The document comprises a transportable performance-based model for preparing occupational education leaders/administrators. Based on a graduate program developed and implemented at Illinois State University at Normal and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, the model's taxonomy consists of seven broad performance areas: (1) program planning…

This booklet presents a model for use by any size or type of school district in developing an affirmative action plan. The model is intended to give districts a clear idea of what affirmative action requires and what type of program must be implemented for affirmative action to be successful. Separate sections of the booklet discuss numerical…

A case study in career advancement in the community action agency in Suffolk County, New York, presents information on demography, economics, institutional resources, minority groups, political structure, funded programs, and the agency's background, as well as on the problems, objectives, benefits, activities, and strengths and weaknesses of the…

The master's thesis is directed toward compiling information regarding recruitment and training of bilingual teachers, with particular emphasis on teachers of Mexican Americans. It establishes a rationale for bilingual teacher education programs and inservice education. The study answers questions about (1) the responsbility for staff development,…

In planning a reorganization of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service by re-grouping counties, a statewide study of home economics education was made to determine the audience for the programs, methods by which audiences were reached, and differences between members of homemakers clubs and nonmembers. Interviews were held with a 5% random…

Part of an experiment in adult basic education (ABE) in students' homes by volunteers of differing social and economic backgrounds, Project Homebound in Butte, Montana, was marked by a rise in student enrollment from 81 to 155 during the second quarter (October-December 1970) of its operation. Six certified teachers and consultants serving as team…

This book is planned to provide guidance for nurses in planning, conducting, and evaluating programs of continuing education; content is built on the collective experiences and thinking of a regional group of nurse educators engaged in developing a coordinated program for a large geographical area. After discussion of changing patterns of health…

Arguments are advanced for the inclusion of Latin in predominantly black, inner-city junior and senior high schools. Discussion of Latin offerings in these schools centers on principal and administrator attitudes, teacher recruitment, and student interest. Ways in which Latin can contribute to English skills, professional training, college…

This study analyzed factors in attracting and recruiting professional nurses into Massachusetts state service. Although Massachusetts had relatively many registered nurses (RN), 45% were inactive. Resulting shortages were great, especially in state hospitals. All agencies had high turnover, with impending staffing crises in some agencies because…

The purpose of this pilot program was to test a method of orienting and recruiting high school seniors as prospective industrial arts teachers. Students in grade 11 were identified by contacting administrators, guidance personnel, and industrial arts teachers in 35 Virginia high schools. From these contacts 48 students from 13 schools were…

A review is presented of books, articles, papers, and brochures from the period 1948-67 that deal with, or are relevant to, the continuing education of clergymen. In the first section, problems with personal faith, the ministry of the Church, ministerial roles and tasks, and professional growth and learning are considered, together with pressures…

A specially designed questionnaire was given to teenage urban Indians at a dance held for them in Minneapolis to determine the number who were "College Aspirants" (CA) or "Non-College Aspirants" (NCA) along with their preferences and characteristics. It was found that out of 135 usable responses, 95 were interested in attending…

This industrial training handbook covers the following areas: preparatory considerations; training methods and techniques; training for specific functions; and established organizations. Part I examines the extension and re-designing of technical colleges since the 1920's and the present integration of the work of colleges with the needs of…

This book reports a 2-year program of recruiting, selecting, training, and developing job opportunities for 168 youth, primarily Negro, from the inner-city ghetto areas of Washington, D.C. Part 1 overviews the project which was designed to provide jobs and income to the young, multiproblem, unemployed poor, and to fill unmet needs for staff and…

Included are articles on the status of physical education for the retarded, the visually handicapped, the hearing impaired, and the emotionally disturbed. Concepts in research and demonstration needs in physical education and recreation for the physically handicapped are presented. Papers consider the status of recreation for the handicapped as…