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Johnson, Carole M. – 1980
The third component of a series on career education examines the issues that affect secondary programs for exceptional students and offers recommendations to assist professionals in program planning. An initial section considers the advantages and disadvantages of special education work experience, vocational education, cooperative education,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Nontraditional Education, Program Development
Vinton, Dennis A., Ed.; Farley, Elizabeth M., Ed. – 1979
The document presents the third of six modules resulting from a 3 year project to develop and test competency based programs for camp personnel serving the physically handicapped. The module is divided into three units--camp resources, program planning and development, and program operation. An introductory section gives an explanation of…
Descriptors: Camping, Competency Based Education, Inservice Education, Physical Disabilities
Download full textWatkins, J. Foster; Ernest, Pat – 1980
Concern is expressed for the limited attention focused on the professional preparation of teacher educators. Notice is taken that many emerge in such roles in the absence of formal preparation. A model designed to begin the development of a program for the professional preparation of teacher educators discusses: 1) the implementation of a minor or…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Graduate Study, Program Development
Spreen, William E. – 1980
A dozen suggestions to improve school district inservice programs are made. (1) Bring a university program to the district; the teachers and administrators who participate will pay for it and earn college credits on their own time. (2) Be sure to provide some time for people to meet by grade level or subject area. (3) Use teachers as presenters…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development, Staff Development
Nelson, James B., Ed. – 1979
Concerned with formulating a methodology that would best enable West Virginia's Solar Technology Transfer Program to work, the participants in a planning conference held on April 18 and 19, 1979, met to isolate techniques and objectives that would most effectively allow consumer access to solar energy information, and emphasized the role of public…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Library Role, Library Services, Program Development
Grady, Michael P.; Mortenson, Robert A. – 1976
The authors propose a format for conducting workshops whose goals are the development of programs of continuing education for teachers. The rationale for such inservice teacher improvement is based upon (1) the need to more capably deal with the individual differences among children; (2) the changing nature of the inservice education enterprise;…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Inservice Teacher Education, Meetings, Participation
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
A statement is made on the desirability of expanding teacher education programs to prepare professionals who can work in other than school positions. It is argued that the field of human services needs personnel with the kind of training colleges of education are equipped to provide. (JD)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Objectives, Human Services, Program Development
Wilkerson, Doxey A. – 1979
This analysis selectively describes and interprets the main lines and development of the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA). The study attempts to define the intent of Congress in authorizing the EPDA, to outline and explain the Office of Education's structures and actions in implementing the Act, and to chronicle the development and the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Federal Regulation, Government Role
Alvir, Howard P. – 1978
The paper is designed to help managers of mainstreamed programs set up intensive staff training courses on mainstreaming. A brief analytic survey of the literature is followed by a discussion of practical applications of mainstreaming (including philosophy, curriculum, support services, and evaluation). The remainder of the paper reviews…
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education, Mainstreaming, Program Development
Boston Coll., Chestnut Hill, MA. – 1979
This document discusses the development and implementation of a multiservice center that could offer a variety of human social services in a single location. The paper focuses on seven components of the center's operation: governance, organizational structure, core services, joint funding, joint planning, joint programming, and evaluation. The…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Human Services
Grimes, Jeff; And Others – 1975
The manual provides suggestions for planning inservice teacher training. Basic foci of the booklet are explained to include examination of time distribution, room arrangement, audience participation, stimulation of audience interest, measurement of inservice effectiveness, and communication of inservice results. The manual is divided into…
Descriptors: Guides, Handicapped Children, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Clay, James E.; Stewart, Freddie – 1979
The use of Contract Activity Packages (CAPs, individualized plans stating objectives, multisensory resources, suggested activities, small group techniques, and evaluation methods) with handicapped children is discussed. Comparisons are made to the individualized educational program (IEP). An example is given of 10 steps in developing CAPs,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs, Program Development
Shaw, Mollie – 1979
The author reviews the history, philosophy, and administrative organization of New York City's Mayor's Office for the Handicapped (MOH). The office's bill of rights is set forth and its activities in advocacy, particularly for physically handicapped people are recounted. The beginnings of the MOH are traced from reactions to a 1967 order to ban…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Civil Liberties, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children
Perdue, David A. – 1979
The public school system of Houston County, Georgia, has instituted an inservice staff development program planned by the teachers themselves. Following assessment of the needs of students and parents as well as teachers, the planning group designed a program offering college credit to participants. Houston County teachers now find it possible to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development
AIKIN, BRENTON R.; LEVENDOWSKI, J.C. – 1963
BUSINESS EDUCATION INCLUDES INSTRUCTION IN BOTH OFFICE AND DISTRIBUTIVE OCCUPATIONS. THE BUSINESS WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP INSTRUCTION IN THE RELATED CLASS IN WHICH ALL STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED, AND INSTRUCTION THROUGH PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT. THIS HANDBOOK SHOULD BE HELPFUL IN ORGANIZING AND OPERATING…
Descriptors: Business Education, Cooperative Education, Distributive Education, Program Administration
