well it had met its aim of preparing students of limited English proficiency (LEP) for career opportunities through vocational, technical, and academic education.…

This speech presents a teacher's account of the implementation of the Standards of Excellence Program in a Denver, Colorado, elementary school. Eight questions from the assessment instrument are cited that prompted the staff to reevaluate the educational program. Results of the assessment were analyzed by a committee, and objectives were set by…

This report describes 1982 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services, including: (1) the Academic Library Program (ALP); (2) the Information Exchange and Publications Program, which includes the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC); (3) the Organizational Training and Staff Development Program; and (4) applied research and…

An inservice training guide for teacher educators and State Department staff to use with teachers, administrators, and other personnel responsible for vocational training of special needs students is presented, as part of Project SSAVE (Special Student Access to Vocational Education), in Tennessee. The guide, which was based on the evaluation of…

This handbook was designed to provide information necessary for school teachers/administrators to develop an effective and thorough short-term adult upgrade program plan for businesses and to provide advice and suggestions for implementing the plan. The guide is organized in seven sections, plus extensive appendixes. The first section introduces…

Designed as the first in a proposed set of three documents to be used to review elementary school programs in California, this guide describes the quality criteria used to judge program effectiveness for students. Criteria for a quality school program are provided in 13 areas: reading; written language; school effectiveness; special needs; oral…

This document is a monograph in a personnel development series addressing issues that are pertinent for policy-making personnel concerned with preservice personnel preparation of vocational/special educators. Section 1 presents a review of the selected literature related to the development of personnel preparation programs and the results of a…

This publication describes the major components of the Directorate of Community Education (PENMAS) Nonformal Education Project in Indonesia. Chapters 1-3 give an overview of PENMAS, including its history and development, and of the scope and goals of the project. Chapters 4-6 describe various types and levels of staff training conducted under the…

This task force report discusses preservation practices in the University of Wyoming Library and presents recommendations for developing a more cohesive library material preservation program with a timeline for implementation. Recommendations deal with the specific areas of staffing the conservation program; condition of library materials;…

This monograph highlights important findings and guidelines that have emerged from over a decade of research at the University of Oregon's Center for Educational Policy and Management (CEPM) concerning the continued professional development of school personnel. After a brief introduction, the booklet is divided into three sections. The first,…

Designed to develop competency-based adult education (CBAE) as an alternative adult education delivery system, the Illinois CBAE Project provided a series of three workshops and a consultation for 48 Illinois adult education practitioners. The workshops consisted of an awareness workshop, a module development workshop, and an evaluation and…

In 1980, a consortium composed of Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and the District of Columbia recommended a Staff Development Program for Modality Education to provide continuous and sequential educational experiences for all migrant children in participating states' schools. (Modality is defined as…

A project was conducted to accomplish the following objectives: (1) to provide a pilot program in the Monroe County (Indiana) Public Library where low-income or unemployed adults can find non-biased, non-stereotyped vocational information, guidance, and referral in the areas of job training, job opportunities, required skills, job descriptions,…