To assist Wisconsin education leaders with planning for Response to Intervention (RtI), the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), in partnership with Wisconsin education stakeholders, has developed this informational brief. This brief is intended to provide guidance for implementation of RtI and should not be read as administrative…

The faculty handbook for clinical speech services includes information on the requirements of the Department of Public Instruction (Madison) related to clinical speech services; the philosophy, concept, and program in the Merrill Area Public Schools; speech evaluation criteria and procedures; and teacher participation in therapy procedures.…

Statements of learning objectives are provided to substantiate the goal of economic understanding in Wisconsin schools and to provide a quick inquiry device that educators and others may use to more clearly establish whether or not opportunity for economic education exists sufficiently in the school curriculum. These statements, or…

The trainers guide was developed to facilitate the implementation of four inservice training modules by local educational agency personnel. The modules are separate but an overview and descriptions of audience, objectives, organization and process are provided for (1) school/community relations, (2) vocational education, (3) teaching methods, (4)…

This guide was written to provide a practical tool for school, community, family, business, and industry groups to use in planning, developing, and managing service networks to the meet the health, social, and educational needs of children at risk of school failure. This guide contains program models, elements of successful programs, and…

Statements of learning objectives are provided to help clarify and direct the teaching of psychology in Wisconsin schools and to help educators identify the most significant ideas in the discipline which should be incorporated into the K-12 curriculum. These statements, or "descriptors," were developed after the State of Wisconsin Social…

This booklet will help educators review, develop, and improve fundamental components of K-12 social studies programs. It is designed as a planning and implementation guide for social studies in Wisconsin. First, ways are suggested in which educators can define the purpose of their social studies programs and decide how to balance skills and…

The intent of this field tested instructional package is to acquaint the student with a method of career analysis to enable him to determine whether a career is in harmony with his future employment goals. The package provides behavioral objectives, a student self-test, a basic information section, and a career analysis study to aid the student in…

This guide presents alternatives, resources, and specifications for industrial education teachers to use in preparing a facilities proposal to present to administrators, boards of education, the community, and architects. Developed to reflect the objectives of industrial education as outlined in the "Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum…