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Download full textFriet, James E.; Schmidt, Roy L. – 1976
The Washington Occupational Information System (WOIS) is a project of a consortium of State education and employment agencies to provide dissemination of occupational and educational information to both users and producers: schools, social service and manpower agencies, employees, and employers. The WOIS project organization and operation is…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Career Exploration, Computer Oriented Programs
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. Employment and Social Services Policy Studies Div. – 2002
Faced with worker displacement stemming from a changing economy, states are acting to soften the economic impact of displacement on affected individuals and businesses. Key strategies and practices are as follows: (1) anticipating layoffs by analyzing economic and labor market trends (using data to anticipate layoffs; developing an early warning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Career Counseling, Coordination
Crawford, Lucy C.; Jewell, Lloyd M., Jr. – 1976
Presented in four sections, this handbook was prepared to assist school administrators and placement service personnel in the organization and administration of a student job placement service for a secondary school. The handbook is primarily based on results obtained from developmental projects in a series of workshops provided to train placement…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Budgeting, Career Counseling
El Paso Community Coll., TX. – 1995
The Quick Start Training Program is a transitional program that was developed to help the homeless population of El Paso, Texas, become self-sufficient through short-term vocational skills training. The program's occupational training component was designed to meet local training needs and was supplemented with activities to give participants…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Counseling, Career Education, Community Colleges
Ashley, William L.; Zahniser, Gale L. – 1984
This report, one in a series of three publications for vocational program developers and others to use in planning and developing a community-based response to worker dislocation, deals with programs for dislocated workers that have been developed and supported by private sector and local community efforts and resources. Reviewed in the first…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Case Studies, Community Education, Community Programs
Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. – 1980
A project examined the effectiveness of the Youth Career Development (YCD) Demonstration in facilitating the school-to-work transition of high school seniors. The evaluation involved a 1755-student test group and a 1684-student control group from 30 sites funded by six delivery agents (National Urban League, National Council of Negro Women, SER…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Ferrini, Paul – 1977
This case history describes the Washington State Career Change Program which is designed to respond to the career needs of unemployed residents who have been laid off or unable to continue their jobs as a result of economic, technological, or health factors beyond their control. The career change program assists these individuals in identifying…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change
Bruno, Lee – 1978
In this monograph, methods and models for revising or developing intake and assessment activities, facilitating enrollee success, and offering other program benefits are presented. The report, divided into four chapters, describes intake and assessment in chapter 1. Intake is defined as any process controlling the enrollee's flow into a program at…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agency Role, Aptitude Tests, Cost Effectiveness
Wurzburg, Gregory – 1978
This report of the National Council on Employment Policy to the Department of Labor identifies some major themes and analyzes the diverse experiences occurring in ten case studies. The case studies examine a total of thirty-seven prime sponsors (in twelve states) charged with improving job opportunities for youth. "Summary and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Exploration, Case Studies
Reynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
This report summarizes the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) which involved 47 prime sponsors providing training and employment assistance to over 6,000 persons, most of whom were Hispanic or Asian. Focus is on lessons learned that will be useful for developing such programs. Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the background of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Bromley, Ann; And Others – 1984
The Sex Equity Program at Santa Fe Community College continued to foster innovative approaches to overcoming sex-role stereotyping and discrimination in vocational education, training, and employment. It focused on four major areas: awareness/recruitment; education of students and staff at the college; support/job placement for enrolled…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Curriculum Development
Reynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
These ten case studies of the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) report different approaches to providing training and employment assistance to unemployed persons of limited English-speaking ability. (A summary report of forty-seven projects is available separately. See Note.) The first four describe projects conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Zahniser, Gale L.; Ashley, William L. – 1984
This guide, one in a series of three publications for vocational program developers and others to use in planning and developing a community-based response to worker dislocation, provides a generic approach to program development. Discussed first are the causes, future, and impact of worker dislocation. The next chapter is devoted to various…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Planning, Community Resources, Community Services
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1984
This booklet, which is intended to provide ideas on how Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds can be used to serve disabled youth, lists and describes over 75 promising programs funded by the JTPA to provide vocational education, training, and employment services to handicapped youth. The following types of programs are described: State and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Guilford Technical Community Coll., Jamestown, NC. – 1985
This combination procedures manual and annotated bibliography is intended to assist faculty and staff at community colleges in North Carolina in developing centralized job placement and development services. The first section describes the project to establish centralized employment services at Guilford Technical Community College during which the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Centralization, Community Colleges
