This document describes the efforts of program administrators to implement an organic curriculum in the Monroe, Michigan, high school. The chief program administrator coordinated curriculum revision activities to increase vocational guidance and training and to train teachers in individualized instruction methods. Organic curriculum is a learner-…

Describes an in-service training program for the development of student advocate roles among pupil personnel professionals. Sessions focused on issues related to minority and disadvantaged youths and activities for developing advocacy skills including advising, manipulation, negotiation, consultation, and confrontation. (JAC)

Presents aims of an inservice course designed to encourage science teachers to incorporate material of relevance to the local industrial scene into their existing curricula. Projects required by participants in the course are listed with their brief descriptions and possible applications in the classroom. (CS)

Comparisons of data for Italy and other European countries show that Italy has lower educational attainment for the 25-64 age group, shorter length of compulsory schooling, and less inservice training for employed adults. The Centre for the Study of Social Investment in Italy identified needs for functional literacy, supplementary and vocational…

A course designed for college students with severe writing problems, especially those stemming from nonstandard speech patterns, was adapted to a variety of noncollege settings: two high schools, a labor union, a manpower training program, and the staff education department of a psychiatric hospital. Each setting attempted to integrate classroom…

A study was designed to identify cases of the successful implementation of technology in New York and Illinois; to document the strategies, processes, and procedures used in the successful implementation of statewide technology education programs; and to develop guidelines for the implementation of statewide technology education programs. Data…

Equipment and programs related to a system of telecommunications for vocational education in Utah were developed and pilot tested. These developments were in response to a need for applying the use of microcomputers in instruction, administration, and training programs. Specific objectives of the project were clerical and staff use of…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for paraprofessional and professional personnel in career resource centers, grades 9-14. The goal of this module is to…

Fifteen placement project participants were enrolled in a refined competency-based continuation of a pilot program to train individuals to function as placement coordinators in their schools. They were enrolled in a weekly oncampus placement seminar at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for the entire academic year (1979-80) and in a…

This module is the third of a series of three separate, but unified by process, minimodules, all of which are part of a larger set of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies. The module…

This minimodule is the first of a series of three separate, but unified by process, minimodules, all of which are part of a larger set of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies. The module…

This module is directed at personnel working or planning to work in the areas of guidance, counseling, placement and follow-through in junior and senior high school settings, grades 7-12. The module topic is career guidance for young women of junior and sinior high school age, and the focus will be on providing nonbiased career guidance which…

Initiated in Lincoln County, West Virginia, in 1971, the study is the result of the collection and analysis of data from 1233 students in grades 1-10, 794 parents of students in grades 1-12, 78 teachers of students in grades 1-12, and 30 business and industrial personnel. In Part One of the report, the emphasis is on the career education treatment…

The report, covering 1965-68, deals first with a program entitled Improved Preparation for Culturally-Deprived Rural Children, which was designed to improve reading skills of elementary school students. Background of the Western States Small Schools Project for New Mexico is described, as well as how Carrizozo Public Schools were selected for the…

The Many Faces of Kevin Michael Pullen is a case study intended to provide a basis for comprehensive discussions in counselor education courses at the graduate level and in inservice workshops for practicing secondary school counselors. Kevin is a young man, able to get through high school without developing his talents and skills. At the end of…