A multivariate correlational study examined interrelationships among personal and contextual variables and early childhood administrators' willingness to implement computer technology. A total of 80 administrators of programs in the state of Illinois with a licensed capacity of 80 or more participated in the study. Dependent variables included…

The manuals and other materials described in this document were created for an inservice training program to assist educators in one school district in Evanston, Illinois to develop some common understanding about crucial integration issues. The program and the manuals were the products of a broadly based community commitment to make desegregation…

The authors describe the state-sponsored Illinois Vocational Instructor Practicum. This program provides financial support for teachers to spend up to eight weeks in a private sector position, allowing them to update their work when they return to the vocational education classroom. (CH)

Examines Illinois public school teachers' preparation to infuse environmental education concepts into their teaching and their attitudes toward environmental education and compares the findings with those from Wisconsin teachers. Findings indicate that teachers need more preservice and inservice training, have largely positive attitudes, but do…

This article describes how an early childhood education center in Peoria, Illinois, used physical educators as ongoing consultants/collaborators to develop a structured movement curriculum. Five interactive workshops for teachers provided training in movement principles and skills; individual consultations; and information on developmentally…

A project was conducted to (1) validate meat processing and grain elevator operation tasks for Illinois by relevant agricultural businesses, (2) conduct a national review of teaching materials in the target agribusiness areas, and (3) provide inservice training and develop a self-instruction, competency-based curriculum guide for Illinois…

This report of selected statistical data on various factors pertaining to occupational education in Illinois was compiled after a Vocational Education Study Committee of seventeen members assigned the task of developing a master plan for the preparation of personnel in occupational education discovered that the lack of necessary information made…

In this intervention study, training was found to increase the quality and extent of participation and accommodation documentation on the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of students with disabilities in three Illinois school districts. Correlations between what was documented on the IEP and what happened on testing day were highly variable.…

This document describes the first year of an intensive training project involving 24 individuals in teams of 3 from 8 Illinois school districts. The teams were used to train school personnel and parents in Illinois with the goal of developing parent involvement programs for parents of language minority students. Training teams participated in five…

This booklet contains a listing of Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III projects in the State of Illinois. Each listing contains (1) the title of the project, (2) the administrative district, (3) the superintendent, (4) the project director, (5) the year of the project, (6) the amount of the grant, (7) a description of the project,…

Secondary school teachers in southern Illinois were surveyed about their schools' course offerings in law-related education, their use of prepared project materials for those courses, and teacher preparation. Southern Illinois schools offered these courses in similar proportions to schools throughout the state. Teachers requested more education…

Describes a survey of the chief academic officers at each of Illinois' community colleges, conducted to investigate faculty development activities, their evaluation, and their perceived impact on instructional improvement. Found a wide variety of activities--orientation, inservice, professional, individual, and group--available to faculty.…

A project in Illinois created a 17-member committee, reviewed literature, and conducted a telephone survey of all 51 state home economics supervisors in the United States to create a conceptual framework for secondary home economics. The framework was reviewed and refined by the participants and is being published. Additional materials developed…

A follow-up to a September 1985 survey of Illinois teachers of 3- to 6-year-old handicapped children, these rating scales are designed to determine more specifically the perceived knowledge and skill needs of a random sample of teachers of young handicapped children. Information obtained from the rating scales are to be used by the Illinois State…