This study evaluated public health workshops held at Orlando, Florida (September 25-26, 1969), and Baltimore (October 12-15, 1969), by means of responses from 115 physicians, social workers, administrators, attorneys, and other participants having legal and regulatory responsibilities in the public health field. The 20 point Kropp-Verner…

This book is planned to provide guidance for nurses in planning, conducting, and evaluating programs of continuing education; content is built on the collective experiences and thinking of a regional group of nurse educators engaged in developing a coordinated program for a large geographical area. After discussion of changing patterns of health…

Five basic assumptions underlie the effective application of the systems approach to educational management: (1) the purpose of an educational system; (2) the need for improvement in the educational programs of the 50 States; (3) the complexity of local and State educational programs; (4) the present nonsystematic management of most State,…

Presented is the 5-year (1974-1979) plan of Tennessee by the State Division of Mental Retardation. Changes in philosophy and service delivery to mentally retarded (MR) persons are discussed in terms of definition, causes, classification, and training for employment. Ways of helping MR persons are described in relation to previous efforts and new…

The original report on professional educators in vocational education is summarized briefly and the twelve recommendations are reported in full. They cover (1) State prerequisites for Federal funding, (2) interstate professional development programs, (3) active identification and recruitment of prospective vocational instructors from minority…

Rural education is confronted with new problems, responsibilities, and opportunities to contribute to the solution of major issues facing the United States. It is generally agreed that about 10 million rural people are poor and that they constitute one-third of the nation's economically disadvantaged. The paramount cause of present urban problems…

The major portion of this annual report is divided into 4 chapters: (1) Migrant Health: Background and Objectives; (2) The Migrancy Situation; (3) State Report and Regional Reports; and (4) A Look to the Future. Projects and activities of the central office and of the 3 regions discussed relate to such topics as health, education, employment,…

These extensive guidelines for integrated career education programs at the elementary level were developed by a regional coordinator, an elementary teacher, and an intermediate teacher at a 2-week regional workshop in western Kentucky. The ten chapters include: (1) a rationale for developing career awareness, (2) self-evaluation guidelines for the…

This publication suggests ways to use the treasure of places and things existing in the national parks, in schools, and in communities for effective programs in environmental education. The report begins with a discussion of the use of the school facility and site as a learning laboratory with pictures and text to illustrate how various schools…

The overall objective of the project was to train a group of highly selected teacher-trainers and master teachers in the theory and principles of ABE, who would, in turn, provide for the pre-service and inservice training of classroom teachers and teacher-aides through state and local community clinics and workshops. More than 70 participants took…

The Higher Education Administrators' Institute for Teacher Training in Adult Basic Education was established to provide leaders, deans, and department chairmen of teacher-training departments in colleges and universities in the U.S. with leadership knowledge and skills necessary to organize and conduct programs for training teachers in Adult Basic…

This paper focuses on decentralized and regionalized health professional education programs (D/R HPEPs) as a means of affecting the health manpower distribution problem. The discussion is intended to serve as background material for the development of a plan to evaluate D/R HPEPs. The ideas and observations presented are drawn from conference…

Data were gathered relevant to two components, professional staff and students, to identify and assess effective and/or ineffective practices and procedures in the second phase of a Regional Career Education Program conducted in eight Eastern Kentucky counties. The data base, collected in the 1974 study (Phase 1), was used to provide comparisons…

Discusses the development of Pennsylvania's Information Technology Education for the Commonwealth (ITEC) program, which was mandated by legislation in 1984. Describes some of the activities of the 14 Regional Computer Resource Centers (RCRCs) which were created by ITEC to provide computer education to Pennsylvania teachers. (TW)

Various cooperative regional delivery systems providing psychological services to rural schools are described: New York's Board of Cooperative Education Services; Pennsylvania's Intermediate Units; Regional Education Service Agency and Cooperative Educational Service Agency in Montana, Wisconsin, and West Virginia; New Hampshire's North Country…