On March 22, 2016, the New Jersey Department of Education ("the Department") published a broadcast memo sharing secure district access to 2014-15 median Student Growth Percentile (mSGP) data for all qualifying teachers. These data describe student growth from the last school year, and comprise 10% of qualifying teachers' 2014-15…

ED"Facts" is a U.S. Department of Education (ED) initiative to govern, acquire, validate, and use high-quality, kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) performance data for education planning, policymaking, and management and budget decision making to improve outcomes for students. ED"Facts" centralizes data provided by state…

This guide supplement provides users with up-to-date information on Army enlisted and warrant officer military occupational specialties (MOS's), including recommendations for all MOS's evaluated through October 1977. Following an introductory section on how to use the guide, the remaining content is in two sections. The first contains over 600…

Primary intended users of this second volume of a two-volume handbook are professional counselors and placement officers involved in expanding the range of jobs available to persons having only basic cognitive skills (e.g., mentally retarded, slow learners, learning disabled). Summary job requirements information is presented for more than 8,000…

In response to the increased number of casualties, "burn-outs" and relapses among alcohol counselors, the author maintains that large numbers of entering counselors lack the personal and professional skills needed to become quality counselors in the field. Some enter the field with insincere motives -- martyrs looking for souls to save. Others…

The National Association of Secondary School Principals presents a series of six profiles on the various elected student council positions. Profiles are presented for president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, representative, and committee chairman. The pamphlets briefly review the details of the job, the varied responsibilities, and tips…

This booklet contains a self-appraisal inventory and some tips on job hunting which are intended to assist women who have not worked for a while, have never held a job before, or want to change careers. The self-appraisal inventory is designed to help the user pinpoint educational and vocational experiences, skills, and special abilities that will…

CHOICE is an illustrated, 100-page booklet which defines the parameters of the 15 U.S. Office of Education career clusters and provides detailed occupational information on on approximately 50 representative jobs within each cluster. This information includes the job's Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) code, a short description of functions,…

This booklet is a guide for job applicants. It offers suggestions on (1) how to perform a self-appraisal and where to find out about job qualifications, (2) how to prepare a resume, (3) how to write a letter of application, (4) where to go for information on job opportunities, and (5) how to present employment qualifications in the job interview.…

Counseling the premedical applicant requires knowledge of the major steps in applying to medical school including self-assessment, career exploration and careful and knowledgable application. Students must be aware of what it means to "do" medicine on a day-to-day basis, the frustrations, the pain and the sorrow as well as the rewards, before…

Describes the jobs, training, qualifications, and advancement potential of the following emergency department personnel: physicians, nurses, medical technicians, and registration clerks. Briefly reviews eleven other occupations with emergency medical services. Employment outlook and earnings/benefits of emergency personnel are discussed. Provides…

Provides tips and resources to assist women attempting to make the transition from homemaker to labor force participant. To help women put their best foot forward, author goes through steps of conducting a successful job campaign: assessing skills, choosing a career, writing a resume, and going for job interviews. (CSS)

According to job length and skills required author examines jobs abroad. Short-term unskilled positions in work camps and voluntary service projects are detailed; information sources are listed. Suggests short-term skilled jobs such as trainees and tour guides. Reviews long-term employment opportunities in U.S. government jobs, international…

The U.S. Department of Labor has identified 114 worker trait groups, into which all jobs can be placed on the basis of the extent to which each job is involved with working with information (Data), working with people (People), and working with tools, machines, or materials (Things). Jobs grouped under this system also require similar worker…

The rate training manual is designed to help meet the occupational qualifications for advancement to Signalman First Class (SMI) and Chief Signalman (SMC). Chapter one discusses advancement, its rewards, responsibilities, and requirements. In chapter two administrative and training duties are explained with special emphasis on the coverage of the…