Based on actual experiences of 150 collaborative councils (including work-education and industry-education-labor councils), this handbook presents issues, questions, and examples that should be considered by anyone initiating collaboration between education organizations and the private sector. Chapter 1 overviews some community problem-solving…

The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) authorizes a variety of demonstration projects to explore different approaches to help youth complete high school and enter the world of work. This report discusses the issues that must be considered in designing action program approaches and outlines the knowledge development…

Since little attention has been given to defining a role for industry in the professional development of educators, the need exists for an administrative structure that facilitates jointly-sponsored in-service education with planning to identify participants, determine individual objectives and work stations, to supervise work experience, and to…

This 1977-78 report on Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title VII, programs in New York State presents information in the form of tables and listings and a map. The following information is included on the bilingual education programs: estimated number of pupils, amount awarded, years of service, and languages offered by region, project, city,…

A project was developed to create a training procedure for preparing persons with non-teaching professional degrees to become teachers of vocational agriculture/agribusiness. The project involved (1) surveying state supervisors of agricultural education to determine the utilization made of persons with non-teaching professional degrees as teachers…

Six papers exploring Project TREAT (an alternative for the treatment of emotionally disturbed children) are presented. The first "Project TREAT and the Memphis City Schools Mental Health Center" (J. Paavola). The paper outlines the services provided by the center and explores methods of classroom management used by the city schools along…

A curriculum examining various aspects of the Mexican American culture was designed for a training program conducted by the Texas Department of Public Welfare for its case workers and other personnel. Intended to heighten awareness of the cultural variables affecting the relationship of Mexican American clients to case workers and to the…

Use of radio for nonformal education and development communications and the technical and economic considerations related to radio services are covered in this second volume of case studies on use of radio for education and development. Under radio and nonformal education are: an evaluation of radio schools as part of the popular promotion…

A study was performed to determine (1) the characteristics of unassigned recipients in the Work Incentive (WIN) program; (2) what services are currently being offered to this group and what services they need to increase their employment potential; (3) the amount of time they spend in this status and the frequency of their movement in and out of…

The curriculum guide is designed to promote understanding of Irish Americans and their culture in their homeland and in America. It is part of a series of guides about ethnic groups in America and in Connecticut. Written for grades nine through 12, the material is adaptable for younger readers or adults. A 15-question quiz to test students'…

This evaluation of the Twin City Institute for Talented Youth, a summer program for gifted students in grades 9 through 12, consists of two parts: a description of the program; and the evaluators' assessments, including advocate and adversary reports. Achievement tests were not used for evaluation. Evaluative comments follow each segment of the…

This study attempts to evaluate the effects of special training for collegial supervision under the conditions of two types of organization development (OD) training within the multiunit school. The first type of OD intervention involved training for all the staff members of a multiunit school. The second was called group development (GD) and…

This volume, the fourth in a series of seven, contains the two learning modules which focus on the third Child Development Associate (CDA) competency, building positive self-concept and individual strength in young children, in the performance based curriculum of the Texas A & I Bilingual Bicultural Child Development Associate Training…

This document is the General Research Corporation (GRC) report on Task II, which called for the development of career fields for headquarters and regional positions of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Inspection and Enforcement (NRC/IE). GRC examined the data of Task I (development of qualifications requirements) for commonality of…

The recommendations are a product of the 19th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization held in Nairobi, Kenya in 1976. They are intended to help member states give effect to the stated principles. In abbreviated form, a few recommendations from the ten sections are (1) adult education must be seen…