The paper considers the issues, decisions, and practices involved in evaluating the Technical Assistance Development System (TADS), a project to provide assistance to demonstration projects and start education agency grantees in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program. Section 1 considers the focus for the evaluation in terms of its…

The staff performance evaluation program of McGill University Libraries is based on a hierarchy of objectives in which individual and unit goals are compatible with department, area library, and overall library system goals. Individual goals and performance standards are formulated jointly by the staff member and his or her supervisor according to…

After noting that the principles of clinical supervision and management by objectives (MBO) may at first appear to be contradictory, the author briefly describes a system attempting to adapt and combine components of these two movements in a practical supervisory system in a secondary school. He first explains the supervisory process in general…

In describing this media management system, which currently serves 84 public schools (K-12) in four rural counties east of Sacramento, this report suggests that the computer is a practical solution for film libraries trying to keep pace with increased use while not reducing their expenditures for purchasing and repairing film stock. The major…

This document discusses staff development in California schools from program development through implementation. Written in outline form, it offers step-by-step information on needs assessment, planning, roadblocks to watch for, implementation, and evaluation. An extensive appendix gives examples of staff development programs in California school…

Fishing Facts Unlimited, a student conducted enterprise in Technical and Industrial Education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale has been a very successful operation, both financially and in providing a community service. The service provided by the enterprise was the production and sales of a 48-page fishing guide to Southern Illinois.…

Describes use of Warnier-Orr program design method for preparing general chemistry tutorial on ideal gas calculations. This program (BASIC-PLUS) is available from the author. Also describes a multipurpose computerized class record system at the University of Toledo. (JN)

The disciplinary policy at Chapelle Elementary School in Ypsilanti (Michigan), developed with staff participation, classifies some student behavior as "unacceptable" or "inappropriate." Either behavior requires the teacher to fill out a pink slip and send it with the student to the principal's office, but only unacceptable…

To help students understand that references are tools used to locate specific information, one librarian has her third-grade students create their own reference toolboxes as she introduces dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias, and thesauri. Presents a lesson plan to introduce print and nonprint thesauri to third and fourth graders and includes a…

A strategy at the University of Virginia to use electronic forms to reduce the size of its data entry operation has led to development of a prototype of an electronic forms system based on World Wide Web technology. The elements of the system, its structure, and its implementation to date are described. (Author/MSE)

A study investigated the effectiveness of incorporating discussion groups and problem solving in a first-year pharmaceutical dosage-forms course. Students responded positively to the group discussions focusing on problem solving and the discussion summaries, which demonstrated the diversity of approaches to problem solving and focused their…

New Jersey Law requires the Commissioner of Education to monitor the incidence of violence and vandalism in the public schools. Presented in this commissioner's report are summaries of district incident reports for the 1989-90 school year and comparisons with prior years (1984-89). The aggregated annual data exclude causes and circumstantial…

Merit pay is discussed in three sections, focusing on: (1) an approach to the measurement of the merit of college teachers that avoids much of the subjectivity and potential favoritism that has caused other merit systems to fail, the procedure which evolved over a period of years, and a review of its evolution; (2) results of several surveys of…

This booklet tells how to set up an Energy Conservation Program in individual school districts. It discusses: (1) appointing an energy conservation manager; (2) keeping energy consumption records; and (3) assessing the energy saving potential of each school; and it outlines (4) some of the steps that can be taken to cut down energy waste.…

This manual, one of four related documents, is the first stage in a sex fairness program implemented in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District (Pennsylvania). Section 1 helps a school district's coordinating committee study district needs for sex fairness. It illustrates how to define needs by gathering pertinent information and how to establish…