This guide is designed both to explain the Drake University Teacher Aide Program to teachers cooperating with the program, and to provide the aide with practical and effective ways of providing service to the cooperating teacher. Two college courses make up this program: one for elementary education majors, and one for secondary education majors.…

This resource guide for teachers and administrators gives practical suggestions on ways to recruit, train, use and keep parent and community volunteers in the schools and classrooms. Pre-planning activities (workshops, rap sessions, and inservice meetings) for administrators and school staff are discussed. Techniques for recruiting parents and…

The Aides to Career Education (ACE) Program handbook is designed for use by administrators, teachers, and instructional aides. It provides information on the use of the aides by presenting guidelines for their most effective utilization, defining legal responsibilities of teachers and aides within the program, providing information on program…

Developed to aid school-level administrators of the School Volunteer Program (SVP), this handbook is organized into five sections as follows: (1) what the responsibilities of SVP leaders are, including SVP resource person and volunteer chairman job description; (2) with whom SVP leaders work, including communication network, division of…

The Bilingual Vocational Curriculum and Instructional Center Program, initiated in the Los Angeles City Schools in 1975, was established to provide supportive services for limited English speaking students enrolled in district vocational programs. The program provides instructional aides to assist disadvantaged students in vocational classes in…

This training program is designed to prepare paraprofessionals to work effectively as instructional personnel with preschool handicapped children educational settings. The program is divided into two sections: Preservice Training and Inservice Training. The preservice section focuses on the special relationship between the instructional associate…

This manual was developed for the instructor coordinator of an inservice program designed to create an awareness in teacher aides, teachers, and administrators of the potential contribution of teacher aides to comprehensive career education. One of a 4-volume series, (the other three containing the separate programs for teacher aides, teachers,…

The handbook is designed for use by administrators, teachers, and instructional aides in the Aides to Career Education (ACE) Program. The program provides assistance to academically, socially, economically, and culturally disadvantaged students in secondary vocational programs by employing instructional aides who are subject field specialists to…

This User's Guide discusses the content and character of the Flexible Learning System (FLS), a series of 15 "competency units" designed for inservice and preservice training in early childhood education. The FLS focuses on classroom process rather than prescribed curriculum, and reflects the values of open education. This publication is…

This manual was developed to provide a comprehensive curriculum guideline for post-secondary programs to train and upgrade teacher aides in reading. The manual's seven chapters deal with (1) an introduction to the North Carolina reading teaching technician program and a definition of terms used in the field; (2) an outline of the purposes,…

The purpose of the handbook is to provide as complete a discussion as possible of all major Indian education laws and regulations and other education laws that affect Indian education. The intent is to increase knowledgeable Indian involvement in the educational process and the handbook is intended primarily for local use by Indian parents, Indian…