This guide is Missouri's primary resource for planning, implementing, and evaluating Industrial Technology/Technology Education (ITE/TE). It contains 10 chapters: (1) a direction for ITE/TE; (2) planning the ITE/TE program; (3) planning ITE/TE facilities; (4) implementing a safety program; (5) creating ITE/TE's image (public relations); (6)…

This document consists of materials for a 10-unit course on the following topics: (1) types and parts of lathes; (2) lathe accessories, maintenance, and safety; (3) lathe operations and tooling; (4) lathe calculations; (5) lathe taper and thread applications; (6) planning considerations; (7) cutting fluids, lathe center alignment, and lathe gaps;…

This document consists of materials for a 12-unit course on the following topics: (1) introduction to milling; (2) structure and accessories; (3) safety and maintenance; (4) cutting-tool variables; (5) basic set-up activities; (6) squaring a workpiece; (7) hole-making operations; (8) form milling; (9) machining keyways; (10) milling angular…

This document consists of materials for an eight-unit course on the following topics: (1) grinder safety and types of grinders; (2) surface grinder accessories and equipment maintenance; (3) surface grinder preparation and set-up; (4) surface grinding flat and angular surfaces; (5) cylindrical grinding; (6) tool and cutter safety; (7) tool and…

This instructional module was designed to assist health services assistant educators in facilitating adult students' learning in health careers outside nursing. The module may be used to provide classroom instruction, assist assigned staff in providing on-the-job instruction, or provide selected units for independent study for dietary aides. The…

This book is designed to show marketing education teachers how Missouri's Show-Me Knowledge and Performance Standards can be reflected in the Marketing Education Framework. It is organized to present each of the nine competency strands (instructional units) by learner outcome and competencies. The instructional units are as follows: communications…

The first component of this three-part package is a student manual designed to be used independently in secondary health occupations programs or on-the-job training programs for administrative medical assistants. The manual contains six units that cover the following topics: introduction to administrative medical assisting, communication skills,…

This instructor's guide contains 18 lessons for teaching advanced dairying in accordance with the Missouri State Board of Education's Vocational Instructional Management System. To make the unit easier for teachers to use, the following materials are provided in the front of the unit: objectives and competencies for each lesson, a references and…

A consortium involving California, Maryland, Michigan, and Missouri was established to develop and field test preservice and inservice competency-based staff development modules for career guidance and counseling personnel. A center consisting of a university and the state department of education was established in each of the four states. The…

This instructor guide contains 20 laboratory activities for grades 9-10 Agricultural Science I-II classes. The activities are cross-referenced to Missouri Core Competencies and Key Skills. The activities are organized into the following areas: introductory (microscope use); animal nutrition (absorption of nutrients, bacteria and disease, enzyme…

This chart is intended to document a student's mastery of competencies identified as necessary in the Missouri Competency Profile for business education. The chart includes space for recording basic student and instructor information and the student's on-the-job training and work experience. Provided next are rating sheets for various…

This publication consists of the main and mini reports for Missouri's Show-Me Standards and vocational education competencies for marketing education. This database documents the common ground between academic skills and vocational competencies. Both components of the Show-Me Standards--knowledge (content) and performance (process)--have been…

This document contains informal assessment instruments for each of the access skills (those skills needed to access vocational education programs and be successful in the world of work) on Missouri's Vocational Readiness Skills Inventory for Special Needs Students. The document includes a checklist for documenting the informal assessments, which…

This document consists of materials for a 12-unit course on the following topics: (1) introduction to precision measurement; (2) semiprecision linear measurement; (3) simple layout techniques; (4) measurement with vernier and dial calipers; (5) measuring with micrometers; (6) measurement and layout on a surface plate; (7) go/no-go inspection…

This guide was developed to assist home economics teachers in implementing the Missouri Vocational Instructional Management System in an intermediate clothing and textiles semester course. A minimum of two performance objectives were developed and validated for each competency by teachers with expertise in the area of clothing and textiles and one…