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Renaud, Albert J. – 1976
This guidebook reports the results of a three-year study involving the use of paraprofessionals with mathematics students in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District (California), and outlines a program for initiating a mathematics paraprofessional program. Over 1200 students in grades 4-7 participated in this project to determine the effects of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation Methods, Grade 7
Goddard, Tessa; Murray, Jennifer – 1989
This self-instructional unit for supervisors and managers in the British hotel and catering industry contains information on all the important stages in the process of recruiting staff. The document begins with an introduction and advice on how to use the unit. Five sections cover the following topics: (1) the cost of employment; (2) planning for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Download full textCrain, Robert L. – 1984
This paper examines high school quality as revealed in the responses of personnel officers to the Johns Hopkins University Survey of American Employers and in their actual recruiting and employment practices. The analyses test the hypothesis, recently proposed by senior executives of Fortune 1300 firms and by the National Commission Report, "A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes
Bowen, Gordon E. – 1976
Primary information furnished by college placement directors in New England revealed that recruiting for the 1976 New England college graduates started slowly in the fall of 1975 but picked up in the early months of 1976. Most placement officials reported slight increases in the number of recruiters visiting college campuses. Chemical engineers…
Descriptors: Accounting, Affirmative Action, Business Administration, Career Guidance
Leidenfrost, Nancy B.; And Others – 1977
This booklet was developed as a guide for home economists who are responsible for teaching paraprofessionals (individuals who usually have no college degree and are trained and supervised by county home economists) how to teach low-income families. The content is in seven short sections: (1) Planning the Program discusses available resources,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Sprunger, Benjamin E.; Bergquist, William H. – 1978
The result of two years of program experimentation, research, and writing, this handbook is the fourth in a series of practical guides for college faculty and administrators who wish to improve the quality of teaching, learning, and management in their institutions. In Chapter 1 the roots of modern management are traced back thousands of years and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Administrator Guides
Ministry of Labour, London (England). – 1967
IN THIS CLASSIFIED REGISTER OF CURRENT AND RECENTLY COMPLETED STUDIES OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN GREAT BRITAIN, INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ARE ARRANGED BY THE ITEM NUMBER JUDGED MOST IMPORTANT, AND THE NUMBERS OF OTHER RELEVANT INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE INSERTED AT THE END OF EACH SECTION TO PROVIDE CROSS REFERENCES. DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE THE TITLE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classification, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. – 1966
THIS REPORT TO CONGRESS DISCUSSES THE HISTORY, FINANCIAL POLICY, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, AND RATIONALE OF THE PEACE CORPS, WITH EMPHASIS ON PLANS TO IMPROVE TRAINING AND EXPAND ITS PROGRAM. PEACE CORPS TEACHING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH EDUCATION IN VARIOUS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED. A PROPOSAL…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Cooperation, Budgets, Coordination
Taylor, Beverly Loy; Thomas, John W. – 1978
This guide is the last of four intended to help persons involved in planning new schools, new programs, or other comprehensive change projects. The materials consist of readings to be done individually and exercises to be done individually and/or with a group. Guide 4 focuses on the linkage between the plan and the actual implementation of the new…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Edwards, Keith J. – 1976
The use of tests in personnel decisions has become an increasing legal liability for employers. The major questions raised by the courts concerning this use of tests are described. Current federal guidelines for performance appraisal systems, as established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, are explained and traced to Title VII of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Employers
Schwartz, Felice N.; And Others – 1972
Written both for the college-educated housewife who, through reading and community work, has kept her mind alert and who now seeks challenging employment suitable to her education, and for the employer who is seeking dedicated, enthusiastic personnel with growth potential, the book encourages adoption of new employment patterns of flexible work…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Career Choice, Career Planning
Grabowski, Stanley M., Ed. – 1971
An annotated bibliography, this publication includes 578 items of research or investigation in adult education, most of which are dated 1970 or 1971. They cover adult learning characteristics, program planning and administration, learning environments, instructional methods, curriculum materials and instructional devices, personnel and staffing,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Environment
Campbell, Joel T.; And Others – 1970
This paper, a continuation of the analysis of data collected on 455 Negro and white medical technicians (see ED 035 018) as part of a study on fairness in selection testing, investigates the prediction of supervisors' ratings from aptitude tests. (AG)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Culture Fair Tests
Payne, Albert V. – 1972
This publication was prepared to assist Federal, regional, state, and local administrators of post-secondary programs to prepare technicians for environmental control and related fields. Administrative concerns discussed in the guide include: (1) identifying a technological field and determining the need for a 2-year training program, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
Current federal hiring problems result in processes that do not meet the needs of (1) agencies in achieving their missions, (2) managers in filling positions, and (3) applicants for a timely, efficient, transparent, and merit-based process. Federal human resources directors from the 24 major federal departments and agencies found time-to-hire a…
Descriptors: Automation, Career Information Systems, Change Strategies, Demand Occupations
