DOCUMENT RESUME ED 081 514 PS 006 915 TITLE ESEA Title III 1972 - PACE in Pennsylvania. INSTITUTION Research and Information Services for Education, King of Prussia, Pa. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C.-Div. of Plans and Supplementary Centers.; Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation.. PUB DATE Jan 73 NOTE 386p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$13.16 DESCRIPTORS *Abstracts; Activities; *Early Childhood Education; *Educational Innovation; *Educational Programs; Evaluation Techniques; *Federal Aid; Objectives; Socioeconomic Status; Student Characteristics IDENTIFIERS *Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III; ESEA Title III ABSTRACT This document is a collection of abstracts of all ESEA Title III educational innovation projects funded or operating in Pennsylvania during 1972..Each abstract contains the name of the local supporting agency, the project number, financial information, target population, major objectives, activities, evaluation design, findings to date, dissemination plan and progress toward adoption. Also included in the publication is a subject index (using ERIC descriptors), a grade level grid chart, an alphabetical list of school districts, and follow through cards for further information.. (DP) US OEPAPTYEN7 OF HEALTH. EO4C:T.:"....ELFAPE NST--TE OF ECEti :EP: .4; PECE ^E PE; S.7... 7." :.I.E.P S".3.% P.:..'S :;%, :NS S'ATE .0' PEPPE I.EN7OFI .C.,;......4T.C'hP,...%STITuTE OF EDuCAT,Oh POSITON OP POLICY Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Milton J. Shapp, Governor Department of Education John C. Pittenger, Secretary Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Basic Education Donald M. Carroll, Jr. Deputy Commissioner for Basic Education Harry K. Gerlach Bureau of Planning and Evaluation Herbert J. Edwards, Acting Director Coordinator, ESEA Title III James W. Blair STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL Fiscal Year 1972 ESEA Title III Chairman Dr. Godfrey D. Stevens Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania16701 Telephone 412 621-3500 Members Dr. Richard A. Gibboney Miss Joanne B. Bailey Cadmus Road Coordinator, Fine Arts R D. No.1 Mount Lebanon High School Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464 Cochran Road Telephone215 594-7378 Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania15228 Telephone 412344-8900 Mr. Edward Gillespie Principal Strawberry Mansion Junior High School Mr. Joseph Bass Tri-County Commission for Susquehanna and Ridge Avenues Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19132 Community Action 435 South 15thStreet Telephone215 765-3456 Steelton, Pennsylvania17113 Dr. Edwin L. Herr Telephone717 939-9306 323 Social Science Bldg. Pennsylvania State University Dr. Douglas J. Bowman University Park, Pennsylvania16802 Assistant Executive Director Telephone814 865-3427 L U. No. 1 1148 Wood Street Dr. Thomas R. Heslep California, Pennsylvania15419 Superintendent Telephone 412938-3241 Norristown Area School District 401 North Whitehall Road Norristown, Pennsylvania19401 Mrs. Phyllis Harris Britton 215539-1000 1205 North Sixth Street Telephone Harrisburg, Pennsylvania17102 Telephone717 232-2081 Dr, Abram. W. VanderMeer Dean Dr. Paul Christman College of Education Box 149 Pennsylvania State University Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania17972 University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Telephone717 345-0530 Telephone814 865-2523 Reverend Paul Curran Miss Linda Zyla Office of Superintendent of Schools Student Government Office 222 N. 17th Street Bloomsburg State College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19103 A Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania17815 Telephone215587-3700 'Telephone717 784-6278 FOREWORD This publication was prepared for the Bureau of Planning and Evaluation, Pennsylvank'. Department of Education by Research and Information Services for Education. ProjectR.I.S.E.(Research andInformation Servicesfor Education)isa statewide dissemination agency funded partially under ESEA Title III and serving the information needs of educators throughout the Commonwealth in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The project is under the joint sponsorship of Montgomery County Intermediate Unit and the Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. Richard R. Brickley Project Director, R.I.S.E. Donald C. Jenkins Project Coordinator January, 1973 The work presented or reported herein was performed pursuant to a subcontract (SC876ME253) from the Pennsylvania Department of Education acting as the State Educational Agency for the United States Office of Education, Department of Health Education and Welfare. However, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Pennsylvania Department of Education or the United States Office of Education, and no- official endorsement by either should be inferred. No editorial modifications were made by R.I.S.E. on the abstracts. