The over-riding goals of a quality school-library program are to "collaborate" with teachers, administrators, parents, and students; to "support" building and district initiatives; and to "integrate" the teaching of literature, information literacy, and technology skills into the subject-area curricula. Numerous studies since the 1990s, as well as…

An integrated workplace-learning project is a self-directed, intellectually rigorous, field-based learning experience in which students apply academic skills in solving real-world problems in the community. This guidebook was designed to help teachers and other school staff collaborate with students and employers to plan integrated…

Planning in higher education has evolved as a response to changes in the environment, such as expanding enrollments, student unrest, economic recession, and pressures for financial accountability. Strategic planning has emerged as one way institutions can handle and overcome the adversities of the future. Definitions of strategic planning are…

Prepared for use in South Carolina's technical and community colleges to promote the development or revision of a long-range plan, this manual describes a plan-development process using the basic techniques of the Develop a Curriculum (DACUM) process and revising them into a procedure for Developing A Long Range Plan, the DAPLAN process. DAPLAN…

Strategies for dealing with preservation of historic buildings on college campuses, both architecturally distinguished structures and buildings that are part of a historically important area, are discussed. The rationale for preservation efforts, new trends and considerations in preservation, and master planning and costs are examined. (MSE)

This handbook presents various approaches to a strategic planning model, using the Matrix as a planning tool. The Matrix is an instrument for focusing, summarizing, and addressing achievement issues. Part 1, "Windows on Planning," discusses planning and minority students, avoiding pitfalls, distinguishing planning processes, planning for…

Guidelines are offered for carrying out a long-range campus improvement plan. (MLF)

Describes how developing a master plan can help school districts anticipate their facility needs and the problems that may arise, and help school administrators articulate their expectations to educational planners and architects. (EV)

Describes an algorithm for course scheduling that can make the process much less time consuming for chairs and deans. Notes that long-term planning is possible because of the algorithm's two-year cycle. Notes that the algorithm can be programed easily by using a spreadsheet. (RS)

Presents a general framework for financial modeling in college planning, and applies the model to a representative, small, liberal arts college. The model allows administrators to explore the financial consequences of curriculum, staffing, workload, average class size, scholarship, and enrollment decisions in terms of both short- and long-term…

Excerpts from a coming book, "Intentional Design and the Process of Change" identify 13 lessons from the authors' 20 years of experience in change management and strategic planning in higher education. Emphasis is on leadership principles for managing the process of change. (DB)

Introduces a new, comprehensive planning and change concept for universities, "change creation," that encompasses both strategic planning and a transition process for the organization from "what is" to "what should be." After exploring change, why it often fails, and the tenets of change creation, presents its steps. A few are: leadership team…

The purpose of this guide is to help families prepare for those times during which their child moves from one environment to another and from one developmental stage to another. The focus of the guide is on the role of assistive technology (AT) during those times--how to consider a child's evolving AT needs, how to identify and address the AT…

Recognizing that a necessary and significant role change is underway in faculty development, this book calls for centers to merge their traditional responsibilities and services with a leadership role as organizational developers. Failing to define and outline the dimensions and expertise of this new role puts centers at risk of not only…

Numerous events, such as hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes, constitute a natural disaster for public schools. Human-caused disasters include hazardous-material emergencies, civil riots, fires, and nuclear accidents. This document contains emergency-management planning guidelines, developed by the Texas Education Agency, to help local school…