Describes a university summer workshop, for low-income black high school students, designed to acquaint them with the media and develop their skills in mass communication; shows how the workshop improved students' self-confidence and the likelihood that they would attend college. (GW)

Tells high school journalism advisers how to take advantage of opportunities offered to them and their students by regional higher education institutions that conduct high school journalism press days, regular conventions of state press associations, and summer journalism workshops. (GW)

This packet supplements a workshop on summer reading programs given in December, 1998 in several Florida counties. Workshop objectives and ground rules for successful meetings and workshops are outlined at the beginning of the document. The Florida Library Youth Program is then discussed, including basic philosophy, outreach to children in…

A statewide evaluation in Idaho addressed whether teachers changed in teaching philosophy and technology skills following summer in-service workshops and whether these changes sustained themselves in the face of school year and classroom realities. The timing of data collection is an important factor to consider when interpreting program outcomes.…

An organizational climate that provides a participating atmosphere for students, teachers, and parents is essential to the success of an educational program. Describes one junior high school principal's efforts to create such a climate in his school. (Editor/RK)

Staff and graduate students from the University of Wisconsin (UW) conducted a 2-week workshop in environmental studies for adolescent Native American students and a concurrent teacher's education program entitled "Wetland Perspectives: Ways of Looking at the Landscape." 1996 is the fifth year for the PreCollege program and the second…

Describes a new program designed by the University of North Dakota to introduce high school students to aviation at a college level. (BR)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, MARCH-JUNE 1967, WERE TO CONDUCT A TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER AND TO DEVELOP THE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR A SUMMER WORKSHOP. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE FIRST OBJECTIVE INCLUDED DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTING PILOT PROGRAMS, ACQUAINTING TEACHERS WITH…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR THE PREPARATION OF PERSONS TO BE EMPLOYED IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING PERSONS IN MICHIGAN WITH LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND A BACKGROUND IN VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND THEN PREPARING THEM TO FUNCTION AS ADMINISTRATORS WERE THE…

Devised by participants in a summer workshop focusing on writing in the content areas, this guide contains activities for improving writing skills at all grade levels. The various sections of the guide provide the following: (1) a general discussion of teaching writing in all subject areas; (2) ways to use interviews to gather information for use…

This document consists of six separate items: (1) a description of graduate courses in English education at Youngstown State University; (2) an outline for a summer workshop on the teaching of writing; (3) the welcoming letter sent to workshop participants, which includes the list of required readings; (4) a summary of workshop participants'…

Forty-two teachers and supervisors, selected by the Texas Education Agency, participated in a 2-week workshop designed to provide an intensive study of the disadvantaged and to increase the effectiveness of teachers of culturally disadvantaged youth, primarily in the area of occupational training. Scholars in the fields of sociology and psychology…

This final report by four universities outlines a 6-year project, begun in 1961, under the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation. The project was designed to study and demonstrate the feasibility of an interinstitutional program of internship in educational administration. The report covers (1) the program proposal and rationale; (2) details of the…

This is a report of an EPDA sponsored project which trained program directors, administrators, teachers, parent educators, Policy Advisory Committee chairmen and parents, as well as other key staff members to implement the Florida Parent Education Follow Through Model. There are two major parts (VI and VII) to this report. The first part describes…

The activities of and papers presented at the annual Summer Workshop for New Community Junior College Presidents and their wives, held at UCLA, July 9-14, 1972, are provided in this report. The papers and their authors are as follows: "Toward Efficiency in Community College Instruction" by B. Lamar Johnson, "The Human Relations…