This manual is designed to help individual libraries in Wisconsin plan and implement their summer library programs. The manual is divided into six sections. Section 1 covers planning and promoting programs, and includes reproducible promotional materials, sample letters to parents, and sample media materials. Section 2 provides decorating and…

This paper is one in a series of research papers related to the state role in youth employment and training. It describes seven state-sponsored youth employment and training programs, representing a varied range of approaches that states have undertaken to address their youth employment problems. The first section of this paper provides capsule…

The purpose of this handbook is to provide suggested guidelines and pertinent information that will be helpful to Wisconsin Agency School Committees in assessing the effectiveness of present school districts, developing effective long-range plans for district organization, and evaluating educational planning in school districts. This volume, in…

This report examines Wisconsin's demographic, social, economic, and political characteristics; and focuses in particular on the structural features of education and government at the State level to provide additional understanding of the context of the State policymaking system. Discussed are four issue areas that illustrate the State policy…

The practices and perceptions of Wisconsin employers regarding welfare recipients were examined. First, 500 employers outside the Milwaukee metropolitan area were interviewed by telephone. Those data were merged with data from a survey of Milwaukee-area employers, resulting in a statewide sample of about 1,250 Wisconsin employers (25%, 35%, and…

This document contains 88 authentic task development records that were selected from those developed by teams of secondary and postsecondary teachers at a conference to familiarize educators with Wisconsin's new performance-based assessment system. Presented first is an annotated list of the 17 Wisconsin Learner Outcomes that served as the…

During the spring of 1977 three statewide surveys were conducted by Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) staff. Survey contents and respondents were entirely different in each. About 450 Wisconsin citizens over age 18 were polled via telephone on items related to school costs, educational goals, DPI functions, and some legal issues.…

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…

This publication presents case studies of 12 diverse Wisconsin school districts that developed and implemented comprehensive school health programs (CSHPs) using Wisconsin's Framework for Comprehensive School Health Programs. The Framework helps schools organize multiple strategies to promote positive youth development using six components:…

This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Among issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements are: how the United States can maximize the number of students, including…

Sex equity priorities of the University of Wisconsin-Stout Center for Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) were addressed through the design and implementation of a statewide model addressing nontraditional enrollments. The program area of electronics was recommended for the following reasons: (1) market data indicate a shortage of…

This health careers guidance manual was developed to provide high school counselors, teachers, and students with information regarding health career opportunities and available training programs in Wisconsin. The content is in two volumes, with the first comprising two-thirds of the manual. Volume 1 begins with one-page job briefs on fifty-four…

This guide is intended as a resource for implementing cooperative education skills standards certificate programs in Wisconsin under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA). Section 1 is an introduction/program overview in which information is provided on the objectives of cooperative education, program design, program eligibility, and…

This workbook is one component of the Career Survival Kit prepared for teenage parents in Wisconsin. The workbook helps students identify their skills and interests, choose an occupation, plan for a career, and discuss issues of concern to them as parents. The workbook emphasizes the need to plan for the future. Activities explore the concepts of…

Three years ago, the language lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison encountered the same challenge many campuses face. Older analog technologies were getting harder--in some cases impossible--to maintain, thus making the move to digital technologies a necessity. A typical solution would have been to digitize existing materials and substitute…