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Download full textStarr, Harold; And Others – 1981
Comprehensive planning has been identified as an essential ingredient in the efforts of local schools to increase the responsiveness of vocational education. This report describes the reality of comprehensive vocational education planning as it occurs in a wide variety of educational and environmental contexts, suggests ways that have the…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Cooperative Planning, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Owens, Clinton R.; Berryman, William C. – 1979
This manual for counseling personnel provides ready access to appropriate resources for planning and implementing a comprehensive guidance program. It is divided into four sections. Section 1 provides information about and examples of nine essential focal points in a good program: (1) philosophy of education, (2) program development model, (3)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comprehensive Guidance, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Moore, Earl J. – 1981
This program guide outlines procedures for establishing a career center in the secondary schools. It consists of an introduction and four major sections. The purpose and basic philosophy underlying the career center is outlined in the introduction. Following brief descriptions of 30 typical career center activities, the following aspects of center…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrators, Advisory Committees, Career Centers
Moore, Michael G. – 1981
This conference paper consists of a sketch of the British Open University at work as well as a brief commentary on current developments in the fields of communication technology, course design, instruction, and current trends in distance education. Provided first are statistics pertaining to current enrollment and enrollment projections, student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications, Continuing Education, Educational Practices
Gardner, Daniel L.; And Others – 1981
Designed for use by those who intend to improve the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)-adult education linkage through staff development activities, this guide includes a description of CETA purposes, adult education programs, educational linkages, staff development considerations, and support material. The CETA-adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Coordination, Educational Cooperation
Mills, Kenneth H. – 1981
This document is a kit for conducting a program of performance appraisal for first line supervisors (such as department chairpersons) in instructional departments in two-year colleges. It was developed for use in selected postsecondary technical institutes in Wisconsin, but could be used in nontechnical settings. The first three sections of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Definitions, Educational Administration, Evaluation Methods
Layman, Richard – 1981
Academic advising by faculty members has often been ineffective. Peer advising systems that employ peers as academic counselors may successfully address student criticism of faculty advising systems. Peer systems capitalize on the primacy of peer influence, provide an economical delivery system, and are available and accessible to students. These…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Counselor Selection, Counselor Training
Schofer, Richard C.; Chalfant, James C. – 1979
The proceedings of a 1979 Missouri symposium on doctoral programs in special education includes the texts of major addresses and position papers as well as summaries of conclusions of small working groups. The keynote speech by R. Erdman was entitled "Higher Education in the 1980's: Implications for Doctoral Programming." The speech deals with…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Disabilities, Doctoral Programs, Faculty Advisers
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1981
Published by the Office for Families (OFF) and intended for use by parents, educators, and social workers, this publication includes a collection of abstracts covering a broad range of issues concerning children and social services. Each abstract was selected on the basis of information which would best serve the interests of parents and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1981
This guide presents an overview of marketing and its potential value in continuing education programs for nurses. The first portion of the guide briefly discusses the concept of marketing. It contains definitions of key marketing concepts (product, place, price, and promotion), discussion of the basic tenets of marketing (consumer needs…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Needs, Educational Research
Barresi, Josephine; And Others – 1980
The paper examines state policies relevant to current alternative educational environments in each state's continuum of services for handicapped children. The analysis resulted from a review of information about program models in state special education regulations and state annual program plans. State descriptions of available program models fit…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Policy
Domack, Dennis – 1981
A strong local economy which allows residents of a community to work and shop near their homes is perhaps the best safeguard against the threats of urban sprawl, economic stagnation, physical deterioration and loss of unique identity facing many small towns. Utilizing a six-phase process advocated by the University of Wisconsin-Extension,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
Meredith, Vana H. – 1981
The aim of the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program was to meet legislative requirements, to improve instruction and to integrate instructional sensitivity into the state's educational programs for grades K-12 in the basic skill areas of reading, writing and mathematics. In their task of identifying, compiling and revising educational…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Davies, Margaret H. – 1981
This booklet for field workers and project developers describes two consecutive IPREFA projects in Honduras that integrated a responsible parenthood element into a functional education program and integrated several agencies into project planning and implementation. Preliminary information provides a basis for this nonformal education program and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Community Development
Felton, Mimi Edge – 1981
Designed as a how-to guide in initiating, developing, and operating an adult basic education program in industry, referred to as Cooperative Adult Basic Education (CABE), this handbook is based on experience gained during the development of the in-plant adult basic education program at Planters, the Planter's Employee Training Program (PET). The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
