Offers step-by-step guidelines for creating effective team work in a workplace basic skills program, including preplanning, determining worker skills, developing curriculum, evaluating, and reporting the results. (JOW)

Paul Stevens' model of career development--a holistic approach to work and personal life as the components of a career--was adapted for use at Australian Guarantee Corporation. The strategy included internal promotion, use of focus groups to identify staff issues, pilot workshops, executive support, linkage with other human resource functions, and…

Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools serves its gifted students through full-time, pull-out, and off-campus programs. This paper describes early programs made possible through state aid; the population's current ethnic mix; types of full-time programs (regional magnet centers, academic centers, and the international baccalaureate program); and plans…

The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, as a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, engages in educational innovation in secondary school programs for the gifted. The academy is described, focusing on strategic planning, student admissions, academic programs, student…

One Louisiana school system's development of a program to provide a differentiated curriculum for gifted preschoolers is described. The article focuses on student identification and placement; program structure; types of activities (games tables, free choice centers, individualized and whole group instruction); behavior management and motivation;…

This paper presents the Institute of Medicine model of the dynamic nature of the disabling process of both primary disabilities and secondary conditions, and the interaction of that process with risk factors and quality of life. The components of a comprehensive disability prevention program are discussed. (Author/JDD)

In an interview, Dorothy A. Durkin, a successful marketing specialist at a major university's school of continuing education, discusses her approach to marketing, specific strategies, and techniques for using and storing information. She offers five guiding principles for reaching prospects personally and persuasively. (MSE)

Describes procedures for organizing a practicum and internship program in counselor education. Issues discussed include the role of the coordinator; practicum and internship sites; orientation and application procedures; supervision; communication with sites, students, and supervisors; and liability insurance. Conclusion notes that additional…

Includes "Keys to Successful Tech Prep Programs" (Cahill); "Tech Prep Systems for the Twenty-First Century--The Power of Process" (Key, Key); and "Indiana Tech Prep Pilot" (Hoke, Suba). (JOW)

Offers questions to guide both initial and ongoing development of a computer writing lab. Discusses ways mobile workstations (consisting of a computer, printer, overhead, and a LCD projection unit) will extend the writing lab. (SR)

Older women's economic, social, and personal resources are more vulnerable, which the predominantly leisure-oriented perspective of older adult education does not address. Education for older women should help foster social and political identity, develop economic equity, and negotiate later-life transitions. (SK)

Instructional design for older adult programs must emphasize relevance to personal goals, account for learning style differences, minimize time requirements, avoid stressful evaluation techniques, include practice and participation, have appropriately paced sequence, and involve a comfortable, well-lit environment. (SK)

This article describes a Des Moines (Iowa) program in which approximately 100 people or organizations have given 600 hours of time to gifted students. It identifies creative ways to use community resources, where to find community resources (professional organizations, service clubs, school staff, retired persons, parents, students, and…

The department chair's responsibilities for program planning and development are discussed, embracing three broad areas: conception and development of new projects, application and inclusion of projects in the department's course of study, and cultivation of agreement and support within the wider college community. (LB)

Considerations in designing a standard health care benefits package as a part of national health care reform are discussed. Specific features examined include deductibles, employer contributions, regional variations, cost management techniques such as managed care and higher copayments, annual out-of-pocket maximums, and lifetime benefit maximums.…