This conference report contains (1) resumes of three speeches dealing with teacher aides, teacher strikes, and arbitration of employee grievances; (2) five task force reports that consider accountability, instructional improvement, teacher power, collective negotiations in education, and differentiated staffing; and (3) a list of conference…

The responsibilities of teachers' aides in both institutional and community programs for the trainable mentally handicapped are reported. Papers presented treat the following topics: suggestions for teaching the trainable retarded; pupil management; developing communication skills in the trainable; the aide's relationship with parents; and…

Format of this report is a question and answer series (with tables appended) which presents the standardized required information for Federal evaluating purposes. Cooperative efforts between State Education Association and Local Education Association staff members, test results from standardized tests, and special education programs for retarded,…

English language development is a major educational problem of children of migrant agricultural workers and of native Indians. A program is described which utilized Teaching Research Language Development materials so they could be taught by teacher aides. The materials, commonly known as "Language Games," were structured in order that…

Remarks on the practice of class visitation at the college level in English courses are directed toward revealing critical weaknesses of such practice. Examples, drawn from experience, suggest that psychological damage to the instructor often results from direct classroom observation. A more successful approach to evaluation is discussed in terms…

The program outlined in this proposal describes various teaching techniques which are suited to the styles and strengths of disadvantaged students. The general approach is directed at convincing the disadvantaged student that he can learn and become educated without becoming a middle class stereotype--that he can retain his own identity. A "New…

Monographs produced on the basis of two and a half years of research at The Demonstration Center for Language Handicapped Children are collected. The monographs address the following topics: a generalized evaluation model for language disability programs; the impact of the language center program on the individual child as determined from critical…

During the 1971-72 school year, data was gathered on pre and post test scores for reading and mathematics achievement from 2 groups of mobile migrant children receiving supplementary educational services. The program, a part of the California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children (Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act), used 2…

These Title I Special Reading Classes were designed to improve classroom performance in reading for those students significantly below grade level as measured by the Science Research Associates Reading Test. Various methods of organization and instruction were used depending upon the individual needs of the students. The maximum number of students…

This handbook is one of seven publications designed to implement the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program, which uses televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction to educate 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. It describes ways to help the teacher and aide equip the mobiel classroom, schedule its visits, enroll the children, and prepare…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…

The Kansas City Differentiated Staffing Project is in operation in two schools in the central part of the school district. The project began as part of a large scale effort to offer quality education to an increasing number of black students. This report gives a history of the project, its cost and source of funding, its objectives and…

A 4-weeks summer reading institute with emphasis on reading skills in the content areas was held in 1969. The program was designed for teachers and students from grades 4 to 6, parents, innovation team members, and teacher aides from the Model School Division. Intensive effort was made to provide teachers with special skills in classroom…

The program is designed to help provide the extra help with schoolwork that educationally and economically disadvantaged children need. The project has study centers in every low-income neighborhood in Sacramento, opened at the request of an organization or agency in the area, and staffed by volunteer tutors contribute one to two hours per week to…

This study guide for teacher aides is one of a 4-volume series to be used in an in-service program designed to create an awareness in teacher aides, teachers, and administrators of the potential contribution of teacher aides to career education. (The other three volumes are a coordinator's manual and the separate programs for teachers and for…