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Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of International and Bilingual Education. – 1974
Bilingual legislation in Texas requires that the Texas Education Agency provide for Bilingual Education Teacher Training Institutes. This manual was developed to serve as a guide for the implementation of such institutes throughout the state. Each institute meets six hours a day for five days. A detailed outline is given in this manuel for each of…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Booth, Charlene Warren – 1974
A program for bringing information about the schools to the members of the community in the Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District (Texas) is described in this book. Funding was provided by the Texas Education Agency through its Elementary and Secondary Education Act and by the Hogg Foundation. Details of the program are described,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Child Development Centers, Community Involvement
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Rosen, Yigal; Beck-Hill, Dawne – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
This study provides a comprehensive look at a constructivist one-to-one computing program's effects on teaching and learning practices as well as student learning achievements. The study participants were 476 fourth and fifth grade students and their teachers from four elementary schools from a school district in the Dallas, Texas, area. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Reading Achievement, Educational Benefits
Texas State Dept. of Human Services, Austin. – 1986
Six studies were conducted to detect changes in nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of educators and food service personnel in schools and child care facilities participating in the Texas Nutrition Education and Training Program. The KABINS model was used to identify indicators of program effectiveness, assuming that changes in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
The purpose of this handbook, a revision of Texas Education Agency Bulletin 752 (1975), is to assist administrators and school nurses in planning and implementing the school health program. The guide contains eight sections. Following the history of the school health program in the first section, the second and third provide guidelines for the…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Thomason, John – Open Door Newsletter, 1977
This article reports the findings of a study of faculty status in Texas public community and junior colleges. Eighty-three percent of the public community/junior colleges participated in the study, accounting for 85% of the full-time faculty in such institutions. Among the major findings were: (1) the median level of educational attainment of both…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
Dominguez, Domingo; Tunmer, William E. – 1979
To ascertain the degree of utilization of bilingual programs and the concerns and questions teachers may have about their implementation, the Division of Bilingual and International Education of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory conducted a study which had four objectives relating to implementation of bilingual education programs in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
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Dooley, Kim E.; Van Laanen, Peggy Gentry; Fletcher, Rickie D. – Journal of Extension, 1999
A training program provided food-safety updates for certified food-protection-management instructors via the Trans-Texas Videoconferencing Network. A survey of 89 participants found videoconferencing was as effective as face-to-face instruction. Food-safety knowledge substantially increased. (SK)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Extension Education, Food, Inservice Teacher Education
Hairrell, Angela; Vaughn, Sharon; Edmonds, Meaghan; Swanson, Elizabeth; Simmons, Deb; Larsen, Ross; Rupley, William; Willson, Victor – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the relative effects of the single-focus interventions (vocabulary and comprehension) and the streamlined multi-component model. The program of research included a development and pilot phase, an initial experimental study and a follow-up study to further refine and test the model. Results presented here…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Followup Studies
Golemon, R. B.
Four deans of instruction in small, rural junior colleges and four deans of instruction in large, urban junior colleges were interviewed, and faculty members from the small junior colleges were surveyed, in order to ascertain their opinions regarding faculty development procedures. It was found that: (1) deans felt in-service workshops to be…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Faculty
Texas State Dept. of Human Resources, Austin. Office of Programs. – 1984
Part I of this report describes processes used to develop and implement the 2-year Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Sexual Abuse Intervention and Treatment Project. The underlying focus of the 5-day training sessions is a team approach to investigation, intervention, and treatment. A process description discusses the impetus for the project…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
US Government Accountability Office, 2009
In 2005-2006, students with disabilities comprised 9 percent of the student population in the United States, and English language learners comprised about 10 percent. Many of these students spend a majority of their time in the general classroom setting in elementary and secondary schools. Most teachers are initially trained through teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Special Needs Students
Davis, Russell; And Others – 1985
A project was undertaken to (1) develop a model for regional planning of vocational education based on service center regions in Texas; (2) establish an effective communications system for providers of occupational education in the state; (3) provide a process for the inservice training of participants in regional vocational planning; and (4)…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1968
Progress toward improvement of educational opportunities in small schools of Texas is being made through this project by (1) improving the quality of instruction, (2) using new methods and techniques of teaching, (3) increasing professional competencies of teachers and administrators, and (4) broadening courses offered. Project schools participate…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Correspondence Study, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Improvement
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1971
This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
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