This study was conducted to obtain information about volunteers' preferences for various recognition techniques. A survey of volunteers in 13 cultural arts, non-profit agencies located within the Minneapolis/St. Paul (Minnesota) area was taken during August and September, 1981. Of 212 questionnaires returned, 207 (approximately 72 percent of the…

Written primarily for founders and coordinators of citizen advocacy (CA) programs for the developmentally disabled, the manual provides practical tips on how to establish and administer a CA program. Part 1 (six chapters) gives an overview of citizen advocacy and tells how to start a CA program--how to assess community support, find a sponsor,…

Evaluation of parent involvement in the following ten early childhood programs in the Philadelphia school district is presented: (1) Child Care (CC); (2) Head Start (HS); (3) Parent Nursery (PN); (4) Get Set (GS); (5) Durham Child Development Center (DCD); (6) Preschool Child Development Project (PCD); (7) Original Follow Through (OFT); (8) Follow…

AN EXPLANATION OF HOW CHILDREN CAN BE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, AND, IF POSSIBLE, TO PLACES AROUND THE WORLD IS PRESENTED. SERVICES IN THE SCHOOL COULD BE PROMOTED SUCH AS DISTRIBUTING MILK AND COLLECTING MONEY, STARTING A CLASS NEWSPAPER, PROMOTION CLEANLINESS, DECORATING THE SCHOOL, HELPING WITH AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS,…

This is the first phase in a continuing study of the role of paraprofessionals in New York State, exclusive of New York City, with 667 school districts being asked for information on the types of services, qualifications, age, training, work hours, financial support, and general acceptance. Ninety-four percent of the questionnaires were completed,…

This document is a handbook for those participating in the School Volunteer Program of the Dade County Public Schools. It offers tips for attitude orientation, maps, lists of participating schools, procedures and policies of the program, and job descriptions of all jobs open to the school volunteer. Tasks are described for assistants in arts and…

The purpose of the study is to broaden the enlisted recruiting market, especially for high school graduates and describe measures to complete or expedite actions initiated by ASD (M and RA) (Assistant Secretary of Defense Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and the military services and to take additional actions to enhance recruiting. (Author)

During the second semester of the 1971-72 school year, a pilot effort was initiated to use Eastern Airlines personnel as volunteer teachers. With the assistance of Eastern Airlines Officials and the Dade County Public Schools Division of Instruction, six community schools in the Northeast, North Central and South Central districts were opened to…

The first part of this guide for a volunteer library workers' workshop is entitled "Committee and Chairman's Guide." It discusses the purpose and objectives of a workshop, basic planning steps, and the personnel needed for the workshop. The second part, "Group Leader's Guide" contains discussions of teaching adults, working…

A representative spectrum of voluntary organizations in the field of adult education is contained in this directory. Criteria for an organization's listing were (1) attendance at the adult education Galaxy Conference in 1969, (2) membership in the Coalition of Adult Education Organizations, (3) the existence of adult and continuing education as a…

The new system of recruitment of student assistants at the William Howard Taft High School LRC in Chicago is to select entering freshmen students with high scholastic standing and assign them positions. Incentives are offered to keep their interest. (MBR)

Describes a spelling clinic which proved effective with a voluntary group of college students who were poor spellers. (DD)

Both volunteer and nonvolunteer subjects were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the choice condition, subjects were led to believe that they had a choice, and in the second condition subjects were denied the choice of treatment. Volunteer subjects who were given a choice significantly valued the treatment more. (Author)