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Download full textFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1992
Each year the Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) conducts surveys to determine the opinions of employers about the preparation of graduates of vocational programs. The 1992 survey focused on eight specific occupational training areas (i.e., child care services, computer programming and analysis, dental assisting,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1990
Two surveys were directed to Florida employers that employed former vocational education students in 1988. The surveys obtained information describing employer opinions regarding general and specific vocational preparation of workers for employment. The 1989-90 employer general opinion survey examined hiring needs, general preparation, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1991
The third in a series of annual employer opinion reports from the Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP), this 1991 report summarizes the results of three surveys of Florida employers known to have hired former vocational education program participants. One survey solicited employers' general opinions about…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1993
Each year the Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) conducts surveys to determine the opinions of employers about the preparation of graduates of vocational programs. The 1993 survey focused on eight school district and community college occupational training areas (i.e., automotive technology, gasoline engine…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Higher Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1992
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 diversified occupations education offered at the secondary or postsecondary level as a part of Florida's comprehensive vocational education…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education, Course Content
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
Bob Algozzine et al. studied Florida's minimum competency testing as a requirement for high school graduation and wrote a report titled "Analysis of Basic Skill Competencies of Learning Disabled Adolescents," from which this one-page summary was prepared. The study sample included 938 regular class students and 1,098 learning-disabled…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
Kershaw, James T. – 1977
One of nine products developed for a comprehensive program (kindergarten through university level) of vocational education for career development in Florida, this activities manual for elementary school counselors, teachers, and other users contains six federal career education objectives broken down into sub-federal objectives. These six federal…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Instructional Development and Services. – 1989
This program guide identifies particular considerations in the organization, operation, and evaluation of landscape operations and landscape technology programs. Contents include information on the following: program content and structure, including program description, job titles, licensure and credentialing, and program structure; curriculum…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Instructional Development and Services. – 1990
This program guide identifies particular considerations in the organization, operation, and evaluation of diversified cooperative training programs. Contents include information on the following: program content and structure, including program philosophy, program goals, and coordinator's responsibility; a curriculum framework that details major…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Competence
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to identify the reading-related teaching competencies that will be of potential use to vocational teachers if they are to develop the reading skills necessary for classroom instruction and job success. Questionnaires were sent to 591 teachers in all areas of vocational education. Questionnaire items were rated…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education, Comprehension, Educational Diagnosis
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Applied Tech., Adult, and Community Education. – 1997
This document contains vocational education program course standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs offered at the secondary and postsecondary level as part of Florida's diversified education program, which consists of courses, programs, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration, Competence
Education Writers Association, Washington, DC. – 1991
Six reporters in diverse areas looked at how their communities were responding to adult literacy, basic skills, and workplace literacy programs. This guide contains six reports, three in each of its two parts: (1) Reporting on Welfare Reform--Is the Story Literacy or Decent Jobs? and (2) Reporting on Literacy Programs--Is There a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Programs
Michalopoulos, Charles; Schwartz, Christine – 2000
The impacts of 20 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine which clients derive the greatest benefits from different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. Of the 20 programs examined, 7 were characterized as employment focused, 5 provided a mix of first activities without an employment focus, 4…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
