The Retired Senior Volunteer Program was established to help older Americans avail themselves of opportunities for voluntary service in their communities. Aspects of the program covered in this report include: administration, financing, program development, organization, Standards, recruitment, training and supervision of volunteers, resource…

This report describes the internship scheme in Jamaica as a terminal experience following a period spent in the teacher's college acquiring substantive knowledge of the profession. Program emphasis is placed on laboratory and field experience as well as technical competence. Major features of internship include the development of a Teaching…

This resource manual contains 424 resumes of available literature which will assist: (1) teacher-educators who are preparing teachers to work with disadvantaged learners, (2) state and local supervisors who are working to improve the effectiveness of local education agency personnel, and (3) teachers as they strive to improve their programs. The…

Ten issues of the newsletter "Techniques for Teachers of Adults" are reproduced in this handbook. The 10 chapters are as follows: I. Teaching Adults Is Different . . . or Is It?; II. Underprivileged--or Underestimated; III. Planning Is Suddenly the "In" Thing; IV. Helping Your Students Develop Self-Confidence; V. Reading Is Basic; VI. Learning Is…

The seventh document in an eight-part series on a task-based management system for special education programs reported the goals and objectives of the project, evaluation techniques employed, and project recommendations and conclusions. The project's stated goal was the development of a process for managing special education resources (staff,…

A set of procedures were developed which assist in structuring tasks and objectives in a manner to permit rational decision making. The model uses a jury of experts to rank various objectives and program processes in terms of their importance. Values are generated which relate to costs in the form of a utility-cost ratio. The model was tested in a…

The results of a mental health and mental retardation educational program were reported for the period January 1969 to June 1970. The objectives were to foster and enhance public awareness, interest, and concern for mental health and mental retardation; to inform the population of the services available to meet immediate needs; to educate the…

Nine papers illustrate the management considerations that arise in programmatic research and development in education and indicate how these considerations have been handled in one situation. (Author)

Six studies and an overview focus on the amount and character of the violence portrayed on television (TV), the circumstances and milieu in which this violent fare is created, and the formal and informal influences which affect the selection and prohibition of TV content. The overview serves as an introduction to the six studies and summarizes…

This booklet, the Spanish version of SE 014 817, is a guide for teachers and resource managers who are interested in establishing National Environmental Study Areas (NESA) or interested in receiving NESA recognition for their on-going environmental study area programs. It outlines the characteristics and procedures of the program; the nature,…

This booklet, the French version of SE 014 817, is a guide for teachers and resource managers who are interested in establishing National Environmental Study Areas (NESA) or interested in receiving NESA recognition for their on-going environmental study area programs. It outlines the characteristics and procedures of the program; the nature,…

Guidelines for a program for recruiting distributive education teacher-coordinators are developed in this study. In determining the content of the recruiting program, the study focused on the roles and responsibilities of the various participants in the process: local teacher-coordinators, teacher educators, and state supervisory staff. A…

Sometimes called "halfway houses," the residential centers provide correctional services needed in the transition of selected offenders from prison terms to productive roles in society. Their task includes building solid ties between the offender and the community, integrating him into community life, restoring family ties, and obtaining…

During the 1969-70 and the 1970-71 fiscal years, Florida's public community colleges engaged in 796 staff and program development (SPD) activities. These activities included curriculum development, equipment acquisition, workshops, conferences, institutes, sabbaticals, extended study, professional leave, and institutional visitations. This report…

Guidelines and procedures which Texas Agricultural Extension Service personnel may use in working with local people in planning and carrying out county programs are provided in this handbook. The program building process is based on the philosophy that people have both the desire and ability to plan and carry out educational programs. The handbook…