ERIC Number: ED277828
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 33
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A Transitional Bilingual Vocational Training Program at the Secondary Level.
Forster, Eloise; Pendas, Jose
The Bilingual Vocational Training (BVT) Program for the Essex County (New Jersey) Vocational Technical Schools is designed to train secondary students of limited English speaking ability for employment as skilled workers, technicians, or sub/paraprofessionals in recognized occupations and in new and emerging occupations. The pilot program focuses on secretarial and beauty culture programs for Spanish-speaking students. There are three primary components within the district-wide BVT program design: (1) the General BVT Program that provides vocational skills training with a modified curriculum to meet student needs; (2) a BVT program in a specific vocational or technical area for a single native language group where vocational training occurs bilingually and concurrently with English as a Second Language/Vocational English as a Second Language (ESL/VESL). Required courses are taught bilingually to the extent necessary for the student to meet grade-promotion and graduation standards; and (3) high-intensity ESL/VESL where students are placed in an ESL class five periods a week in lieu of regular English and in a tutorial class five periods a week for instruction in subject matter areas with ESL teachers. All students have an Individualized Student Improvement Plan. Students can be placed in the programs at their request after taking a placement test. Parents are notified about procedures for their children's participation in the program. (The report contains sample forms and materials to be used in the proposed program, as well as curriculum details.) (KC)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cosmetology, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans, Limited English Speaking, Office Occupations Education, Second Language Instruction, Secondary Education, Secretaries, Spanish Speaking, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Vocational English (Second Language)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Essex County Superintendent of Schools, Newark, NJ.
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