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Baldus, Lorayne; Nelson, Orville – 1992
The Center for Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) Staff Development Workshops and Services project was designed to provide technical support and training to selected VTAE personnel in techniques for implementing equity programs, establish a statewide advisory committee to develop a long-range plan for infusing sex equity concepts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies, Cultural Differences
Peter, Richard; Nelson, Orville – 1977
A two-day workshop was held in Wisconsin to identify secondary-postsecondary vocational teacher and vocational teacher trainer needs as they relate to bilingual/bicultural vocational education and to design a delivery system for meeting these pre- and inservice needs. The conference agenda was designed to provide information on the latest…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Delivery Systems
Nelson, Orville; And Others – 1991
This report presents a summary and synthesis of data from 169 Wisconsin schools, all of which conducted extensive vocational program self-evaluations in 1987-91. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the evaluation project process, including the survey instruments used and a list of participating schools. The next eight chapters review selected data…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Career Planning, Employer Attitudes
Nelson, Orville; And Others – 1991
This report presents a summaay and synthesis of data from 43 Wisconsin schools, each of which conducted an extensive vocational program self-evaluation in 1990-91. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the evaluation project process, including the survey instruments used and a list of participating schools. The next eight chapters provide a review of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Career Planning, Employer Attitudes
Baldus, Lorayne; Nelson, Orville – 1994
The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Phase III Equity Staff Development project was conducted to determine strategies to eliminate sex bias and sex role stereotyping throughout the WTCS. The following project activities were conducted: (1) the WTCS sex equity advisory committee was formed to provide continuity and direction for state…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Equal Education, Program Development
Baldus, Lorayne; Nelson, Orville – 1993
The Phase II Equity Staff Development project was revised in response to a need to develop an equity strategic planning model with a vision statement, goals, and objectives. The Equity Strategic Planning Model was presented to administrators of Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) colleges for their use in district strategic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Experiential Learning
Nelson, Orville; Lee, Howard D. – 1990
This report describes a workshop for 24 midlevel managers that provided information on change areas critical to program planning in the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) system. These change areas include technology, labor market, demographic, and educational trends. In addition, techniques for identifying and forecasting…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Nelson, Orville – 1993
The research project described in this paper was conducted for three purposes: (1) to identify the program evaluation needs of secondary vocational educators in Wisconsin; (2) to identify those components of the state's previous evaluation system that educators wanted to keep; and (3) to develop a conceptual framework for revising Wisconsin's…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Sterry, Leonard; Nelson, Orville – 1990
A project examined technology transfer programs and developed a model for use by Wisconsin's Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) system that would involve cooperative efforts with the University of Wisconsin and other agencies. Staff reviewed literature on technology transfer and visited six technology transfer organizations. The…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation
Nelson, Orville – 1989
This document reports on a 2.5 day workshop that trained 23 middle managers from Wisconsin school districts in developing and using information on trends relevant to vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) program planning, including trends in technology, the labor market, demographics, and education. A nine-page description covers the…
Descriptors: Databases, Economic Factors, Educational Administration, Educational Trends