The purposes of this guidebook for secondary typewriting teachers are to provide information about common typewriting problems, to suggest alternative teaching strategies, and to explore new areas of concern. Contents include suggested performance objectives for the first and second year of typewriting instruction at the secondary level;…

Intended as an alternative method of learning for the adult minority business student, this document presents thirty case studies of minority individuals who have started their own business ventures. These case studies are designed to provide material for class discussions, an introduction for role playing, or a resource for individual study. Each…

This curriculum guide accompanies a business ownership and management curriculum designed for the prevocational and exploratory grade levels (grades 7-9). An explanation of the need for such a curriculum, an overview of the curriculum, and instructions for using this guide are included in the three introductory sections. Major content consists of…

The curriculum guide presents a two-year, in-school program for juniors and seniors designed to prepare students for positions in the accounting field. Instruction in this program includes all subjects related to the accounting field: accounting, office machines, office processing data, typewriting, economics, business law, and business…

The distributive education program for grades 7 to 12 is organized around three career education phases: the career education phase (grades 7-10), the distributive phase (grade 11), and the competency cluster phase (grade 12). The grade 11 syllabus provides a six-page introduction which covers scheduling, cooperative work experience, the school…

The curriculum guide is designed to provide students with realistic training in business/clerical/sales theory and practices within the secondary educational framework and to prepare them for entry into an occupation or continuing postsecondary education. Each unit plan consists of a description of the area under consideration, estimated hours of…

Using the skills and knowledge obtained in Office Career Occupations No. 3, the students will continue to develop their abilities in filing, communication, and computation. A basic understanding of profit and loss, the addressing machine, and basic machine transcription will be provided. The 90-hour course also includes application problems for…

The course will enable the business education student to continue to develop skills in typewriting, filing, and communication that were begun in the prerequisite course, Office Career Occupations No. 2. The course also includes an exploration of shorthand systems and basic operations of full- and ten-key adding machines. The recognition of both…

This course familiarizes students with punched-card and electronic data processing terminology, the cycle, the basic operations, and their relationship to these two systems. It includes a familiarization with the various devices, equipment, media, and typical business applications for each system; it also includes an introduction to languages used…

The unit plans in Correlated Science 1 are intended to be of use to the teacher in both lesson and team planning. The course in science was designed for optimum correlation with the work done in business, health, and industrial careers. Behavioral objectives, class routines, time allotments, student evaluation, and the design of the manual are…

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the functions, criticisms, costs, and consumer analysis of advertising; Federal and State regulations of industry operation and advertising; Federal, State, and city agencies for consumer protection; private and business-sponsored organizations for consumer protection; and rights and…

The course focuses on comparison shopping, store etiquette, impulse buying, interpreting labels, specials, loss leaders, standards in relation to need, installment or cash costs. It is primarily designed for consumer or homemaking education, rather than directly related to specific occupational preparation, although it has value for a prospective…

To aid the teacher in providing instruction in small business ownership and management for students at the secondary, adult, continuing education, or community college levels, this curriculum guide contains 14 units, each consisting of introduction, objectives, content, and suggested activities. Suggested activities include projects, group…

One of a series of 12 in the secretarial/clerical area, this booklet for the vocational instructor contains a job description for the legal secretary, a task list of areas of competency, an occupational tasks competency record (suggested as replacement for the traditional report card), a list of industry representatives and educators involved in…

One of 12 in the secretarial/clerical area, this booklet for vocational instructor contains a job description for educational office personnel, a task list of areas of competency, an occupational tasks competency record (suggested as replacement for the traditional report card), a list of industry representatives and educators involved in…