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Download full textKleiman, Stanley; Haley, Frances – 1972
In the one-day annual Fair, students from junior and senior high schools in Dade County participate in a variety of activities including displays, slide shows, plays, films, debates, and a college bowl competition. The events provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in the social studies and exchange ideas with…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Exhibits, Interdisciplinary Approach, School Community Relationship
Peer reviewedSouth, Oron – Education and Urban Society, 1976
Describes that nature of organizational development in this district and provides background information. By the close of the 1975-76 school year the district will have moved from a district centered to a school-based management system. (AM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decentralization, Diffusion, Educational Facilities Design
Carr, Gail Hornsby – 1985
A survey of 400 randomly selected Florida vocational educators was conducted to determine their attitudes toward educational change and how flexible they are. The teachers received a three-part form which was intended to measure demographics, innovativeness-flexibility, and attitude toward innovation. Approximately 330 questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Katz, Douglas S. – 1982
This report describes four projects designed to expand the use of volunteers to improve vocational education in urban areas. Following an introduction, four sections look at the 12-month projects in Albuquerque, Philadelphia, Dade County (Florida), and Chicago that field tested a handbook for the design, implementation, and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Elmendorf, John – 1975
This basic aim of this paper is to explore and describe how the results of experimentation are transmitted from the "laboratory" campus to other campuses and to propose ways of improving and expanding the dissemination process. Chapters cover: (1) New College as a model, (2) "new" elements in New College's program, (3) the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Educational Experiments, Educational Policy, Experimental Colleges
Handleman, Chester – 1975
In recent years there has been much controversy about how best to accommodate the heterogeneous academic abilities of student bodies in community colleges. In order to ascertain faculty members' attitudes on this subject, a random sample of instructors on the central campus of Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida were asked to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Strategies
COGSWELL, JOHN F. – 1966
AN OVERVIEW WAS PRESENTED OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF A NUMBER OF INNOVATIVE ASPECTS OF THE NOVA HIGH SCHOOL IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. NOVA IS PART OF A COMPLEX PLANNED TO INCLUDE GRADES K THROUGH 12. STUDENTS MUST APPLY TO ATTEND NOVA AND ARE SELECTED PRIMARILY ON THE RELATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE TO MEASURES OF APTITIDE. VOCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Background, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities
Thomas, Hollie; Schmidt, Mark – Online Submission, 1999
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a difference between the perceptions of district vocational directors and high school building administrators concerning the willingness of vocational educators to make changes in their programs. (Methodology) A mailed survey was sent to 67 district directors of vocational…
Descriptors: Principals, Vocational Directors, High Schools, Vocational Education Teachers
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1974
This document provides information about the development of a quality control procedure that adds a new capability to program management. The procedure, the Standardized Educational Program Audit (SEPA), is being developed by the Florida Department of Education for use with Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III development projects. This…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedLovett, Marcelle C.; Walzak, David P. – T.H.E. Journal, 1997
Explains how a regional community-corporate partnership in Florida addressed recommendations for reducing violence among middle school students through an innovative distance education learning project on conflict resolution. Highlights include virtual field trips; components for teachers and for parents; and project evaluation and results. (LRW)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Distance Education, Field Trips, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedGreathouse, Betty; Sparling, Saundra – Childhood Education, 1993
Examines the advantages and disadvantages of African-American male-only classes and schools, which are staffed mainly by African-American male teachers. Focuses on attempts to create such institutions in Detroit, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Dade County, Florida. (MDM)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Institutions, Black Students, Black Teachers
Peer reviewedMiller, Jennifer; Dore, Martha M. – Child Welfare, 1991
Examines four innovative staff training programs in Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, and Washington: four states with varying human service traditions and social needs. Maintains that those involved with the design and development of child protective services training programs should take into account the significant strides made by these four programs.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Human Services
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1995
The 1994 Florida Legislature has continued the shift to local decision making and flexibility by repealing many education statutes and extending the system of statutory waivers and abeyances until July 1, 1995. Many schools and school districts have applied and been approved for waivers over the last 2 years and others have implemented innovative…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Dignan, Patricia J.; Schelkun, Ruth – 1988
Educators concerned with effectiveness outcomes have become increasingly involved with participative organizational and teaching practices designed to improve school climate. Since schools have traditionally emphasized "top down" management and decision-making procedures, few school districts have the experience or expertise to develop…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Innovation, Interpersonal Competence
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Early Childhood and Elementary Education Section. – 1985
Guidelines for evaluation of school programs in the State of Florida are presented. The purpose of evaluation is to modify the content and method of instruction, provide information to decision-makers and the public, provide feedback to participants, and determine criteria for program success. The optimal evaluation design for either innovative or…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Formative Evaluation
