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Direct linkFowler, Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purposes of this multiple case study were to determine if manufacturing and services sector employers found value in the use of an ePortfolio in the hiring process, and to develop a suggested template for an ePortfolio format to be used within career and technical education. Electronic portfolios "allow students to showcase their…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Vocational Education, Case Studies, Electronic Publishing
Niss, James; Pledge, Michael T. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1977
This article summarizes the results of a study to determine employers' hiring preferences for vocationally trained individuals, and illustrates the use of these data to more accurately estimate job openings. (Author)
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications, Job Training, Research Projects
PARSONS, WARREN – 1966
INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH THE MANAGERS OF 58 GREENHOUSES WHICH COVERED ONE ACRE OR MORE IN THE CHICAGO, CLEVELAND, AND DETROIT AREAS (1) TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF TRAINING DESIRED FOR THE COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE GROWER IN TERMS OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPECIES OF ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS PRODUCED, AND THE DEGREE OF ATTAINMENT OF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Greenhouses
Download full textPiland, William E. – 1982
Alternative schools in public school districts and private institutions offer a choice of more than one educational option to students. These schools usually have some of the following characteristics: voluntary participation, distinctiveness, nonexclusiveness, comprehensive objectives, and a supportive learning environment. Instructional styles…
Descriptors: Competence, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Fiscus, Keith Eugene – 1965
Questionnaires to determine the vocational and technical education needed by prospective workers in farming and in grain elevator and agricultural equipment businesses were administered to 20 workers in each of the jobs of (1) farm manager, (2) grain elevator manager, operator, salesman, and deliveryman, and (3) agricultural equipment manager,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Skills, Crop Processing Occupations
Hunter, Alain; And Others – 1979
The intent of this study was to address the process of selection of an appropriate training setting based upon criteria being used by employers and educators in Illinois who plan for the vocational education of handicapped persons. Study 1, a pretest of the questionnaire, quantified the criteria for determining the better approach for training…
Descriptors: Competence, Criteria, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes
Cassel (Frank H.) and Associates, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1976
This study was conducted to gather data on apprenticeship programs in Illinois, with emphasis on the role of vocational education in the present system, and to recommend an alternative policy for the involvement of vocational education with apprenticeship programs. Study constraints included the fact that information was unavailable on programs…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Apprenticeships, Coordination, Educational Policy
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1986
This publication contains 19 one- or two-page profiles of Illinois teachers, educational administrators, and business people who have contributed greatly to the success of their vocational education students. The profiles are written in the third person but many contain first-person accounts, along with testimony about the subjects by employers,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Students, Business Responsibility, Community Colleges
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1981
An Illinois project identified employer perceptions of vocational education graduates' job holding and success problems and needs and prepared instructional units to remediate these problems. An employer job survey was disseminated to businesses and industries who rated young adults entering the job market on non-skill related job performance…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Objectives, Coping, Employee Attitudes
Beckwith, Robert; And Others – 1989
The Illinois Council on Vocational Education (ICOVE) has recommended six needed actions for private-sector involvement in vocational education, as well as in the total educational process. The recommendations are a result of several efforts during the past 4 years. The council has monitored private-sector involvement in education both formally and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business Responsibility, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Wentling, Tim L.; Piland, William E. – 1982
This document, one of 12 guides that have been developed to facilitate evaluation by and for local education agency (LEA) personnel in Illinois, covers student follow-up and employer follow-up surveys--activities designed to collect data for use in decisions regarding nearly every aspect of the program. State guidelines for the locally-developed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Educational Assessment, Employer Attitudes
Callejas, Juan Jose; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the extent and nature of the services provided to in-school limited English proficiency (LEP) youth who were enrolled in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)/Youth Employment Training Program (YETP)-vocational education linkage programs in four areas of Illinois. Included among data collection instruments and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Definitions, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Speaking Freely, 1983
This report contains a condensation and highlights of public hearings held by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education (SACVE) and the Illinois Employment and Training Council (IETC) on the subject of improving education to prepare youth for employment. During the hearings on this topic, 100 witnesses…
Descriptors: Career Education, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Daniels, M. Harry; Karmos, Joseph S. – 1983
A project was conducted to identify skills that vocational students will need to adapt to future changes in the workplace and jobs caused by advancing technology as well as to develop policy stands on how those skills can be imparted. Research was conducted through computer searches of relevant data bases, interviews with vocational educators and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Career Change, Career Development
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Leadership Training Inst./Vocational and Special Education. – 1981
This information guide is designed to help handicapped adults and parents of handicapped youth become aware of the vocational programs and services available in the community as well as in Illinois and to understand what to ask for when considering vocational programing. Chapter 1 is an introduction and overview. Information is provided on the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Career Awareness, Career Development
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