Throughout the years, career and technical education (CTE) has focused on teaching technical competencies and related academic skills that prepare students to enter and advance in a variety of career fields and postsecondary education. Program and course descriptions are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure that the technical and academic skills…

Florida's current State Comprehensive Plan identifies seven goals of education that define the scope of the state's commitment to public education and set up priorities of effort. This report analyzes enrollments and expenditures for 1974-75 and those projected for 1980-81 and 1985-86 in terms of these seven goals. It shows that in 1974-75…

Describes Florida's Individualized Manpower Training System (IMTS) which combines expanded curriculum (basic education, complementary skills, and work evaluation components), learning resource centers, and management procedures to assist students with basic skill deficiencies. Student motivation, open-entry open-exit study and minimum duplication…

A Pinellas County (Florida) program serves women who are single, separated, divorced, or widowed and in need of training in vocational as well as basic skills. In addition to training and financial assistance, the program offers a variety of support services such as job placement, child care funding, and transportation support. (JOW)

Describes a program in the Dade County (Florida) Public School System which developed career-related courses of study in academic subjects, namely mathematics and language arts. (Editor)

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,…

A study was conducted to assess the impact of the Florida State Student Assessment Test (FSSAT) (Functional Literacy Test) on the enrollment in secondary-level vocational education courses. The 67 school districts in Florida were grouped according to population density into three levels of urbanization (low, medium, and high). Ten percent of the…

Discusses the need for and the purpose of the Vocational Reading and Math Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) Project. The purpose of the project is to develop a CBTE instructional delivery system to help vocational teachers expand their competencies in providing reading and math instruction in conjunction with subject matter teaching. (LRA)

Describes the competency-based teacher training system that will include reading- and math-related teaching skills generic to all vocational program areas and competencies specific to each program area; assessment criteria and learning activities for each competency; individualized, self-paced learning modules; a management system for the learning…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This teacher's guide is designed to encourage home economics teachers to plan and implement units of study that will facilitate student competency development in home economics content areas as well as in basic skills. It is intended to assist teachers in the effective use of "Home Economics Curriculum Competency Based Modules in Reading,…

This manual, which is intended for use in high school classrooms throughout Florida, contains home economics learning activities featuring three different levels of integration of vocational and academic education. At level 1, activities teaching child development and homemaking skills are provided. These activities are structured to be taught…