Intended as an aid to administrators, the booklet presents a brief overview of the present state of vocational education. It provides bits of information and statistics on a variety of topics: the necessity of vocational education, youth, vocational education and occupations in Washington State, employment trends, new emerging technologies, women…

The teaching guidelines, presented as working papers, are related to the training of preschool assistants, child development center assistants, early childhood assistants, and preschool children's assistants. Content, learning experiences, and resources included are based on an analysis of tasks that workers perform in working with young children.…

Information concerning job characteristics and employment skills for the physically handicapped were provided for 227 occupations contained within the Washington Occupational Information Service (WOIS) career information system. For each occupation, an adjunct description was written, including alternative or feasible occupations in each…