In the face of dwindling financial resources, educational leaders are looking to refine resource allocation while maintaining a focus on improved student outcomes. This article presents initial findings from a professional development state initiative called Effective Behavioral and Instructional Support Systems (EBISS). The EBISS initiative aims…

In this article, the author describes how an Oregon district redefines coaching roles to find a balance between school and district goals. As director of improvement for North Clackamas School District in Milwaukie, Oregon, near Portland, the author's role of coaching the coach was new, and the coaches welcomed the immediate feedback. Through the…

To assist local school districts by making available curriculum materials that can be incorporated into the regular instructional program, a set of career awareness curriculum kits were developed by elementary and junior high school teachers in Oregon for grades K-8. The curriculum was based upon five program goals which were mastered by a set of…

Plans for the implementation of career education in the elementary schools of Oregon focus on career awareness through emphasis on the producer role in relation to other life roles. The guidelines briefly cover: program administration and coordination, student outcomes (curriculum tenets, assumptions, and outcomes, providing broad objectives to…

Summarized are the components and outcomes of a career education project begun in Oregon in June of 1969. One of the first comprehensive programs in the field, the Careers Oriented Relevant Education program had as its objectives to: (1) plan a program for the public schools based on life career roles, (2) establish effective communication between…

The PIPS (People in Products and Services) guidebook is to be used by teachers in conjunction with Career Education: An Idea Book, and is intended primarily to provide suggestions for classroom teachers for developing K-6 career awareness programs. The theme of career development must emphasize people, not just products, to make the program…

A principal recounts her year-long journey to pull a southern Oregon school community together. She used two problem- solving strategies (Situation-Target-Plan and force-field analysis) to alter cultural norms, guide the community through planned change, and integrate staff development, organization development, and action research. (MLH)

This publication defines and outlines the state of Oregon's common curriculum goals for art education, an area of study that addresses the components of art production, art heritage, aesthetics, and art criticism. An overall goal for each one of these four strands is established, and content specific knowledge and skills that students should…

This synthesized report of program goals and accomplishments for career education in Oregon lists key goals with corresponding performance objectives for 12 focal areas. These emphases for a career education program for elementary, secondary, post-secondary, and adult curriculums include: (1) career awareness, (2) career exploration, (3) career…

Rural Josephine County, Oregon, used federal Enterprise Community funds to revitalize its communities. The elementary school serves as a hub, sharing resources with a parenting and preschool center, a coalition of 26 service providers, and the Enterprise Community organization. Describes how communities cooperate in providing adult education,…

This bulletin is designed to provide an overview of teacher orientation practices and suggestions. Its primary audience is the building principals who find themselves responsible for orientation activities. The contents are based on extensive literature reviews, orientation materials and methods used by several selected Oregon school districts,…

One of seven similar project reports dealing with program development in career education for teacher, counselor, and administrator preparation, this report presents, in two sections, information on infusing career education content into elementary teacher education programs. The first section describes the results of the work done by the…

This document outlines a K-6, total music, instructional program for the state of Oregon. Ten comprehensive strands (valuing music, developing music literacy, performing music, creating music, studying essential learning skills, using instruments in general music, using electronics in music, performing choral music, performing band music, and…

Relating learning processes to the implementation of a career education program, the article summarizes four learning models for career awareness: the curriculum model, the guidance model, the conceptualized model, and the process model. Suggested teacher competencies and questions for program administrators are offered. (MW)

SOCIAL CLASSES EXIST IN AMERICA EVEN THOUGH AMERICANS WOULD RATHER NOT DISCUSS THE SUBJECT. THE IMPORTANT AND OFTEN VAST DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES HELD BY MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN CURRICULUM PLANNING AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL LEVELS. THESE ATTITUDES AFFECT ALL APSECTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL…