Noting that schools have long neglected the verbally talented student, this booklet is designed to stimulate educators first to identify such students and then to develop programs that will meet their needs. The first section of the booklet reviews a number of models that have been used to identify students gifted in reading, writing, foreign…

THE SEVERE ELEMENTARY TEACHER SHORTAGE WHICH LOS ANGELES FACED IN THE FALL OF 1966, INVOLVING A DEFICIT OF SOME 1200 TEACHERS AFTER NORMAL RECRUITING PROCEDURES, IS DISCUSSED. SINCE THE SHORTAGE RESULTED IN LARGE PART FROM REDUCED ENROLLMENT IN THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE 12 LOS ANGELES AREA TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, WHICH…

THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MODEL WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH PLANNING CONFERENCE OF BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE CRITICAL PROBLEMS WHICH SEEM TO BE IMPEDING THE GROWTH OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TO SUGGEST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR A MORE UNIFIED…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop and implement a validated interviewing process to aid managers of administrative units in selecting certified elementary school personnel. Such a process would facilitate the effectiveness of administrative managers in following approved city, state, and federal employment guidelines during the…

In this text, primarily for instructors in skill training programs, the concepts and methods of instruction are oriented toward the belief that supervisors and senior employees represent the best source of instructors. Sections of this work deal with such aspects as the rationale and the initiation of on the job training, criteria (personal…

A nation-wide program in adult basic education requires an organizational structure which will provide a practical and theoretical, centralized and decentralized outlook. This system should include a national commission, state-wide committees, and community councils which would facilitate communication. Leaders must be selected and prepared and…

The objectives of the study were: to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the teaching homemakers and of the women with whom they worked; to indicate the influence of selected training on the teaching homemakers; and to show the training program input. Data were collected through the pre- and post-testing of teaching homemakers, and a…

Cultural exchange programs are beneficial to the participating students, professors, and countries, provided that the programs are administered in a way designed to achieve the objectives most usefully. In Romania, the question must be discussed of the role, for example, of American literature in the curricula of the universities, types of…

In an effort to determine the effect of sex-role expectations and low economic return on the number of men teaching at the preschool level, this study surveyed 116 women and 10 men involved in early childhood education. A questionnaire sent to participants raised questions about either an imaginary young man or woman who had recently received a…

Recent legislation has required affirmative action in the hiring practices of educational institutions. In order to ascertain the effects of equal employment laws on community college administration in California, a questionnaire was prepared and sent to 98 California community college districts; it requested administrators to provide information…

This directory contains the names of educators and paraprofessionals who might be of help in the education of newly arrived Vietnamese refugees in the United States. The criteria for selection of the individual educators were: (1) the educator has taught, or was trained to teach, in Vietnam or Cambodia; (2) the educator has some special expertise,…

This revised handbook for public school adult educators focuses on recurring administrative responsibilities, problems, practices, and implications. Section I deals with aspects of the organization and administration of continuing education; the development of public support for adult education; continuing education in community schools; roles and…

This study investigated the professional needs of adult basic education teachers in the 24 public school systems of Maryland, ascertained existing procedures for recruiting and selecting adult basic education teachers, and developed guidelines to help administrators provide instructional staffs which can best meet the basic educational needs of…

This pamphlet surveys the research and literature concerned with (1) differentiated staffing, (2) paraprofessional school personnel, (3) inservice education, (4) team teaching, (5) teacher selection, (6) interaction analysis, and (7) teacher certification. Extensive bibliographies are presented for each topic. Research for this review was funded…

This study focused on the relationships between attitude congruence and the selector's decisions about teacher candidates. Selectors rated a teacher applicant as part of a simulated teacher selection situation. Applicants were represented by written information in which the proportion of attitude congruence with the selector and the relevance of…