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 MAP OF INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND COUNTY/INTERMEDIATE UNIT LISTING ... 5 ABSTRACTS Intermediate Unit No. 1 9 Pittsburgh-Mt. Oliver I.U. No. 2 23 Allegheny I.U. No. 3 37 Midwestern I.U. No. 4 55 Northwest Tri-County I.U. No. 5 63 Clarion Manor 1.U. No. 6 73 Westmoreland I.U. No. 7 81 Appalachia I.U. No. 8 87 Seneca Highlands I.U. No. 9 97 Central I.U. No. 10 99 Tuscarora 1.U. No. 11 105 Lincoln I.U. No. 12 115 Lancaster-Lebanon I.U. No. 13 119 Berks County I.U. No. 14 133 Capital Area I.U. No. 15 145 Central Susquehanna I.U. No. 16 157 BLaST I.U. No. 17 171 Luzerne I.U. No. 18 187 Northeastern Educational I.U. No. 19 195 Colonial Northampton I.U. No. 20 199 Carbon-Lehigh I.U. No. 20 207 Bucks County I.U. No. 22 213 Montgomery County I.U. No. 23 225 Chester County I.U. No. 24 243 Delaware County I.U. No. 25 255 Philadelphia I.U. No. 26 259 Beaver Valley I.U. No. 27 281 GRANTEE INDEX -Listed alphabetically by L.E.A. (Local Education Agency) 287 SUBJECT INDEX CROSS REFERENCED BY GRADE LEVEL(S) 290 APPENDIX A - GUIDANCE PROJECTS A-1 iA INTRODUCTION About Title III: In1965 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was enacted by the Congress in aneffortto help update the schools. Discontent with some of the educational practicesinbasiceducation,Congressearmarked moneyfordifferentkinds of categorical aid in the form of various titles. One of these, Title III, was designed to bring about creativesolutions to educational problems. TitleIII or PACE (Projects to Advance Creativity in Education) attempts to encourage new ways of teaching by providing needed servicesfor children and adopting and demonstrating exemplary programs based on proven practices. No limit was set on the type of educational problem that would be considered or the amount of money that would be spent on them. Recent legislation has changed TitleIIIto the extent that as of 1967, 15% of all TitleIII dollars must be spent in programs for the handicapped and as of July 1, 1970, the guidance and counseling section of NDEA, Title V-A, was transferred to TitleIII. For thefirstthreeyears,grantswere made directlyto local education agencies (LEA's) by the U.S. Commissioner of Education, USOE. In July of 1968, however, Congress amended the legislation so that the states themselves would be responsible for the administration of TitleIII.The legislation was changed again in April of 1970 so that the U.S. Commissioner as well as the states may make direct grants to LEA's. This provision was made in Section 306. Now the U.S. Office of Education administers 15% of the appropriation while the states administer 85%. AppropriationsforTitleIIIreachedtheir peakinfiscalyear1968 and have currently dropped to about two-thirds of that peak. Pennsylvania's total allocation forfiscalyear1972 whichbeganonJuly 1, 1971is$7,487,161.Of this $1,044,720isto be administered by the USOE and $6,442,441 by the PDE. Of Pennsylvania'stotal,$850,000isearmarkedforguidanceandcounselingand $522,360 for administrative purposes. In Pennsylvania: AdministrationofTitleIIIinPennsylvaniaiscoordinatedbytheBureauof Planning andEvaluation, Pennsylvania Department of Education From thefirst fundingin Marchof1966toDecember 31, 1972305 projectshave been. fundedoutofthe936submitted. A total of 542,814,365.00 has been granted these projects by USOE and PDE. As of December 31, 1972, 60 projects are or have been operating during the calendar year of 1972. Of these projects 71 are operating with F.Y. '72 funds. Projects have been funded on a competitive basis and cover the whole range of basiceducation.Sincetheamount of money availableforTitleIIIfundingis limited, however, thereisatendency toward projectsthat areadaptive in nature rather than creating new solutions to problems. The rationale for this strategy is to attempt to multiply the number of new educational practices already supported by the educational community and demonstrated as effective but as yet only available to and experienced by relatively few students. Thus, the orientation of new projects willprobablybe student-centered,humanisticallyoriented and involvetheformal leadership structure of the school as well as other members of the community. It is hoped thattheTitleIIIpersonnelcanbe considered change agents rather than investigators or developers. Most projects have had a funding lifespan of three years. Since acritical part of the changeprocessisadoption,itwasthoughtthatthis would give each LEA enough timeto work outthe problemsinthe project, evaluateits worth and, hopefully, make itaregular part of the on-going school program. At the present time thefinancial support given the LEA decreases each year of its operation so that the LEA assumes more of the financial