This monograph reports the results of a three-part study of the assistant principalship that attempted to delineate the nature, function, and relative status of the position. The study types used were (1) normative, (2) career, and (3) shadow. Data for the first two studies were gathered from questionnaires completed by over 1,200 assistant…

This report is an updated version of an earlier report -- State Education: Structure and Organization. It is designed for use by State education agency personnel, by Office of Education staff concerned with providing leadership or services to the several States in improving the education enterprise, by national education organizations, by students…

Designed as a working manual for instructors involved with audiovisual aids, this booklet provides information on all types of audiovisual systems and equipment. It gives basic instructions for making and preparing artwork visuals (graphs, maps, and transparancies), and briefly reviews printing, photography, photocopying, tape recordings, motion…

Representatives from seven media-oriented instructional programs for disadvantaged students met with staff members from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Media and Technology to discuss the philosophy underlying their efforts, means of developing instructional objectives and strategies, criteria for the selection…

The 18th Allerton Park Institute (1972), sponsored by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science and the Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality, was concerned with "Information Resources in the Environmental Sciences." Attention was directed toward the location, description and use of burgeoning resources in the broad…

In the experimental project reported, the U. S. Office of Economic Opportunity delegated its resources to the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs for the purpose of comparing public and private sector approaches to social planning in rural areas. A private agency, Community Services of Pennsylvania, was designated by the Department of…

Project operations in the 1971-72 year clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of interagency collaboration in the intensive work of planning, establishing, and operation of the Action Library Demonstration Center. The Action Library is designed to effect maximum impact on inner-city student library needs, attitudes, and skills. The year covered by…

A Survey of Oregon libraries was conducted to supply current background information on libraries. This information was needed for a long range plan to develop libraries in Oregon which is required by Public Law 91-600. In addition, the details about specific libraries are needed to evaluate applications for federal funds and to evaluate the…

Audiovision refers to electronic video tape recording cassettes (EVR). This paper discusses in broad terms the potential effect of EVR cassettes on television and culture in Western Europe with particular application to the current situation in Germany and Belgium. The author comments on the EVR market in Germany with reference to television…

This report points out some of the difficulties encountered by both professional extension personnel and indigenous aides who are hired to work with the disadvantaged. The first problem involves the selection of potentially effective aides, and is followed by difficulties in the aide's family as they adjust to her job situation. The homemaker's…

This booklet contains the modifications made in the regulations governing the teaching profession in Argentina between June 1967 and September 1970. Regulations cover the qualifications and requirements for certification, promotion, and retirement and the mechanics for classification and advancement. (VM)

The instructional material in this fifth of 6 units is directed to the 9th graders of the Oglala Sioux people. The contents focus on government--familial, tribal, and Federal. Discussions include family relationships, community leaders, council meetings and membership, policing of the camps by warriors, and warrior and chief's societies. The…

An annotated listing of a variety of audiovisual formats on content related to the social-rehabilitation process is provided. The materials in the listing were selected from a collection of over 200 audiovisual catalogs. The major portion of the materials has not been screened. The materials are classified alphabetically by the following subject…

This report presents a study undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of contacting previously unreached urban audiences through the use of films at automatic self-learning centers. To accomplish this, the study attempted to determine: (1) the extent to which people in an urban business (a large insurance company) would look at agricultural films…

This document describes a data processing system now being implemented that is designed to provide rapid retrieval of information concerning a certificate holder's status. A brief history of past and present methods of teacher certification processing is included. These methods are then compared to the system currently being implemented. The new…