Volume 3 of a three volume final report presents prototype job training plans developed as part of a research project which pilot tested a distributive education program for rural schools utilizing a retail store simulation plan. The plans are for 15 entry-level and 15 career-level jobs in seven categories of distributive business (department…

This curriculum guide is intended to assist persons teaching a course in employment in agribusiness. Addressed in the individual units of instruction are the following topics: employment information (training plans/agreements and wages, taxes, and fringe benefits); human relations (employer/employee/customer relations and communication skills);…

This guide, which was written as an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System, outlines the suggested scope and sequence of a 2-year program in marketing and distributive education. The guide consists of a course description;…

This curriculum guide provides curriculum coordinators with a basis for planning a comprehensive program in the career field of marketing agricultural services and allows marketing and distributive education teachers maximum flexibility. Introductory materials include information on use of the guide, information on careers in agricultural…

To develop a competency-based curriculum guide for merchandising/marketing for the University of Hawaii Community College System, a project (1) reviewed and developed a list of all occupations in the general merchandising/marketing program area, (2) developed task inventories for selected occupations, (3) drew a worker mobility chart to show the…

This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-year colleges and adult education, but it can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the eight instructional units in Part III is operating a business. Unit D focuses on market management. It…

This instructor's guide, which is designed to assist teachers in providing instruction and technical support to small business owners and managers, contains 17 competency-based units of instruction on the following areas that both small business instructors and small business owners have deemed critical to the success of any business:…

Designed for use with secondary and postsecondary students who have completed one year of distributive education/marketing general instruction, this curriculum guide provides a competency-based core of instruction for training supervisory managers in a one-year, cooperative program. Seven sections and 22 instructional units are included. Each unit…

The curriculum contained in this guide is one of a series developed to assist teachers in implementing prevocational exploration programs concerned with distribution and marketing occupations. It is designed to complement the West Virginia "Guide for Establishing Programs of Prevocational Exploration." The curriculum consists of 35…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the state's funeral services technology program. Presented in the introduction are a program description and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies for the funeral…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the state's marketing management technology program. Presented in the introduction are a program description and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies for the…

This program guide contains the standard environmental horticulture curriculum for technical institutes in Georgia. The curriculum encompasses the minimum competencies required for entry-level workers in the environmental horticulture field. The general information section contains the following: purpose and objectives; program description,…

This student instructional manual is intended for individualized study for students preparing for careers in the home entertainment sales field and for sales training of clerks in home entertainment stores. Competency based and validated by seven people from the home entertainment sales/management field, the manual contains a list of competencies…

This curriculum guide has been designed to provide the curriculum coordinator with a basis for planning a comprehensive program in the field of real estate marketing, as well as to provide the marketing and distributive education teacher/coordinator with maximum flexibility. The essential common and specialized competencies have been identified…

This Marketing I curriculum guide contains ten units of instruction that may be taught as they are or used in conjunction with the teacher's own instructional materials. The ten units, which may be presented in any order, include (1) Orientation/Job Interview, (2) Communications, (3) Human Relations, (4) Mathematics, (5) Selling, (6)…