90-Day Cycles are a disciplined and structured form of inquiry designed to produce and test knowledge syntheses, prototyped processes, or products in support of improvement work. With any type of activity, organizations inevitably encounter roadblocks to improving performance and outcomes. These barriers might include intractable problems at…

This manual consists of an introduction to our Academic Peer Instruction (API) program at LaGuardia Community College, a compilation of the materials we have developed and use for training of our tutors (with answers), and a bibliography. API is based on an internationally recognized peer tutoring program, Supplemental Instruction. (Contains 6…

This booklet provides information to multiple stakeholders on the implementation of career clusters in Illinois. The booklet is an extension of the previous edition titled "An Introduction to Illinois CTE Programs of Study" (2008), and provides a resource for partners to understand Illinois' Career Cluster Model as its own adaptation of…

The purpose of the provincial English as a Second Language (ESL) articulation process is to maintain high standards of quality in ESL programming at the public post-secondary institutions of British Columbia, as well as to facilitate access to programs at other public institutions for students wishing to transfer. Skill requirements are defined…

A programed format is used here to instruct teachers to write a prescription for a student using the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program. Prescriptions are to be written on the basis of the information provided about a hypothetical student and on a continual evaluation of his work. Prescriptions may be checked against samples…

This manual is designed for the reader interested in complete requirements for establishing and maintaining a personal crisis counseling program. However, because it is divided into books and sections which can be read as specialized manuals in and of themselves, it is also a useful guide for the reader seeking specific program information. Thus…

This paper reviews guidelines of the Cooperative Extension Service, as set forth in Smith-Lever Act of 1924. It discusses the early educational program, examines the efforts of the present program, pointing out weaknesses and methodology, and sets forth objectives for future program efforts. (NF)

This manual for student personnel administrators presents an overview of accountability as well as the planning budgeting and evaluation necessary for a comprehensive student personnel program. (HMV)

The Resource Development Project of the Southern Regional Education Board, in conjunction with federal, state and local agencies and southern colleges and universities has organized a service-learning internship program for college students. This handbook is designed as a guide for student interns and project committee members as they work…

This is a report of the planning and development of environmental education programs in North Carolina. Areas discussed are the need for cooperative planning, goals and objectives, and existing programs in scientific and technical training, in public and professional education, and in public agencies. Limitations are noted and specific…

This guide was compiled to provide a central source of pertinent data on drug education, counseling and treatment programs. Information was gathered via questionnaires filled out by each group. The information is listed according to states, and varies from agency to agency. For some, the agency name and a pertinent contact person are recorded. For…

This guide for parents, which seeks to apply behavior modification techniques for changing their own as well as their children's behaviors, has two separate parts--a workshop and a workbook. The manual attempts to teach methods of effective parenting and behavior change through programmed instruction in "antecedents-behaviors-consequences." There…

This handbook, prepared to assist librarians in planning summer reading programs for children, includes suggestions on the following: (1) establishing program goals, objectives, and activities; (2) supplies, resources, and materials needed for the program; (3) sample registration, evaluation, and volunteer recruitment forms; (4) types of publicity…

This behavior modification program, for use by parents with their children, shows parents how to use tokens to provide contingent reinforcement for increasing desirable behaviors. Withdrawal of tokens is used as punishment to extinguish behaviors deemed undesirable. The program includes an introduction for the professional, but is intended…

This bulletin offers information which should be useful to counselor educators, state supervisory staffs in guidance, college administrators, potential counselor trainees, and counselors desiring advanced training. Information for the inventory was obtained through a survey questionnaire, sent to all counselor education institutions listed in the…