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Fostering Success Within the Cyclic Workforce: Seminole Community College's Innovative Approach to Helping Apprenticeship Students Live, Work, and Learn
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Garlich, Michael; Tesinsky, Suzanne – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2005
A first of its kind in the state of Florida, the Seminole Community College's Center for Building Construction was constructed as a partnership project between Seminole Community College, industry persons and the state of Florida. A training facility for students in the Construction Trades Apprenticeship Program, the building stands on the SCC…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, Apprenticeships, Building Design
Business-Education Partnerships Take Off. Four Vocational Programs Show What Can Happen When Schools Get Together with Corporations.
Krautheim, Joseph J.; And Others – Vocational Education Journal, 1992
Four programs are described: (1) visits of New Jersey vocational students to local construction sites; (2) customized training delivered by Indiana Vo-Tech College to the manufacturer of Louisville sluggers; (3) Seminole Community College labs providing entry-level career preparation and refresher training in marine mechanics; and (4) high tech…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Community Colleges, Industrial Training, Marine Education
Enhanced Work Projects--The Interim Findings from the Ventures in Community Improvement Demonstration. Youth Work Experience. Youth Knowledge Development Report 7.5.
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Corporation for Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1980
The Ventures in Community Improvement (VICI) demonstration, a national research and demonstration program, was designed to test the effectiveness of a youth employment program in various settings. Eight VICI programs, each of which enrolled up to 60 unemployed, out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youths between the ages of 16 and 19, were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Trades, Community Change, Community Programs
A Fast Track Model for Developing Curriculum That Recognized the Needs of Special Target Groups for Industrial Arts Middle Schools. Final Report from April 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981.
Heggen, James R. – 1981
A project was undertaken to formulate a fast-track model for developing curriculum that recognizes the needs of special target groups in industrial arts programs in Florida middle schools. During the project, two groups of key teachers and supervisors from four districts within the state of Florida met in short brainstorming sessions to develop,…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Career Exploration, Communications, Construction (Process)