This Program of Instruction (POI) provides a trained "Specialist in Continuing Education" (SCE) with a series of tested activities and alternatives that he may utilize in a 6-week training program or in various programs in his local situation. In their own professional situations, the SCE's trainees also might find some or all of this material…

This conference report deals with the roles and objectives of adult basic education in manpower development; educational personnel and technology; educational innovation; and special problems in teaching disadvantaged adults. Office of Education activities involving regional university resource specialists are described, as is the learning center…

Step-by-step guidelines are provided for the planning and implementation of inservice workshops and conferences for persons working and/or interested in the library/media field. Along with the descriptions of many existing programs, suggestions are made for possible topics, materials, and formats for the training of a variety of personnel:…

As the Head Start program has matured, the need to establish a comprehensive Career Development Program has become increasingly apparent. Job openings for personnel from program assistants to professionals, created and sustained by Head Start funding, are considered by DHEW administrators as critically important to provide employment and…

Issued by the National Air Pollution Control Administration (NAPCA), this directory covers program and course offerings through the Institute for Air Pollution Training (IAPT), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Officers of the Triangle Universities (Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State) Consortium on Air Pollution are listed first,…

After outlining the advantages of individualizing instruction through the use of learning laboratories, this book describes the physical facilities needed in a laboratory and stresses the crucial role of the laboratory coordinator, who must be a counselor, test administrator, tutor or teacher, supervisor, bookkeeper, and curriculum specialist. A…

Five regional training institutes were held in the spring of 1972 to develop a cadre to teach the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration curriculum package, "Basic Training Program for Breath Examiner Specialist." Emphasis of the institutes was on the development of teaching skills, rather than breath testing skills. Enrollees…

Appendixes to a study of the effectiveness of Peace Corps volunteers in agriculture who are AB generalists (individuals with a bachelor of arts degree in English, liberal arts, or social science) are contained in this document. Section 1 contains a glossary of terms used in the study. Section 2 describes the study's methodology and includes the…

One of 15 core modules in a 22-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists (VECS), this guide is intended for use by both instructor and student in a variety of education environments, including independent study, team teaching, seminars, and workshops, as well as in more conventional classroom settings. The guide…

This discussion of women's leadership styles is based on a description of the activities of a group of female media professionals, librarians, and educators who were responsible for planning and operating a school library system as part of the New York State library network. (CLB)

Describes a survey of accredited library schools' current education for children's, young adult, and school librarianship. Data and results are presented for course offerings, enrollment, faculty teaching responsibilities and research activities, and continuing education programs, and the findings are related to recent concerns about a lack of…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units in art, music, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, and evaluation and follow-up…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including reading and language arts and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, and evaluation and follow-up activities are…

Communication with the entire educational team and school community about the benefits to expect if a school library media specialist has the opportunity to fulfill his or her professional responsibility is critical. The school library media specialist can then develop objectives based on school needs and be evaluated on the outcomes. (EM)

Summarizes factors which make delivery of human services extremely difficult in Micronesia, noting problems of geographic distance and isolation and cultural and linguistic diversity. Presents a plan for providing services to persons with communication disorders using a speech-language pathologist and an audiologist with doctorates to supervise…