This training model is designed to assist education personnel and interested citizens in the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the attainment of sex equity in education. Workshop sessions are designed for administrators, Title IX coordinators, school board members, teachers, counselors, vocational education…

The stated purpose of this training plan manual is to assist the cooperative industrial education coordinator in determining the student's performance both in school and on the job in order that the student learner may reach his/her occupational goal. Major contents are training plans (lists of learning experiences and job tasks to be undertaken…

This publication chronicles the activities at the June 1977 conference sponsored by the Rhode Island Teacher Center to explore the teacher center model as a means of meeting staff development requirements of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The stated objectives of the conference were as follows: (1) to acquaint…

Designed to accompany the volume "The Secondary Resource Specialist in California--Promising Practices", the document presents the components of a program for training secondary resource specialists for mildly and moderately handicapped students. Covered are three training components, each including a listinq of objectives, reading…

The results of an informal survey of the characteristics, composition, capacity building needs and future directions of sixty Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese Mutual Assistance Associations (MAAs) are documented in this report. Included among the survey findings are the purposes, current achievements, and future goals of the associations,…

This paper describes the Developing Interculturally Skilled Counselors (DISC) project, a three year training program designed to assess and articulate the need for cross-cultural counseling skills. A review of existing inservice or pre-service training programs is presented that suggests these programs are narrow in their approaches and…

This guide is the participant workbook for the first in a series of instructor-assisted training modules for rehabilitation counselors, supervisors, and graduate students. This workbook for the first module focuses on basic intake interviewing skills consisting of: (1) systematic interview programming including attracting, planning and…

A perception of "faculty power" frequently expressed during consultant/consultee interactions is analyzed, and approaches to dealing with the perception and also meeting the consultation objectives are suggested. This commonly expressed perception is that faculty hold untested strength that should not be bothered, challenged, or antagonized. In a…

Comprehensive schools are responsible for compulsory education for students from the ages of 6-16 in France. There is a trend to devolve administrative duties from the Central Ministry of Education to the "academies" or regional bodies and to delegate powers to the schools. The responsibilities of the headteacher include making detailed…

At The Ohio State University Hospitals Education and Training Department, a data-based strategic planning and coordinating model is being developed to ensure that the educational mission is responsive to the trends and forces affecting the hospital unit and individual productivity. This model is being implemented in order to attempt to meet the…

This article presents a methodological model that can be employed to conduct follow-up studies of preservice and inservice teacher training programs. The model first defines a training need by identifying "what should be" and "what is" in the knowledge, performance, and consequence (reaction to behavior) competencies of…

The intent of this manual is to provide counselors with essential background information about alcohol abuse among American Indians and with a practical, workable model for organizing and structuring a training program. The nature and extent of alcohol abuse among American Indians and the particular pattern of drinking behavior observable among…

The project involved 14 trainees who were employed by the Utah Migrant Council prior to their training with 8 trainers. Pre-determined by the basic job descriptions for the Health Specialist, the objectives dealt with two basic factors: trainee knowledge and trainee skills in performing specific tasks. Areas covered by the objectives were…

Virginia Western Community College (VWCC) has developed a peer helper training program based on a modular training design. A peer helper at VWCC is a student attending the college who has been trained and evaluated as being effective in specifically defined interpersonal helping relationships. Peer helpers provide services as an adjunct to those…

The purpose of this document is to establish the nation's overall need for biomedical and behavioral research personnel. Dealing with a limited analysis of the current situation rather than with projections, the document provides data, observations, statements of principle and recommendations. Chapter two described training programs -- their…