Critics of Early Field Experience (EFE) for preservice teachers have cited a need for shifting focus away from logistical questions (e.g., quantity of time spent in the field, legal questions, administrative schedules) and toward promoting a critically meaningful educational experience for preservice teachers. This paper describes an EFE at…

One model that can serve as a guide for developing a reading program and for making necessary refinements to meet the specific needs of the school system served divides the stages of development into three phases. The first phase, program organization, deals with planning, implementing, and maintaining the program. In other words the first phase…

A research project was designed to develop and validate instrumentation and procedures for a comprehensive internal and external evaluation of Wisconsin's Vocational, Technical and Adult Education Field/Community Services programs. A review of evaluation literature pertaining to adult and continuing education, the identification of statewide…

In the first part of this cost-analysis of National Science Foundation (NSF) institutes, the financing of the University of Wyoming Portal School Project is described and expenditures and outcomes of the program for the years 1971-1974 are estimated. The average cost of the project to the NSF was $1.30 per teacher participation hour. The cost of…

An inservice model for school personnel was designed and used in 181 school systems in Kentucky. The model consists of seven time-specific phases and four generic activities that apply to each of the phases. The time phases are: (1) preliminary planning; (2) needs assessment; (3) goal and objective setting; (4) task, activity, and resource…

This evaluation profiles the population and studies the recidivism rate for Florida's three community-based, residential group treatment (GT) programs for juvenile delinquents not requiring the more intensive security and isolation of the state's training schools. Other ERIC documents describe the smaller (serving 7-25 youths) positive peer…

Designed to serve as an introduction to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) for agencies serving the handicapped, this guide analyzes the CETA process and suggests ways in which CETA funds can be used to help handicapped persons achieve their vocational potential. After giving a brief history and overview of the legislation, the…

The Experiences and research data in this volume result from the authors' involvement in Corpsmember Training Institutes (CMTIs) and Pilot Trainer Workshops (PTWs) established to train teacher interns beginning their Teacher Corps internship. Six articles are presented on: administration of short-term instructional programs, workshop design,…

The Teacher Corps has been directed to put a greater focus on demonstration, documentation, institutionalization, and dissemination of the results of Teacher Corps projects. This report deals with program policy alternatives for improving the dissemination of project-developed products, practices, and processes to educational agencies and…

The juvenile diversion program, Special Emphasis Memphis-Metro Youth Diversion Project, is described. The following areas of concern are addressed: (1) the juvenile justice system in Memphis prior to diversion; (2) project philosophy and community support-building efforts; and (3) implementation efforts therough the juvenile court, community…

The Transition Room Program of the Pittsburgh Schools was defined and evaluated by the staff, the administration, and a program evaluator from the Office of Research. The definition included general objectives, anticipated outcomes, student criteria and characteristics, staff qualifications and functions, media, student activities, and staff…

The high school language laboratory is approached from the standpoint of (1) planning for the laboratory facilities, (2) the function of equipment in relation to student learning activities, and (3) operation of the laboratory facilities. Considered in the section on planning are laboratory rationale, place in the school program, methods and…

Approved under the Migratory Amendment to the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act's Title I, 10 educational programs, designed to allow flexibility in the placement of children as they progressed, were implemented in Pennsylvania during 1974. The 928 children participating in these migrant programs were identified and recruited by social…

This publication of Title I in Ohio is stated to provide a summary of activities for fiscal 1973-74 school year and the summer that followed. Each year since 1966, most school districts in Ohio have conducted Title I programs for eligible students, who, for various reasons, have fallen behind their classmates in reading or mathematics. In some…

This document reports on the formalization of objectives, progress, and priorities of the five-year-plan of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Oklahoma. The document presents a rationale and criteria for program planning based on the three major national conferences of the Speech Communication Association--The Wingspread…