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Seppanen, Patricia S. – 1990
Three case studies of interorganizational arrangements between public school districts and a college/university are used to illustrate how a state higher education agency (the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education) promoted voluntary, lateral relationships to strengthen local school educational programs. A within-case analysis…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) provides financial assistance to state (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to meet special educational needs under the same formula that governed the allocation of Title I funds. The guidance in this document only pertains to the Chapter 1 program that provides…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compliance (Legal), Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disabilities
Smorodin, Calla, Comp. – 1985
This booklet is designed to acquaint teachers with mathematics skills tested on the High School Proficiency Test in New Jersey. Included is the report of the mathematics committee which helped develop the test; the listing of the mathematics skills tested; the description of the conditions and context in which each skill is assessed; the actual…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Guidelines, Junior High School Students
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1981
A model is presented for developing a comprehensive building plan to improve student performance. The goal-planning process provides a 3- to 5-year written plan identifying major school goals, objectives, activities, resources, evaluation criteria, and monitoring methods. The process ensures ownership of the plan by the teachers and principal of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Committees, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Lee, Barbara A. – 1986
This chapter addresses developments concerning faculty tenure, examines institutional responses to new pressures and the litigation by faculty over those reponses, and explores faculty and administration rights and responsibilities. Academic administrators have realized that the reappointment, tenure, and promotion processes are an opportunity to…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Contracts, Court Litigation
South Australia Education Dept., Adelaide. – 1981
Complementing existing regulations, this policy statement for South Australian schools presents educational goals and priorities for the decade and general implications for classroom, curriculum, and resource allocation. Background discussion covers factors influencing recent developments in South Australian education, a summary of the role of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Mintz, Elaine; And Others – 1975
This is the fifth in a series of publications to help teachers use a mathematics laboratory approach in the elementary school. It provides 64 activities, developed by teachers and field-tested in classrooms. It is designed to be used with any basic mathematics program, as a stimulant to encourage teachers to use their imagination to develop…
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry
Bentley, Di, Comp. – 1987
This publication is one in a series of 12 giving the recommendations that were made for a broad and balanced education program in science for young people. This guide covers some basic questions about health education as viewed by science teachers, gives suggestions and recommendations for how science teachers might plan their contribution to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
O'Connell, Patricia – 1986
The results of a 1985 survey of members of the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted are presented. The survey was designed to portray the status of gifted education across the nation. Responses are presented (largely in table form) from members representing 48 states and the District of Columbia on three major topic areas (sample…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Gifted
Skobjak, Bernadette; And Others – 1985
A revised user manual for the Planning, Budgeting, and Monitoring (PBM) process of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is presented. The logical development of NTID's tactical, one-year planning process is outlined, along with activities (e.g., interdivisional planning) and products (e.g., mission profile). For each chapter,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Check Lists, College Administration
Swift, Doug – 1985
Addressing the problems of recruiting and retaining qualified teachers for small and rural schools, this digest outlines improvements that could be made by teacher education programs, state education agencies, school superintendents, and teachers themselves. Suggested guidelines for teacher education programs stress nontraditional approaches that…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. Office of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1985
The Utah social studies curriculum for grades K-12 is divided into three levels: K-6, 7-8, and 9-12. For K-6, mastery of core concepts is required; for grades 7-8, 1.5 units of United States History and Utah studies are required; and for grades 9-12, three units of world cultural geography, ancient world civilizations, European history, United…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Economics Education
Zeit, Alois – 1984
A redesign of the basic foreign language courses at the University of Michigan--Flint, stimulated by a need for improved enrollment and retention and for more language majors, had the result of improving faculty cooperation and teaching. Before the curriculum development effort, the program reflected individual faculty preferences and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Cooperation, Coordination
New York State Library, Albany. – 1984
This annual report on the comprehensive 5-year program for the enhancement of library services in New York State (1) provides a benchmark for the continuing planning, development, and evaluation of state library services; (2) summarizes the objectives, policies, and programs undertaken for the improvement of those services; (3) serves as a guide…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Improvement, Library Networks, Library Planning
Collier, Carol; And Others – 1985
Focusing on the existing organization of the collection development activities at the University of Wyoming Library, this task force report examines the staffing and functions of the Collection Development and Acquisitions Departments, the Collection Development Committee, the subject specialist/college academic department liaison program,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, College Faculty, College Libraries, Committees
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