This booklet provides knowledge and skill maps for competencies needed by juvenile counselors. The maps were developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections Program in California. Created through a needs analysis, each map consists of all the knowledge and skills…

These knowledge/skill maps are intended to assist individuals responsible for developing training courses for probation officers. Maps are provided for the following task areas: processing juveniles taken into custody (dependents, status offenders, and delinquents); juvenile intake and processing; adult or juvenile investigation; procedures for…

This guide was prepared to assist in determining the mathematics that should be included in drafting, electricity, electronics, and machine shop programs. Information for the guide was obtained by asking teachers from every postsecondary vocational school in Kentucky to respond to a questionnaire listing mathematics competencies for their…

This issue focuses on assisting adolescents with serious emotional handicaps to make transitions from youth serving systems into society. A framework for developing transition-oriented programs is prevented that incorporates into the specific service goals of the current environment the skills required to function in the projected environment.…

A packet of materials designed for an inservice course for teachers of reading in another language translates the theory of second-language reading and the insights gained through a simulated activity into a practical plan for classroom teachers. The five-step plan represents an instructional framework providing the student with opportunities to…

These profiles describe the implementation of alternatives to a traditional high school diploma for programs based on demonstrated competencies or life skill experiences. Over 100 profiles are provided. The information is designed to assist adult educators, administrators, teachers, and students to identify various approaches for serving adults…

This instructional guide provides materials for a program in the Department of Defense Dependents Schools designed to provide the high school student with the opportunity to explore graphic communications. Introductory materials include the philosophy of graphic communications, organization and numbering code, and use of symbols. The general and…

Intended to provide a base for vocational office education instructional programs at secondary and postsecondary levels in North Dakota, this task listing describes the skills needed to be performed by program completers, from the viewpoint of workers in office occupations. A listing of task validators (name, occupation, employer, business city,…

These teacher and student editions on steering and suspension are part of the diesel mechanics series of instructional materials. The series aligns with the medium/heavy duty truck task list developed by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation and used by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence in the…

This framework is designed to help Idaho schools develop their comprehensive health education curriculum and program and formulate realistic goals for themselves and their students. The guide outlines major shifts in emphasis represented by the proposed framework, such as a shift from focusing on separate areas of content to focusing on making…

Recent court decisions and legislation show that an adequate school finance formula must provide sufficient money so public schools can teach all students. Four different approaches for determining school finance adequacy are: (1) determining the economic cost of various educational functions; (2) linking spending to performance benchmarks; (3)…

This guide outlines a curriculum designed to provide English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) life-skills instruction for refugees in the Chicago metropolitan area, concentrating on the Level One survival skills. Non-Southeast Asians account for more than half of those served, all of whom receive, or are at risk of receiving, public assistance. Most are…

This instructor's guide contains the materials required to teach a competency-based introductory course in construction welding to students who have chosen to explore careers in construction. It contains three units: welding materials, welding tools, and applied skills. Each instructional unit includes some or all of the basic components of a unit…

This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) contains a competency list verified by expert workers and developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives from Ohio. This OCAP identifies the occupational, academic, and employability skills (competencies)…

This document contains vocational education program courses standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs in public service education offered at the secondary or postsecondary level as a part of Florida's comprehensive vocational education program.…