The Native American Education Program, designed to provide after-school instruction and supportive services, served approximately 350 Native American students attending New York City public schools in 1980-1981. Program goals submitted for the year were: to increase academic achievement capabilities of Native American students; to continue to…

The state-of-the art review suggests that human services agencies in rural areas can provide adequate staff training through the use of high technology training systems. Training equipment discussed includes: videotapes, microcomputers for computer-assisted instruction (CAI) or computer-managed instruction (CMI), solenoid-operated videocassette…

An active staffing process used by teacher center personnel was investigated as a method of improving teacher center operations and of helping users of teacher centers. Through a preliminary survey of users' attitudes toward teacher centers, three expectations were formulated: (1) Many initial requests in the active staffing process would center…

One hundred and forty-four citations, including the bulk of the publications that have appeared in the last ten years, are listed in this annotated bibliography on continuing social work education. It is intended for administrators, professional specialists, technical experts, adjunct teachers/trainers, administrators of host organizations, and…

The Career Life Assessment Skills Series (CLASS) project was designed to increase the career, self-assessment, and counseling programs available to adults in the Northern Virginia area. Workshops, audiovisual materials, and booklets were developed by Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) on the following eight topics considered necessary for…

The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Project of the Indian Health Service was designed to identify existing cases of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome among the American Indian tribes (Navajo, Apache, Ute and 19 Pueblo Tribes) in the Southwest, establish a referral system to identify these children for treatment, estimate the prevalence of the problem, and work…

A one-week VTAE (Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education) Researcher Workshop was designed to increase the research competencies of Wisconsin VTAE staff members working with research and evaluation projects through a hands-on approach. Based on a needs assessment conducted with the participants, the agenda included sessions on various aspects…

Staff development at Project Development through Adventure Responsibility and Education (D.A.R.E.), an outdoor experiential education program for troubled youth, administered by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, Children's Service Division, stresses three components: the selection process, training progressions, and…

This monograph for community educators is intended to provide a basic background in adult education and some of the basic principles of adult learning that will assist in development of more effective adult education programs. Section 1 focuses on the role of adult education, especially lifelong learning, and the community educator's role in adult…

An overview is presented of a program that utilizes the abilities of a team of university professors to improve curriculum, build a staff development program, and establish diagnostic/prescriptive reading and mathematics programs in a junior high school. The school is in the inner city of Charleston, West Virginia, and its population is comprised…

This is an evaluation of a Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural Program that was conducted at a New York City high school in l979-l980. The program served Spanish speaking students. A demographic analysis of the school's neighborhood and a discussion of participating students' characteristics are provided. The program description outlines the project's…

Data and case studies from research on 116 colleges and universities involved in efforts to develop programs to meet corporate needs for personnel and personnel development are reported. The sample was nominated by a national panel and is regarded as exemplary in efforts at corporate/college partnerships. Responses of presidents and profiles of…

This is an evaluation of a Title I non-public schools corrective reading services program that provided remedial reading and writing instruction to students in grades 1-12 in New York City in 1979-1980. Section one of the report describes the program. An outline of data analysis methods is found in the second section, as are pre and post test…

This is an evaluation report for a Title VII bilingual program that served Spanish-speaking students attending John Bowne high school, Flushing, New York, in 1979-1980. The first section of the report discusses the school neighborhood and its demographic composition. The second section focuses on participating students' characteristics, outlining…

The 4-H/Community Resource Development workshop was designed to help people conducting Extension 4-H programs on sensitive and complex community issues improve their ability to create a better climate for discussion of alternatives and development of community projects. Topics of the presentations included the role of the 4-H administrator,…