The project described brings together three different problems in education. First, there is the frequently cited need for better-trained teachers. The second problem is the school district's constant requirement for competent substitute teachers. The third problem is the need for closer ties between the school district and a local university. The…

Although many school psychology programs use university-based clinics as field placements for school psychology students, there is little information in the literature on how these clinics are organized, administered, and funded or on the nature, duration, and sequencing of clinic field experiences. A national telephone survey of 71 directors of…

Reports on one effort to help teachers utilize their local community resources in the educational programs of the local schools. From a list of over 400 participating business and industrial firms and individuals, teachers receive only those names for which they have immediate curricular need. (Author/WM)

Describes a counseling program, CREST (Clinical Regional Support Teams), where teams of volunteer couseling practicum students and undergraduate tutors, led by paid counselor education doctoral interns, operate in six communities, providing diagnostic, counseling, tutoring and consultation services for some 200 juvenile delinquents. (Author/HMV)

Describes an eight-session course in marriage communication offered by the counseling department of a university. Each weekly meeting focused on a melodramatic script which dealt with a single type of marital conflict. Graduate students served as group leaders. Results were positive for both trainees and couples. (HMV)

The Program for Alternative Careers in Education of Lehman College (New York) is described. Since its beginning in February 1973, it has functioned to prepare undergraduate college juniors and seniors for careers as educators in the widest possible variety of educational institutions, including public and private human service institutions, social…

Analytical view of a major interdisciplinary experimental program. (Editor)

Beginning with an historical description of the development of the principalship, this monograph gives a comprehensive analysis of both current and evolving training programs for principals. Given particular attention are field-based training programs and administrative internships, particulary the National Association of Secondary School…

This guide is intended to assist adults working with youth in projects to improve the natural environment of their communities. Two types of environmental projects are described: (1) information projects and (2) work projects. Information projects involve youth in gathering information and then communicating it to the public and to community…

A post-baccalaureate, single-subject program for future secondary school teachers is described. This program contains the following features: (1) it is operated by a team composed of a teacher education department leader, faculty from other departments, master teachers, administrators, community persons, and candidates for the teaching profession;…

MAJOR PROBLEMS OF THE FEDERALLY-FUNDED FELLOWSHIP AND TEACHER CORPS PROGRAMS ARE (1) THE COURSES ARE PROFESSOR-ORIENTED (LITTLE EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO MAKING SURE THAT THE CURRICULUM IS RELATED TO REALISTIC SCHOOL SITUATIONS) AND (2) THE TEACHER IS SO ISOLATED IN THE UNIVERSITY SETTING THAT HE CAN MAKE NO LINKAGE BETWEEN HIS LEARNING AND HIS…

In discussing the role of practical experience (be it called clinical experience, field experience, an internship, simulation, or role-playing) in the preparation of educational administrators, the authors present survey data and an example of institutional requirements. The survey data include information on state standards concerning the…

A teacher education program for prospective secondary school English teachers is described. The program begins with the usual general education for two years, including a field experience working as a teacher aide in a public school and a human relations training program. The third and fourth years are devoted to major course work and professional…

The booklet commemorates a quarter century of outdoor teacher education at Northern Illinois University. In that time, the Taft Campus and the Outdoor Teacher Education faculty have developed a reputation which reaches beyond the borders of Illinois nationally and internationally. The rationale for extending the instructional process beyond the…

Attempting to develop an instructional program for preservice teacher trainees emphasizing students, learning, and performance skills, Prairie View A & M University establshed an inter-agency task force representing the School of Education, local school districts, and the Texas Education Agency. Based on the findings and suggestions of the…