Discussed is the Career Opportunities Program (COP), a nationwide work-study training model designed to improve the educational opportunities of children from the low-income families by employing community residents as teacher aides while preparing for teacher certification. (NQ)

CAREERS FOR YOUTH, IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO HELP STUDENTS FULFILL THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL AND THUS BE ABLE TO GET GOOD JOBS. CAUSES THAT HAVE KEPT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM HAVING A BETTER STANDARD OF LIVING INCLUDED LACK OF MOTIVATION, A LACK OF OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE FREE ENTERPRISE AND A FAILURE OF THE COMMUNITY TO…

This report presents existing workforce levels, training programs and career potentials and develops staffing level projections (1976-1982) based on available information for the State of Arizona. The study concerns itself with the environmental pollution control areas of air, noise, potable water, pesticides, radiation, solid waste, wastewater,…

The existence of compulsory school attendance at the secondary level may help to assure school attendance for some students, but it does little to assure that any will learn. Both the laws requiring attendance and the basic high school programs offered in most states must be remodeled. Arizona's system provides a good example. Although Arizona's…

This curriculum development framework is a collection of teacher-developed materials designed to provide teachers and administrators with an outline for the development of a program in home economics related occupations. Content includes answers to questions about home economics-occupations programs (who, what, when, where, and why), the Arizona…

The Northern Arizona Hospitality Education Program is an exemplary three-year project designed to help students, mainly Indian, obtain job skills and attitudes necessary for successful employment in the hospitality industry. Nine high schools from Apache, Coconino, and Navajo Counties participated in the project. Objectives included providing an…

The Arizona Department of Education designed this curriculum guideline to aid teachers in planning programs that provide opportunities for students of all ages to comprehend, identify, apply, and analyze housing and life styles. The topics concentrated on are: nature and housing of man, housing as a modification of environment, effects of housing…