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Download full textAdvance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2021
States face transformational disruptions in education and work that have further widened skill and equity gaps. Area technical centers (ATCs) are under-utilized public educational institutions that are powerful tools in expanding equitable pathways for learners to gain postsecondary credentials that lead to meaningful careers while helping states…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Governance
Kotamraju, Pradeep; Mettille, John L., III – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2012
Career and technical education (CTE) is increasingly seen as a major potential contributor to the recovery of the U.S. economy. However, the effectiveness and impact of the current Carl D. Perkins Act (otherwise known as Perkins IV) that governs CTE are unclear. Is the federal investment in CTE paying off? To answer this, we need to establish the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1992
This booklet describes programs designed to offer a comprehensive system to improve Florida's work force. Through these programs, students and workers in Florida are prepared to enter the labor force, attend technical training programs, enroll in other postsecondary programs, or upgrade their skills on the job. The following are discussed: the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends
Florida State Council on Vocational Education, Tallahassee. – 1990
To ensure that Florida's vocational education programs are relevant to the changing needs of the state's labor market: (1) activities on new and emerging occupations should be coordinated through the Labor Market Information Coordinating Committee (LMICC); (2) the Bureau of Labor Market Information (BLMI) should identify significant occupations…
Descriptors: Career Information Systems, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Emerging Occupations
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 2000
A review of Florida's work force development (WD) system focuses on state-level entities and programs involved in providing job training services, workforce education services, and other services to help persons obtain and retain jobs. State-level WD entities consist of 10 state agencies and public-private partnerships, 2 primary state-level…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Kraft, Richard H. P. – 1971
In preparing this evaluation report, the Florida State Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education believed that evaluation should (1) focus on the people and their needs, (2) look into all parts of the human resources development program of the State, and (3) identify the employment opportunities within the State and the vocational…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedMormino, Gary R.; Pozzetta, George E. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Traces social and working history of Sicilian women. Examines this history's significance to the development of Ybor City, an immigrant community settled by Sicilians, Cubans, and Spaniards in Tampa, Florida. Presents experiences and lifestyles of women employed in cigar factories, characterizing them as labor radicals yet traditionally domestic.…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Ethnic Studies, Family History, Immigrants
Fletcher, Jane; Gray, Dorothy – 1998
The Enterprise Florida Jobs and Education Partnership has taken actions to resolve issues raised in a previous report. The legislature has expanded the partnership's work force development (WFD) role; assigned it a role in implementing the state's welfare-to-work program; and established additional incentive funding for WFD program outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
Psilos, Phil – 2002
Research examining the impact of arts education on workforce preparation has confirmed that programs incorporating the arts can be educational, developmentally rich, and cost-effective ways of providing students with the skills needed for productive participation in today's economy. Arts education has been shown to help students develop basic,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Change
University of West Florida, Pensacola. – 1995
The following papers are included: "Concepts on Marketing Issues in the Czech Republic" (Anne Mills); "Requiring More of Teacher Preparation: Authentic Assessment as a Vehicle to Reform" (Laura J. Wyant); "A Delphi Study of Professional Competencies for the Secondary Marketing Educator" (Trellys A. Morris); "The…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Business Education, Business Education Teachers
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1999
Surging demand for workers, growing income inequality, and passage of welfare reforms have made work force development one of the United States' key national concerns. Public/Private Ventures has been working with various states to design work force development strategies that seek to address the concerns of many work force development specialists…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Colleges, Community Colleges
D'Amico, Ronald; Kogan, Deborah; Kreutzer, Suzanne; Wiegand, Andrew; Baker, Alberta; Carrick, Gardner; McCarthy, Carole – 2001
Early state and local progress toward implementation of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was reviewed. Data were collected through visits to selected sites in Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Vermont and a 90-item Workforce System Information and Evaluation (WSIE) data collection form. The following aspects of WIA…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Budgeting
