The handbook is available to assist small communities with limited resources in planning, initiating, and carrying out a beautification or community development program. Evidence is provided of results which can be obtained when individual citizens and groups are given opportunities to participate, use their special skills, and become involved in…

This booklet provides examples of challenging jobs that have been done by kids, often Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees. Jobs range from working with cops in Atlanta to helping the elderly in Chicago; from aiding emotionally disturbed children in Philadelphia to doing city wide surveys in Salinas, California. The jobs presented in this booklet…

Paraprofessional aides in education are used primarily to free teachers to perform the professional functions for which they are trained. The nine documents in this kit are the result of a nationwide survey of research and development findings and current practices in the use of paraprofessional aides. The subjects discussed in this report are:…

Twelve urban community action programs (CAP) were examined in depth to determine how each of them operationally defined community action and to evaluate their performance. The criteria used were: (1) a clear statement of purpose and programs consistent with that purpose; (2) strong independent leadership and a built-in evaluation and…

This was an empirical study of actual processes of change as they were induced and as they occurred in a number of Indian communities. The tools were: a questionnaire composed of a number of schedules prepared for this purpose; case studies of leaders and of action situations; case histories of community institutions; an attitude study; and an…

This paper is a description of action research in progress centered on the development of a School/Community Planning Team as a vehicle for long-range educational planning. At present, 10 teams exist which are composed of small groups of 6-12 persons including citizens, professional educators, and students. Each team is charged with the…

This working paper is the culmination of a number of meetings of the Task Force on the Community College with people in community colleges and their communities, as well as with people in noncollege communities, to obtain views regarding the nature of community colleges and the functions that they should perform in British Columbia. Special areas…

This report describes the proceedings and results of one part of a research project to determine the educational and public service needs of the service area of KOCE, a public UHF television station owned and operated by the Coast Community College District. Information resulting from meetings of 10 discussion panels--professional and white collar…

This document lists Pennsylvania Day Care consultants. The list was obtained as the result of a mail inquiry sent to members of several professional groups concerned with day care, early childhood education or treatment of preschool children. The list includes the name and address of each consultant, arranged into the following areas of expertise:…

There is valid criticism that contest debate practices constitute both a reality gap between contest debate and actual public communication, and a closed feedback loop among coaches, judges, and debaters. However, remedial and preventive action is possible if forensics directors are highly motivated to work within a broad program of communication…

Cable television has tremendous potential for human, social, and community development, but this cannot be achieved without planning, in which the needs of the community must be paramount. Both the politics of education and the quality of the educational process must be considered before suggesting futures for cable technology. A significant…

This document describes how a local district can prepare for the implementation of the community education concept. It proposes a planning system that utilizes community involvement in assessment, goal setting, and program design. Specific implementation strategies are presented. (Author/MLF)

Educational planners face a difficult task of providing quality education to large masses of urban students in the face of decreased revenues, soaring costs, shifting populations, and changing educational programs. Project Simu-School is intended to provide an action-oriented organizational and functional framework necessary for tackling the…

This exposition of the activities of school administrators and teachers for uniting the school and community presents career education as a new system of public education. Basic changes suggested in the organizational and administrative structure of local education agencies focus on the following requirements: (1) a director of school-community…

The Choctaw Bilingual Education Program is a plan operating in 4 public school systems in Oklahoma to expand the educational opportunities of Choctaw children. The 4 major program components are inservice workshops, an inservice instructional program in the public schools, parental and community involvement, and a 5-year master's-level…