This monograph presents ideas for initiating and/or improving parent education programs. The first of eight sections examines the history of California's parent education since its beginning in 1926. Section 2 discusses developing a parent education philosophy; activities suitable for parent education programs are suggested. Section 3 provides…

This leader's guide is designed to assist those individuals responsible for conducting workshops for building self-confidence. The manual includes a brief discussion of theoretical background, a bibliography of references and related resource books, and a justification and description of the pre-group interview. Goals, exercises, hand-outs, and…

GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED, BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES OF SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, FOR COMMUNITIES SEEKING TO ESTABLISH OFFICIAL HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEES. MANY HAVE FORMED BIRACIAL COMMITTEES BECAUSE THEY FACED A CRISIS IN HUMAN RELATIONS. NORTHERN COMMUNITIES HAVE GONE FAR BEYOND THE SIMPLE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND HAVE CREATED COMMISSIONS WITH…

This guide is one of a series of Education for Parenthood manuals developed by the Salvation Army for use in programs to prepare teenagers for parenthood or for child care careers. This volume describes a course of study for troubled teenage girls in a residential treatment center. The program goal was to help the teenagers learn to deal with…

This Coordinator's Guide accompanies the module Imaging Futuristic Career Guidance Programs. It defines the coordinator's role from four aspects: setting the tone, setting the pace, facilitating the discussion and evaluating. Suggestions for preparing and presenting the workshop are offered. The actual text is given in the accompanying module, but…

The module is one of a series of eight developed to provide inservice education training for administrators of career education programs. An examination of basic scientific planning approaches and procedures is presented to provide the administrator with a basic tool to implement career education. Various scientific management techniques and their…

One of five sections of materials for a program to change teacher attitudes toward career education, the leader's guide presents a plan for a three-day teacher inservice workshop involving role playing by both dissonant and consonant groups. The dissonant group consists of persons with low change orientation who assume roles advocating career…

This is the "Coordinator's Book," written to accompany the "Participant's Book of the Classroom and Instructional Management Program" developed by the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory. This book is divided into the following units that are also represented in the "Participant's Book:" (1) changing classroom behavior without…

The model developed here has been designed to help educators become better listeners and thereby better leaders. The model is broken down into an active and a post-active phase. The active phase covers the period of time during which active verbal intercourse is in progress. Concentrative listening, the first skill in the active phase, is that…

This guide was prepared to aid volunteers working with preschool children who view the television program, "Sesame Street". The suggestions in this booklet grew out of a study called the "Sesame Mother Pilot Project," conducted in 1970-71 by the Institute for Educational Development. This guide is divided into nine main parts:…

Conflict is a part of life for all people, and children can be taught how to deal effectively with conflict, not how to avoid it. This children's book and companion leader's guide emphasize kindness, respect, tolerance and responsibility in order to help children learn peaceful behaviors and make positive choices in their relationships with…

An outdoor education leader's job is quite complex--the planning, logistics, preparation, teaching, watching, being aware of safety can be overwhelming. Pulling it all together so that participants can express what they learned from the experience is sometimes overlooked. The reflective process is integral to the success of learning, yet it takes…

This staff development guide with accompanying videotape is designed to assist early years staff using "A Curriculum Framework for Children 3 to 5" in Scotland to assess children's progress. The program is comprised of activities to stimulate discussion among colleagues, affirm existing good practice, give time for reflection, and…

This article is a sympathetic response to Achilles ("Education Leadership Review," Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall 2002, p. 1-7). (Contains 17 references.) (WFA)

This guidebook is designed to help educational leaders in the transformation necessary to restructure and empower schools. Chapter 1 outlines major structural problems of the current educational system. Chapter 2 explains specific management techniques for restructuring a school system, from the level of the school building to the level of the…