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Gray, Norma – Momentum, 1970
Inner-city elementary parochial schools in Oakland, California are utilizing the services of volunteers in providing the individual attention needed by children who are slow learners. (DB)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Parochial Schools, Supplementary Education, Teacher Aides
Taylor, George R. – Journal of Secondary Education, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, High Schools, Professional Personnel, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedCassidy, Jack – Reading Teacher, 1981
Offers suggestions for involving older adults as volunteers in school reading programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Older Adults, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Stephens, Foy – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1975
This article describes how one instructor can teach swimming to as many as 350 students with the aid of about 12 inexperienced volunteers. (PB)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Swimming
Download full textKeltz, Dave; Milligan, Bill – 1970
A demonstration was designed in Butte, Montana, to experiment with the use of volunteers in a homebound method of adult basic education in urban areas. A two week intensive training session was conducted for six trained teachers, twelve teacher aides, and thirty volunteers. These were divided into teams composed of a teacher, two teacher aides,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Home Instruction, Teacher Aides, Teacher Education
Fredericks, H. D. Bud; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1972
A method is presented which permits teachers to use volunteers to conduct programed instruction and use behavior modification methods in preschool settings for severely handicapped children. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Teacher Aides
Courson, Frances H.; Heward, William L. – Academic Therapy, 1989
The article offers suggestions for recruiting, training, utilizing, scheduling, and retaining senior citizen volunteers in the special education classroom. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Older Adults, Special Education
Guith, Norman C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Briefly reports some findings of a survey of elementary principals involved in the California Early Childhood Education experiment. (IRT)
Descriptors: Differentiated Staffs, Early Childhood Education, Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Anderson, Helen J. – Sch Arts, 1969
Descriptors: Art, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Artists
Moore, Betty Jean – 1978
Paid or volunteer assistants can help a teacher in several ways. They can give students positive reinforcement and can help them correct their work. Assistants can also perform specific tutorial tasks including directing oral reading, assisting with phonics and sight vocabulary, and helping students improve their comprehension. (TJ)
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Parent Participation, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Child Development Services Bureau (DHEW/OCD), Washington, DC. Project Head Start. – 1972
Suggestions for expanding and improving the volunteer participation in all local Head Start programs are provided in this manual. The primary aims of the volunteer programs are to: (1) provide additional staff in all areas of the program, thus increasing the effectiveness of the paid staff; (2) give interested local citizens, including parents of…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Guides, Preschool Education
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1972
The School Volunteer Program has made a significant contribution toward enriching and expanding the instructional opportunities available to the Miami public schools' students. During the period from September 15, 1971 to June 15, 1972, 1,237 volunteers contributed 48,358 hours to the students in 35 schools in three districts. The goals of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Descriptions
Laing, Hugh B. – Instructor, 1972
Author discusses attitudes and problems he encountered when a parental assistance program was initiated in his school. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Attitudes, Nonprofessional Personnel, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedThompson, Diane D.; Tobin, Michael F. – National Elementary Principal, 1971
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Inner City, Student Volunteers, Teacher Aides
Johnston, Robert – Momentum, 1970
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, School Aides, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Aides
