Rural communities all too often face scarce funding, instructors and facilities, forcing institutions to choose between offering a variety of introductory courses across a breadth of subjects or providing more narrowly focused, sequenced programs within one or two priority Career Clusters. Providing learners access to diverse career pathways in…

Career Technical Education (CTE) can provide an on-ramp for rural learners to access meaningful, high-wage careers while simultaneously strengthening the talent pipeline to meet regional labor demand. Yet rural learners all too often face an uphill battle when it comes to accessing high-quality CTE. Scarce resources, limited regional employers and…

The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) places a strong emphasis on the alignment of Career Technical Education (CTE) programs of study with state, regional and local economies. Specifically, the legislation requires Perkins-funded programs to prepare students for "high-skill, high-wage, or…

When the nation shut down in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, states had to figure out what education would look like for the remainder of the academic year. These abrupt changes affected not only students' ability to learn but also their access to the support system that would help prepare them for steps beyond high school. This Policy…

One unique and critical element of Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways is that they offer learners exposure and access to authentic experiences inside and outside the classroom. For these opportunities to be guaranteed, industry must play a key role in the design, development and delivery of CTE pathways, including in rural communities. This…

In this comparison of 135 Nebraska vocational agriculture instructors and 126 of their secondary school superintendents on perceptions of professionalism, a high level of agreement was found between the two groups; but agriculture teachers were perceived to be less professional than the classic professions included in previous research. (SK)

The Fifth Annual Evaluation of Vocational Education in Nebraska, prepared by the Nebraska Advisory Council for Vocational Education for the Period July 1, 1973, through June 30, 1974, reviews progress and makes recommendations in the areas of four State priorities and three major goals: (1) State goals and priorities, (2) serving people and their…

A ten-question survey instrument was used to measure teacher acceptance of vocational agriculture core curriculum materials in Nebraska. On a scale of one (poor) to ten (excellent), all 103 teachers who responded rated the core curriculum concept as 5 or higher, with 68 teachers scoring the core concept as 8 or higher. (LRA)

Reported is a Vocational Education Research Project involving twelve Nebraska school districts. The general purpose was to establish the rationale for an Occupational Education Curriculum. Objectives were to survey Statewide needs in order to assist local education leaders to formulate curriculum goals, operationalize these goals, apply PERT…

The booklet, part of a project to identify successful secondary programs serving special education students in Nebraska, describes 12 programs. The 12 programs were selected from 27 nominations on the basis of service delivery approach, disability served, and success. The 12 sites were visited and staffs were interviewed. Eight programs are…

Designed to help articulate vocational education student progress from one level of training to another and to employment, this health occupations guide lists fifty-nine competencies for patient care and doctors' office work. The format for each competency is (1) task statement, (2) list of conditions and limitations for performance, and (3)…

The purpose of this study was to prepare a descriptive analysis of the relationship which exists between vocational education and administrators in Nebraska in order to prepare materials for preservice and in-service education of school administrators. A review of the literature led to development of demographic, role, attitude, and cognitive…

Competencies for Articulation materials have been developed by public schools, an educational district, and a community college in Nebraska to help vocational education students progress from one level of educational training to another and to employment. Their progress is to be measured by "competencies," each of which has three parts:…

The publication serves as a supplement to the Nebraska State plan of vocational education and outlines detailed directions that are needed for a more comprehensive treatment of program development and operational procedures. The report is structured in seven sections: (1) general provisions; (2) financial participation; (3) educational programs in…

This guide was developed to help secondary education teachers plan a summer cooperative vocational education program. This booklet's content is presented in four sections. The first one covers background information while section two explains the reasons for establishing a summer cooperative education program. The third section discusses ten steps…