How can a teacher cover an exciting aspect of ceramics, provide his students with an exemplary model of an artist craftsperson, and bring about a growing sense of community through an alternate learning situation? One way is by offering a raku workshop, complete with kiln building. (Author)

During 1985-86, Storer Camps conducted 23 leadership weekend camp workshops for groups of 25-40 Jackson, Michigan, adolescents to develop self-esteem. Special activities involved name tags, a cooperative obstacle course, discussions on stereotypes and walls, and a canoe-rowboat relay. (NEC)

Describes an inservice and preservice training program for writing teachers at the secondary and postsecondary levels at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Includes a description of a one-day writing workshop and of a graduate course with a laboratory component. (HTH)

This document is the first of two volumes describing the activities of the Tri-State Parenting Collaborative (TSPC) Project, conducted in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota during the period from 1977 through 1982. The TSPC linked state education agencies, universities, local schools, community groups, and an education development center in…

Learning, enthusiasm, fun, and involvement--all are qualities of the student council workshop which this booklet attempts to capture. The author provides a detailed, lively manual for workshop directors and those who would like to begin new workshops. Why hold a workshop for student leaders? The author suggests these answers: to prepare student…

Describes a workshop in race relations for students from a racially-troubled high school. (HMV)

Considers how to prepare future high school students for the change that they will experience upon leaving the local middle school. (RK)

The updating and renewal of knowledge and skills are professional responsibilities of all school counselors. Unfortunately, while an ever-growing need for new knowledge and skills exists, there seem to be few organized efforts to meet these needs. This article describes a model that was designed to fill this void. (Author)

Describes an approach to leadership development which is particularly supportive of the needs of adolescents and reflective of a democratic style of leadership. It is an outgrowth of the High/Scope Summer Workshop for Teenagers, which helped young people acquire leadership skills through group membership and cooperation. (Author)

Discusses the development of SAT Pre-Game, a free one-day seminar designed by the National Alliance of African-American Athletes and the Princeton Review Foundation to help high school athletes do well on the Scholastic Assessment Tests. Students take a sample SAT, receive motivational talks, evaluations of their tests, and help with test-taking…

Most principals believe their job includes identifying and developing future school leaders. Expectations for principals as teachers of adults are increasing. The 4MAT instructional model provides a user-friendly, research-based structure for principals to design powerful retreats and workshops aimed at increasing leadership behavior among all…

Covering the period from July 1973 through December 1974, the project was intended to further develop and refine implementation activities from the previous grant period. High schools wishing to implement the concept of career education developed individual miniproposals and submitted them to the Caldwell career education project. A workshop was…

Describes group workshops to eliminate self-defeating behavior as an alternative to suspension in the secondary school. Students who worked at understanding the SDB process reported they had better communication with their teachers and received fewer and in many cases no more disciplinary referrals. (Author)

Described are summer economics institutes in which teachers from Pennsylvania learned about local and regional economies through classroom instruction and field experience and then used what they had learned to develop classroom materials. The local community is an excellent vehicle for integrating economics into classroom instruction. (RM)

Describes the "Museum in the Schools" program of Cornell University's Johnson Art Museum. To encourage museum use by secondary school students and teachers, workshops are designed and presented by the museum's team, based on the specifications of the classroom teacher. This article focuses on a workshop in drawing and line. (Author/SJL)