If the youth services department is to receive its fair share of staff, equipment, respect, and funding, the youth services librarian must learn to express needs to the library director in terms of statistics, goals and objectives, and budget. (MES)

Discusses ways microcomputers can be used to create the single machine-readable record that will be used by an automated library system. The options described include in-house conversion, part in-house and part service bureau, and service bureau. Specific vendors' services are listed and pros and cons of various options are explained. (EM)

Three common evaluation models are the scientific, interactive, and hybrid. A study of evaluation projects mandated by the Wisconsin legislature revealed that the hybrid model was most effective in achieving policy planning and policy control utilization, the interactive approach provided aid to individual utilization, and the scientific approach…

Preproduction filmmaking for a college or university begins when the institution first discusses the idea. The process continues with developing ideas, forming a committee, focusing on the film's major points, doing research, interviewing, writing a script, and scheduling interview subjects and scenes that need to be shot. (MLW)

Presents factors crucial to the success of the combination classroom: planning, teacher selection, student selection, parent support, and schoolwide support. (MD)

This document, replacing a 1992 edition, offers administrative guidelines to assist in the implementation of Regent policy on academic planning and program review in the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. These guidelines provide information on the UW System: (1) planning in academic programs and academic support programs; (2) planning and…

These guidelines are designed for use by the vice chancellor, dean, department chair, and others involved in academic program planning and approval within the University of Wisconsin System. The full policy governing academic program planning and review is contained in another document, "Academic Planning and Program Review." The major…

DreamWeavers listen for the dreams within themselves and within others. The process of career counseling, career management coaching and career/life planning invites practitioners to consistently listen for the dreams, understand that dreams are visions and that visions guide us to action. This paper highlights how career practitioners are called…

Creating a survey that asks the right questions at a level appropriate for the intended audience is a difficult task. This guide is designed to support educators who want to be confident that the data they gather will be useful. The guide is organized according to the developmental steps in creating a survey. Individual chapters correspond to the…

Explains the owner-contractor relationship of construction management and the time and budgeting advantages it offers public educational agencies by dealing with only one firm. (MLF)

The family lifeline technique can assist in career and life planning. The method involves charting the lifeline of each family member against a line representing calendar years. Comparison of each member's educational and occupational progression provides valuable planning data. (SK)

Examines structure of curriculum guides and nature of teacher planning. Offers suggestions, along with considerations related to teacher influence in the classroom; implies specific topics and a method of organizing curriculum guides to make them more useful. (AH)

Offers 20 recommendations for administrators to follow in preparing for teacher evaluation conferences. (Author/WD)

An intramural gymnastic competition, if properly organized, can foster student and community interest in gymnastics. Aspects of organization and essential preplanning include: directing, judging, scoring, and managing. (JN)

Offers 12 ways in which a consultant can be used to attract, answer, and defuse concerns from employees, parents, students, and community members regardless of the reason the consultant was brought in. (Author/IRT)