School change efforts to develop schools as learning communities result in schools that are constantly learning and thus changing. This collective case study of four schools involved in a 4-year reform effort begins to examine the ongoing sustainability of a learning community. The study draws insights about the sustainability of learning…

This collection of essays offers many ideas, observations, and descriptions of the state of Indiana to stimulate the study of Indiana's geography. The 25 essays in the collection are as follows: (1) "The Changing Geographic Personality of Indiana" (William A. Dando); (2) "The Ice Age Legacy" (Susan M. Berta); (3) "The…

This career education curriculum guide contains an illustration of Indiana's state model for career education, a glossary of important terms, and four unit guides organized by grade level. A brief introduction to each guide emphasizes the overall objective for that grade level (K-5, career awareness; 6-8, career exploration; 9-10, career…

To integrate educational efforts with the objectives of career education, 25 schools from the New Albany-Floyd County (Indiana) School Corporation initiated a program to introduce career education in all the grade levels (1-12). Specific objectives and goals for the career center, students, staff, and community are stated. The major phases and…

Indiana's goal for education is that every young person leaving or completing his school program should be ready for higher education or have a salable skill for entering useful and rewarding employment. This concept has been embodied within the Career Education Curriculum Guide and the State Career Education Model. The guide has derived, from the…

The manual provides an overview of the Burris-Ball State Migrant Education Program and its program components. A general description of the tutorial component, designed to meet the unique educational needs and interests of elementary and secondary migrant students not serviced by other migrant education programs, precedes an explanation of the…

This document contains 50 applications-based lessons developed during the 1993-94 school year as part of the Indiana Region 10 Tech Prep Project. The lessons were developed by 91 secondary and postsecondary educators and are modeled around the SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) competencies. The applications-based lessons…

This Indiana distributive education competency-based curriculum model is designed to help teachers and local administrators plan and conduct a comprehensive marketing and distributive education program. It is divided into three levels--one level for each year of a three-year program. The competencies common to a variety of marketing and…

Lessons to help K-12 students in Indiana learn about elections are provided. Indiana educators are required by law to provide for all students in grades 6-12 within the two weeks preceding each general election five full recitation periods of class discussion concerning the U.S. system of government, voting methods, party structures, and election…

To meet the needs of distributive education teachers and students, a project was initiated to develop competency-based curriculum models for marketing and distributive education clusters. The models which were developed incorporate competencies, materials and resources, teaching methodologies/learning activities, and evaluative criteria for the…

This guide is intended to assist students enrolled in programs to train nursing assistants for employment in an Indiana long-term health care facility. The first part discusses human development (growth, aging, and dying); communication with residents; sexuality; legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities of nursing assistants in long-term…

This common core curriculum guide for agribusiness presents material for eight units of instruction. Following the objectives of the guide and a description of the curriculum materials, lessons are provided in the following subject areas: (1) orientation, (2) leadership, (3) careers, (4) supervised occupational education, (5) mechanics, (6) animal…