The Office of Migrant Child Education, Arizona Department of Education, annually participates in a Teacher Exchange Program with other states. Arrangements are first made with other states to send teachers and administrators on an observation tour of their Migrant Child Education Programs. Objectives are to provide: (1) an opportunity for state…

Vermont's adaptation of a federal Resource Agent Program (RAP), designed to meet the in-service training needs of teachers, is described in this final report. Part of a complete dissemination system, RAP was funded as a pilot program to initiate a collection of Vermont-originated resources to be entered into a state educational database. Described…

Each year, the Office of Migrant Child Education, Arizona Department of Education, participates in a Teacher Exchange Program with other states. Prior to these visits, arrangements are made with other states to send teachers and administrators on an observation tour of their Migrant Child Education Programs. Objectives are to provide: an…

The final report describes a study to develop a statewide teacher/industry exchange program in Wisconsin that would provide vocational-technical instructors with occupational experience opportunities. Three plans for implementing the program were developed: (A) swapping the positions of a business or industrial person with that of a vocational…

State education agencies are concerned with strengthening the international aspects of American education to make the educational experience of future generations more relevant to the realities of present and projected populations and economic conditions in both developed and less developed areas of the world. This document discusses the necessity…

The report describes the rationale for and history of an exchange program for Nuevo Leon (Mexico) and New Mexico bilingual education teachers. The program evolved from the need to help Spanish-speaking students maintain their own language and culture while in the United States. New Mexico's state policy concerning language-minority children and…

In response to the need for the continual development of those directly involved in the instruction of community college students, a Center for the Improvement of Instruction has been proposed that would be utilized by the staff of all 106 California community colleges. The objectives, programs, organization, and funding of this proposed center…