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Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This procedural handbook, one of three support functions guides in the series, is designed for use by individuals involved in planning, conducting, and evaluating staff development programs. In the planning aspect of the handbook, identifying needs, developing goals and objectives, organizing the workshop, providing program publicity, and overviewing workshop planning are discussed. Information on arranging a workshop, greeting workshop participants, opening the workshop, and dismantling the workshop is provided in the section concerning conducting a workshop. Guidelines for evaluating a workshop and sample inservice program activities are also presented. A list of ideas and suggested roles for various populations involved with a career guidance program is provided. Career guidance program staff competencies and several staff development and staff survey questionnaires are appended. (TA)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert