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Early Intervention Paraprofessional Standards: Development and Field Validation
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Banerjee, Rashida; Chopra, Ritu V.; DiPalma, Geraldine – Journal of Early Intervention, 2017
Personnel standards are the foundations for how states and nations approve a program, engage in systemic assessment, and provide effective professional development to its early childhood professionals. However, despite the extensive use of paraprofessionals in early intervention/early childhood special education programs, there is a lack of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Early Childhood Education, Standards
Determining What Employers Really Want: Conducting Regional Stakeholder Focus Groups.
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Kretovics, Mark A.; McCambridge, James A. – Journal of Career Planning & Employment, 1998
Explains how personnel at the College of Business and at the Career Center at Colorado State University utilized focus groups to discover the skills that regional employers seek in new hires. Results show that the 21 employer-representative participants look for technical skills, communication skills, and personality characteristics/attributes.…
Descriptors: Career Centers, College Students, Employer Attitudes, Employers
The Effect of Vocational Instructor's Occupational Experience and Experience Recency on Instructor's Attitudes and Proficiency. Final Report. Volume 1, Review of Literature.
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1976
Volume one of a two-volume report on a project designed to study the relationship between vocational teacher technical competencies and occupational experience factors, this document contains a national literature and research review pertinent to the topic. The review findings were summarized and are presented in the following format: a basis and…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Skills, Literature Reviews
Rules of the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education under the Colorado Vocational Education Act 8 CCR 1504-2.
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Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, Denver. – 1999
The Colorado Vocational Act of 1970 was adopted by the Colorado General Assembly to provide assistance to local school districts operating vocational education programs approved by the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education. The rules detail the requirements and processes for reimbursement of school districts under…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Colleges, Credentials, Educational Finance
The Effect of Vocational Instructor's Occupational Experience and Experience Recency on Instructor's Attitude and Proficiency. Final Report. Volume 2, Technical Report.
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1976
A study designed to determine the existence of a significant relationship between vocational teacher technical competencies and occupational experience factors and to assess teachers' opinions regarding occupational experience, necessity of recency of occupational experience, and length of recency of occupational experience. Only teachers in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Business Education, Demography
Role Clarification and Determination of the Responsibilities for Administrative Tasks Performed by Local Vocational Administrators in Colorado. Final Report.
Valentine, Ivan E.; And Others – 1979
This study intended to determine perceptions about the administrative tasks and responsibility that should be held by local directors of vocational education in area vocational schools and community/junior colleges in Colorado, and then to develop typical job descriptions. To collect data, a survey questionnaire utilizing a Likert-type scale with…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
A Job-Hunting Guide for Colorado Citizens with Disabilities.
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2001
This three-section guide was created to help people with disabilities in the state of Colorado look for and find employment. Aimed at both potential employees and employers, the guide provides information to help citizens with disabilities to prepare for and represent themselves when seeking employment and to better understand their rights under…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Affirmative Action
Making Standards Work! A Teacher's Guide to Integrating Academic Content Standards and Assessments with Workplace Competencies and School-to-Career Activities.
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Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1998
This handbook, which is intended for K-12 teachers in Colorado, explains how to integrate academic content standards and assessments with workplace competencies and school-to-career activities. The handbook is divided into four sections. The first presents the Colorado General Workplace Competencies, which describe the skills and knowledge…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Career Development, Classroom Techniques
Making Standards Work! Science. A Teacher's Guide to Contextual Learning: Integrating Academic Content Standards with Career Development and Workplace Competencies.
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Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This guide, which was written by Colorado educators, is intended to help other educators in Colorado weave academic content standards regarding science, assessments, and school-to-career methods into an integrated, comprehensive strategy for preparing all students to meet their future goals. The introduction discusses the guide's purpose, the role…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Career Development, Career Education, Classroom Techniques