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Download full textBauer, Robert; Michael, Robert – 1993
Project Success is a vocational education program designed to help at-risk 9th and 10th grade students improve their chances for completing high school and obtaining employment implemented at Bainbridge High School in Georgia. Prospective students are economically disadvantaged, scored below the 25th percentile on a standardized test, received a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Evaluation
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
The School-to-Work Urban Opportunities Program represents a 5-year commitment by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) (Texas) and the Houston Community College System to establish a program to facilitate students' development of the skills and abilities necessary to secure meaningful employment. The program involves one high school and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship
Morse, Ann – 1993
Realities of a multilingual, multiethnic workforce and the services available in the current employment and training system are discussed in this report, which outlines the main Federal programs that provide employment and training for the foreign-born. Also highlighted are issues raised by participants in the Immigrant Policy Project's regional…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment, Ethnic Groups, Federal Programs
Quin Rivers Agency for Community Action, Inc., Providence Forge, VA. – 1989
This project, conducted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, Public Law 98-24, provided outreach to 49 Charles City County (Virginia) economically and educationally disadvantaged handicapped youth, aged 16 through 21. Various services were provided to facilitate their entrance into vocational education, employment, or other…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Coll. of Education. – 1987
This module provides strategies for educators who want to assess employer needs in their communities. In addition, it provides guidelines for organizing and using the information once it is compiled. The guide includes a list of definitions and uses a question-and-answer format to discuss the best method for assessing employer needs, deciding whom…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Resources, Employer Attitudes
Wircenski, Jerry L. – 1986
As a part of its mandate for equal access to vocational training for special needs individuals, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1984 stipulated that if disadvantaged individuals require separate programming to enable them to participate in vocational education, federal funds may be used to pay 50 percent of the cost…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Garner, C. William – 1985
An integrated overview of the processes involved in the establishment of a vocational program of study for the disadvantaged student is provided in this paper. Occupational analysis, the first step in the establishment of such a program, is discussed and divided into three steps: (1) major job tasks; (2) sub-tasks; and (3) specific job functions.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Field Dependence Independence, Individualized Instruction
Wircenski, Jerry L.; Tilton, Norm L. – 1982
A project was conducted to develop and implement a field-based inservice and preservice model to increase vocational education services to disadvantaged students in the Centre Region of Pennsylvania. With the help of an advisory committee, the following activities were carried out: (1) an instructional resource team was developed and services were…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs, Educational Resources
Beach, Christine; Halverson, Bret – 1981
This report presents the findings of a study to evaluate the appropriateness of 63 alternative educational and vocational programs for high-risk adolescents in New York City, specifically youthful offenders and persons in need of supervision in the facilities of the New York State Division for Youth (DFY). The programs were established to provide…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Basic Skills, Child Advocacy
Gilsinan, James F.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1980
A study compared the effectiveness of public and private sector work experience programs. In five locations equal numbers of jobs were developed in the private and public/nonprofit sectors. To equalize the incentives relative to the public sector, full wage subsidies were provided on an experimental basis in the private sector. Youth were matched…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged
Oklahoma Univ., Norman. Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies. – 1981
This document is an introduction to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs for school administrative personnel. Written in lay language, it is especially geared for school administrators in the state of Oklahoma. The guide was developed to help school personnel understand the functions of CETA, to show how resources of both…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Cooperation, Educational History, Employment Programs
Beach, David P. – 1981
The lack of communication between educators and employers concerning the characteristics of a successful worker is explored. The need for a stronger emphasis on positive affective work competencies (work values, habits, and attitudes) is demonstrated. The failure of many educators to help their students develop proper work habits and attitudes is…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York, NY. – 1981
This is an evaluation report on the vocational education program in the majority black school system of Oakland, California. An overview of the employment problems in Oakland and a description of the report's preparation are contained in an introduction. Chapter two examines the relationship of the vocational education program to planning,…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Black Students, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth
San Mateo Union High School District, CA. – 1979
A project was designed to involve vocational teachers in intensive "hands-on" workshop activities to develop information, materials, and strategies for vocational instruction and support for students with special needs. Thirty vocational teachers from business, homemaking, and industrial education were involved in a two-day workshop and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Handicapped Students
American Vocational Association, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1968
THE COMPLETE TEXTS OF "RESEARCH VISIBILITY" SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN THE NINE ISSUES OF "AMERICAN VOCATIONAL JOURNAL," SEPTEMBER 1967 THROUGH MAY 1968 ARE PRESENTED. THE INITIAL SOURCE OF DIRECTION IN DETERMINING APPROPRIATE THEMES AND SUBTOPICS FOR EACH ISSUE WAS THE PANEL OF CONSULTANTS' REPORT, "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD OF WORK."…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Curriculum Research
