The purpose of this publication is to aid the beginning teacher of vocational agriculture/agribusiness in planning for the first year as a member of the teaching profession. The manual is organized on a monthly schedule starting with July, since this is often the month when a new vocational agriculture teacher is hired. Each month includes seven…

The commission was charged with drafting a framework for overhauling education in California's 1,600 intermediate and secondary schools. The Superintendent of Public Instruction asked the commission to envision an educational system that could respond continually to changing needs in the next quarter century; to identify the skills and…

This workbook presents lessons, workshop sessions, and laboratory exercises designed to help youth and adults clarify personal values and develop decision-making skills. The workbook (or "portable school") provides guidance in procedure and method of values clarification. The learning experiences involve users of the text in establishing criteria,…

The handbook contains curriculum objectives, suggests directed activities for the United States Dependent Schools in the European Area (USDESEA) Cooperative Work Experience Program, and provides information and guidance for instructor/coordinators and supporting staff. Designed chiefly for small group instruction, the activities can also be…

Developed by the Chicago public schools in coordination with State and local departments of vocational education, the document is the last in a series of three curriculum guides. Intended for use at the junior high school level, its aim is to provide two types of guidance services: counseling for self-understanding and personal development, and a…

The eight-page teacher's guide provides general objectives for the course. It also includes details on the population for which it was designed and some information regarding the variety of programs in which the material has been used successfully. The Occupational Essentials lesson plan section consists of 38 lesson plans, each stating behavioral…

This document contains lesson plans on three topics: positive expectations and the self-fulfilling prophecy, nonverbal communications, and time management. The lessons are intended for use by vocational and technical education teachers. Each lesson plan consists of an introduction, presentation, outline of instruction and summary, keyed to…

In order to facilitate the lifelong process of career development and to integrate the resources of the public educational institutions in Hawaii, the goals and learner objectives for the state's community colleges were developed in consonance with those of the Hawaii Career Development Continuum for grades K-12. The four major goals for career…

These student learning materials deal with various life skills vital to personal development. The following topics are covered in the individual units: human relations (personality traits, employer expectations, human relations situations, and job attitudes); techniques for securing a job (locating employment opportunities and developing job…

This study focuses on Thornlea Secondary School's social relationships and the way in which they affect the implementation of innovation. The study is largely descriptive and utilizes taped interviews of students, teachers, administrators, and citizens of the community as the primary source of information. The study's concern about innovativeness…

This curriculum guide, which was designed for an exploration/orientation course in home economics, introduces students to the field of home economics. It is designed to develop the total well-being of students to empower them to become healthy, well-adjusted, self-confident, productive persons, family members, and workers. The guide contains the…

This unit is one of three self-contained modules for self-assessment, career exploration, and life skills designed for use with special populations (persons with disabilities, educationally and economically disadvantaged persons, persons with limited English proficiency, students in programs designed to eliminate sex bias, and prisoners) in…

This compendium of 10 curriculum resource units offers interdisciplinary activities to develop critical and creative thinking skills in gifted students. "Life Is Becoming: Can You Find the Way?" by Vicki Miller, uses American literature to help youth make the transition to adulthood. "Coming to America," by Deborah Cornwell,…

As one of a series of curriculum guides for office education programs in Texas, this guide contains units of instruction to assist in teaching the following objectives rated as necessary for the success of the program by experienced teachers across the state: (1) the essential elements common to all vocational programs and (2) the essential…

The central theme of the 10-day National Leadership Conference (NLC), sponsored by the American Youth Foundation at Camp Miniwanca (Michigan), is to train high school students in leadership for service; its goal is to sharpen service-learning leadership skills of young people and teachers and to encourage their application to transform and serve…