Designed for use by practitioners and classroom teachers with varying backgrounds and teaching experience, this curriculum guide is intended as a pattern to aid in the enrichment and development of more inclusive curriculums. Complete with behavioral objectives, course content, suggested learning activities, materials and equipment, teacher…

Suggested units of study to guide the choice of curriculum in office occupations education are communication skills, filing, mail, reprographics, payroll, and banking. (SK)

The Practicum consists of six projects involving students in a number of secretarial activities that promote the ability to work independently and excercise judgements in decision making. (Author/BP)

This publication is a curriculum guide for postsecondary office occupations education programs in Louisiana. The guide details courses to be taken in order for a student to major in the accounting, secretarial, or typist-clerk curriculum areas. Each of these three curriculum areas contains minimum requirements, exit points, hourly schedules, and…

The course is designed to help the student qualify for employment as a typist in a legal office. Instruction is given to enable the student to prepare all types of legal documents, spell and use legal terminology correctly, and transfer legal information from one document to another. The course description includes: (1) equipment and supplies, (2)…

This guide is intended to help vocational teachers design and implement a cluster program in office occupations (clerical and secretarial, including word processing). The guide suggests teaching ideas for a program aimed at high school students, as well as those wishing to enter community college, university, or apprenticeship programs. To develop…

This guide proposes a model for a comprehensive curriculum for secondary business education with a number of program options. A list of the complete course offerings indicates the courses required or recommended for all students choosing business as an area of study. A listing of prerequisite courses follows. The purpose and student populations…

The course, which can also be taken as part of the Vocational Office Education--Secretarial series, gives students experience in typewriter composition, spelling, proofreading, setting up letters in two styles, acting as a receptionist, and in keeping bank records, a petty cash book, and a payroll. Course content includes the proportional space…

This is an intensive course in taking dictation and transcribing materials related to the legal profession with a high degree of speed and accuracy. The course includes spelling, pronouncing, and defining the most-used legal terms, and a discussion of the ethics of the legal secretary and procedures unique to an attorney's office. Included are the…

This instructional guide focuses on legal careers, a part of the Business Services and Technology Program developed by the Michigan Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education. It provides a variety of curriculum materials for teaching about the occupations of legal office specialist and legal assistant. The legal office…

This document is a packet of instructional materials for training secretaries and clerks for the petroleum, mining, and solar energy fields. Developed by Eastern New Mexico University and the New Mexico State Department of Vocational Education, and aimed at New Mexico industry, the curriculum is divided into three units of petroleum, mining, and…

This document outlines the curriculum of Louisiana's office systems technology associate degree program, which is a 6-term (75-credit hour) competency-based program designed to prepare students for employment as special assistants for business executives and top management. Presented first are a description of the program and a list of the general…

This shorthand program was developed for instructors who wish to use the individualized method of teaching intermediate shorthand on the postsecondary level. Based on Gregg Shorthand, Series 90, it is designed to be used as the second course in the student's shorthand program. The shorthand material as described in this instructor's manual is…

This manual was developed to lead students through an individualized program of intermediate shorthand at the postsecondary level. Based on Gregg Shorthand, Series 90, it is designed to be used in the second course in the student's shorthand program. The shorthand materials as described in this student guide are composed of 11 units. This manual…