The organizational dimension of participation is relevant to planning organizations as well as to service organizations. In this case the organizational output is not direct services but the production of specific plans and proposals. The objective of group participation is to establish plans which call for maximum benefits for a particular…

The purpose of this study was to survey and analyze biographical data of the directors of adult education in Canadian public school systems, and the perceptions held by directors and superintendents across Canada of the goals of adult education and the functions of directors of adult education. The analysis consisted primarily of determining the…

This document details a semiautomated PPB system developed in an ESEA Title III project, Intermediate Unit Planning Study, for use in Pennsylvania (see EA 002 750). Two semiautomated versions were developed, both dependent for calculation on the use of electronic data processing equipment. This is a documentation manual for the first of these…

Educational management programs have planned outcomes that can be achieved through alternative routes. Methods-means selection is a systematic approach to choosing the most favorable route. "Methods" refer to the specific strategies and "means" refer to the actual resources and personnel used to carry out the chosen method. This systems analysis…

The rationale for establishing a migrant student program and a description of innovative programs are contained in this report of the statewide migrant project in New Mexico for fiscal year 1968. The program, representing the first major attempt at providing compensatory education services for New Mexico's migrant students, was initiated in the…

Planning-Programing-Budgeting systems (PPBS) provide the means for formulating more precise curricular objectives and coordinating curricular-fiscal planning within education. At the core of PPBS is the program budget that reports programs to be accomplished and allocates expenditures in terms of objectives relating to student achievement rather…

The Adult Education Project, conducted for four years at what is now the Vigo County Public Library, Terre Haute, Indiana, was an attempt to discover what could be done to improve a community's informal adult education programs by adding a doctorate-level adult educator to the staff of the public library and by making his services available to the…

Intended for prospective members of the new Distributive Industrial Training Board in Great Britain, this training guide concentrates on managerial functions in retailing; the selection of trainees; the planning of in-company and external training programs; scheduling and continuity of training; roles of training personnel; and the use of various…

There are eight areas which require attention in planning for state implementation of performance-based teacher education (PBTE): (a) initiation action, (b) goal statement formulation, (c) state role identification, (d) certification pattern design, (e) delivery system structure, (f) support mechanism organization, (g) regulation changes…

Developed by the Authentic Basic Life-Centered Education Model Program (ABLE), the teacher's guide to the development, production and direction of elementary school career education projects offers flexible guidelines rather than a "script" or kit. It suggests that major themes emphasize concern for values and careers as dimensions for human…

To serve the various interests and needs of those in the West Valley Community College District, Mission College is planned as a responsive, humane, and open organization offering diverse programs and excellent services. The learning program will be based on postulates that involve: (1) student-faculty interaction; (2) teaching and community…

Presented is a description of a K-12 interdisciplinary design for environmental education programs developed by the Division of Curriculum of the Indiana system of public instruction. The publication is designed to assist administrators and their teaching staffs in developing meaningful environmental education curricula and related activities…

The report briefly summarizes the steps taken to develop a basic training program for driver improvement analyst. Various enroute analytical products are appended including training requirements analysis, the course outline, organization of training modules, and training objectives. Recommendations for further efforts are also presented. (Author)

An overview of contemporary ideas regarding in-service vocational-technical education is presented in brief outline. In-service education is defined (as a "planned, goal-directed change process") and guidelines for planning, organizing, and conducting in-service education, consistent with the definition, are given. Key points are reiterated and…

The development of reading programs by publishers traditionally began with the selection of a qualified team of authors and consultants who then worked with editors in the research, development, and writing of a program. Another approach now emerging begins instead with the identification of learning needs, the specification of outcomes, and the…