APPROXIMATELY 160 PROFESSIONAL BOOKS AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES FOR USE IN PLANNING AND CONDUCTING SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR UNDER THE SUBJECTS--(1) RATIONALE FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS, (2) PROGRAM PLANNING, (3) IMPROVING PHYSICAL FACILITIES, (4) TEACHING RESOURCES, (5) FILES AND STORAGE, (6) FFA ACTIVITIES, (7) PUBLIC…

The expansion of developmental reading programs into the secondary grades requires qualified and trained secondary reading teachers . This need is presently being met by local school districts through the operation of inservice training programs. The following observations of these programs are reported: (1) the secondary reading program is now…

Investigated were the participants of Summer Institutes in Science and Mathematics at the University of Idaho and their subsequent educational and professional stature, occupational mobility, ability to initiate change in the curriculums of the schools in which they taught, and reactions to the social and academic climate which prevailed at the…

During the 1974-75 school year, the North Carolina migrant program's priorities were program continuity; regular school term and summer programs for interstate and intrastate migrant children; staff development activities; Migrant Student Record Transfer System; migrant education program support team; and mobile vocational instructional program.…

This report discusses the goals, procedural format, and outcomes of a summer research training institute conducted by the Bureau of Educational Research and Testing Services at the University of New Hampshire. Trainees at the institute studied (1) the problems inherent in evaluating the particular educational problem with which the trainee was…

Purposes of the study were (1) to establish evaluative procedures which could be applied to Project Opportunity programs and other national projects designed to aid rural disadvantaged youth and (2) to evaluate the Project Opportunity 1968 summer program in Nelson County, Virginia, in terms of its stated objectives. Aims of the Nelson County…

Reported are the results of a workshop designed to instruct college teachers and science consultants in "Science - A Process Approach" and "Science Curriculum""Improvement Study" curricula. One of the objectives of the workshop was to influence participants to promote these curricula and initiate change. This report…

The preschool education program that the Appalachia Educational Laboratory is currently testing and developing takes on four dimensions: a daily television program designed for home viewing; a home visitation program during which the parent has weekly personal contact with someone from the project; a mobile classroom which visits the children's…

A report is given of Project Alpine, two summer pilot programs in outdoor education sponsored by the Mesa Public Schools of Arizona. The report outlines the duties of camp personnel and includes an instruction sheet used by camp counselors. Various activities held for the campers (boys and girls from both upper elementary and secondary grades) are…

The projects discussed include the planned Summer Enrichment and Instruction Project for 1968 which is reported in great detail. Proposals (1) for a Project POET, Preparation of English Teachers, which is a summer in-service training program for teachers of English as a second language, (2) for the 1968 Summer Physical Fitness Project, and (3) for…

The major purposes of the summer reading program of the Falconer School, funded through ESEA Title I, were (1) to provide remedial assistance in reading to students, and (2) to provide a setting for staff innovation. Individualized instruction was central to the program in which new materials, techniques, and learning conditions were tried. The…

This report, divided into four parts, includes the documents from the Summer Institute that have undergone revision and the additional papers that were written on the history of school reform and on school administration. Each paper sets forth an analysis of its subject in terms of the literature and the reflections of the author. The purpose of…

Project Unidos is an E.S.E.A. Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural program in Riverside County, California. The project is responsible for the organization and administration of inservice and preservice programs for approximately 43 certified teachers and 43 classified instructional assistants. This is the final evaluation report on a series of summer…

This paper reports on a Right to Read summer workshop held for selected classroom teachers. The objectives of the workshop were to provide the teachers with new reading related concepts, techniques, and materials so they could return to their own schools and share their knowledge and attitudes with other teachers. A total of 30 teachers…

This report concerns the present status of the Kansas Right to Read plan of action. Two years of activities are discussed--the 1971 summer workshop, evaluation of the first year's program (1971-72), and the 1972 summer workshops. Thirty classroom teachers took part in the one week summer workshop in 1971. This workshop was designed by the State…