This paper presents an inservice model that uses the team approach for classrooms with exceptional children. Rather than providing inservice training to large groups of educators, this model proposes training a team of people who will work together in the same school. The team includes regular classroom teachers, special education resource…

The publication suggests some guiding principles through which the Youth Development Program (YDP) director and his staff can fulfill their roles without dominating the program and threatening youth participation. An overall approach for working with youth, the human development approach, emphasizing the development and support of responsibility…

Approximately 100 junior and senior education majors in a basic reading methods course answered these questions: (1) from what you can recall, what did your teachers (on any level) do that you feel promoted your competence and interest in reading? (2) was there anything that your teachers did that detracted from your interest in reading? (3) was…

This paper reports on the development of a grant support unit in the Community College League of California's (CCLC) Ad Hoc Task Force on Grants and Development. A survey was developed and mailed during December, 1998, and again in January, 1999. In total, 92% of the 71 districts responded to the survey, 89% of the 106 campuses responded, and 100%…

School psychology consultants rated the primary consultee problem for each of their consultation cases. Findings indicate significantly more consultation cases resulted from consultee lack of knowledge, skills, and confidence than from consultee lack of objectivity. Findings question the practical utility of psychodynamically oriented Caplanian…

Results of a study on the school psychologists' role indicated that principals endorsed their psychometric function while teachers were unsure of the most desirable functions of school psychologists. Implications of these findings, which support previous research, are discussed briefly. (MH)

In Anchorage, Alaska, classroom teachers are supported in their music teaching by resource teachers who provide in-service, regular demonstration lessons, and locally developed materials. This article describes the program's schedule, costs, and staffing, as well as the role of the music resource teacher. (SJL)

Research consultants are serving educational institutions. Functions of the research consultant are detailed in a contractual agreement, and duties are understood by all. Increasingly less clear appears to be the role of this consultant as he interacts with project personnel. Ten principles are advanced as guides to successful research consulting.…

Describes a Montana project to improve vocational education and facilitate the transition from school to work for rural, special needs students. Examines the duties of the vocational resource educator, as consultant to 11 school districts and coordinator with adult service agencies and employers in the community. (SV)

Use of a family systems conceptualization in educational programing for behavior disordered students can improve program effectiveness and complement other effective classroom interventions. Changing support staff roles is recommended. For example, school psychologists coordinate family counseling services with ongoing educational programs instead…

The Williamsburg/James City County (WJC), Virginia School System employs a wide variety of professional support personnel (PSP). Little has been done to properly evaluate and monitor PSP or programs with which they are involved as the focus is on classroom teacher evaluation. PSP are reluctant to be evaluated by persons who have little knowledge…

In response to the national impetus for improvement in education, New Jersey officials have proposed the creation of the Academy for the Advancement of Teaching and Management, an organization designed to raise the standards of professional skills for teachers and principals. The organization will train teachers and administrators for 2 years in…

Objectives of a study of the role of the school nurse were (1) to clarify the role of the school nurse within a particular setting, (2) to identify perceptions of key school personnel concerning the nurse's role, and (3) to identify and compare areas of perceptual congruity-incongruity between school personnel and school nurses. The instrument…

Part 13 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based training of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on the advisory role of the consultant. Four comptencies are considered: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be capable of functioning in an advisory role; (2) that a curriculum consultant should be…