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Download full textBay, Mary; Lopez-Reyna, Norma A.; Guillory, Barbara L. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2012
To reform a special education teacher preparation program can be gratifying, difficult, complex, political, and urgently needed. The Monarch Center, a federally funded technical assistance center, was established to guide and support minority-serving institutions in their efforts to improve their teacher preparation programs. Four guidelines…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Minority Group Students, Technical Assistance, Special Education Teachers
Chimerine, Carrie B.; And Others – 1994
This report discusses the accomplishments and limitations of the Nine-Site Program Improvement initiative, a 3-year venture in which federal contractors provided technical assistance to schools. The contractors, Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Centers (TACs) and Rural Technical Assistance Centers (RTACs) received about $60,000 per year for their…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Educationally Disadvantaged
Chimerine, Carrie B.; And Others – 1994
The Nine-Site Program Improvement Initiative evaluated in this report was a 3-year venture in which federal contractors provided technical assistance to schools. The contractors, Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Centers (TACs) and Rural Technical Assistance Centers (RTACs) received about $60,000 per year for their work with each site, which included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Yap, Kim Onn – 1986
Program improvement activities can be classified into four categories based on the source of the impetus and the locus of the change agent: systematic, symbolic, opportunistic, and pragmatic. This paper (1) describes the various approaches to implementing Chapter 1 program improvement activities at the state and local district levels in 13 western…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Consultants, Consultation Programs
Riley, Linda L. – 1991
The Equity Leadership Project provided technical assistance, coordination, training, and resources to equity projects developed in the process of implementing the Wisconsin Model for Sex Equity in Career and Vocational Education. The project served 108 school districts. The project's focus was on training regional equity leaders responsible for…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning, Educational Improvement
Herschbach, Dennis R.; And Others – 1992
This report examines the problem of implementing and sustaining vocational education and training (VET) programs in developing countries. It is intended to provide U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officers with operational guidelines for the development of future projects. In conducting the study, over 50 projects conducted by…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
National Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1999
The ways states are improving their literacy services for adults with disabilities were examined through a national survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) and National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) and case studies of three states: Oklahoma, Illinois, and Connecticut. The OVAE/NIFL…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Case Studies
