Wisconsin's Designated Vocational Instruction model emphasizes identification and use of vocational program competencies before placement, during participation, and through transition. It enables special and vocational educators to cooperate in preparing high school students with disabilities in the least restricted environment. (SK)

A study was conducted to develop a procedure by which secondary and postsecondary articulation could be improved in a selected trade and industrial program (welding). Thirteen high school teachers were surveyed using a list of 560 tasks to determine what high school programs they were teaching. Results of this survey were used to develop a…

Goals of the secondary health occupations workshop held May 16-18, 1974, in Madison were to develop a set of guidelines for health occupations education in Wisconsin secondary schools and to increase educators' awareness of the need for such education in Wisconsin. Speeches and panel discussions were titled as follows: "Health Care…

This report documents a project to provide technical assistance, coordination, training, and resources to programs implementing the Wisconsin Model for Sex Equity in Career and Vocational Education. It describes how technical assistance was provided to all school districts served through a consortium and three special projects. Other project…

The paper traces Wisconsin's adaptation of the California Portable Assistance Study Sequence (PASS), a semi-independent correspondence type study program, for junior high and senior high school migrant students. Educational needs and problems of the approximately 500 migratory secondary school students who attend Wisconsin schools are described.…

Describes an interdisciplinary transition model currently used in rural Wisconsin for special needs students that links vocational assessment, Individualized Education Plan development, program placement, instructional support, exit transition conferences, and postschool followup. Stresses collaboration among students, parents, educators, and…

To serve educators and administrators interested in planning curriculum articulation in vocational education, this resource guide addresses problems and procedures basic to that effort. It offers applicability and generalizability across vocational programs, from pre-vocational through college levels; to "external" resources, such as…

This collection contains descriptions of model entrepreneurship education programs submitted by 10 states. The first section deals with the Colorado Network of Small Business Programs and the Colorado Entrepreneurship Education Infusion Project. Described next is a model teacher education program in entrepreneurship education that was implemented…

This document is intended to give Wisconsin teachers and administrators the background knowledge to understand the nuances of the various work-based learning (WBL) programs and determine whether they want to develop one or more new WBL programs in their district or enhance or otherwise customize existing WBL programs. Each of the first 11 chapters…

These proceedings consist of the texts of papers and panel discussions presented at a Parker Project-sponsored futures symposium on youth, work, economic productivity, and the challenges facing Wisconsin's secondary schools in providing job training for the future. Addressed in the individual presentations included in this volume are the…

This document details Wisconsin's state plan for implementation of activities mandated by the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 and funded by a grant from the National School-to-Work Opportunities Act. The plan is divided into 23 sections dealing with the following topics: geographical areas; local support/expansion of school-to-work…