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Flicker, Bernard – 1969
The objectives of this High School Redirection Project were to redirect potential dropouts to continue full-time education and training with an educational-vocational plan, to provide high school dropouts with job skills that will enable them to enter the labor market on the highest possible level while continuing to upgrade their skills on a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Group Counseling, High School Students
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Special Education. – 1974
Presented is a curriculum guide for educable mentally retarded secondary school students in Georgia which features functional academics, physical development, social skills, and prevocational and vocational skills. Included are a work-study schedule for five levels (freshman through graduate), an explanation of school and work station sites,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Frankel, Steven M. – 1973
This document summarizes the significant findings, overall methodology, and policy recommendations for the Assessment of School Supervised Work Education Programs. It consists of material contained in the Data Analysis Report together with a description of the analysis model developed for each respondent group. Individual predictor items were…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention, Models, On the Job Training
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1973
Two conference reports focus on career education programs for handicapped high school students. Described is a work study program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) senior high students with goals such as decreasing the incidence of school dropouts, improving basic work skills, teaching positive work attitudes, teaching money and time management…
Descriptors: Career Education, Conference Reports, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1972
This booklet summarizes selected facts and suggestions for the use of State staffs in planning for the development of cooperative vocational education programs under Public Law 90-576. Designed to provide pertinent information as technical assistance for facilitating the decision-making process, this resource manual is intended for use in…
Descriptors: Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Educational Finance
Lieman, Meyer, Ed. – Forum, 1980
Thirteen brief articles look at high school programs for students with special needs with emphasis on programs offered in New York State. Articles have the following titles and authors: "Vocational Education for Handicapped Students in New York City High Schools" (F. Yauch); "Development of a Comprehensive Program for High School…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Articulation (Education), Clerical Occupations, Curriculum
FREY, ROGER M.; KOLSTOE, OLIVER P. – 1965
CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND THE ORGANIZATION OF A 4-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM FOR THESE STUDENTS ARE DESCRIBED FOR TEACHERS AND WORK-STUDY SUPERVISORS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES WORK AND RELATED STUDY THROUGH THREE STAGES OF EXPERIENCE--PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING WHICH PROVIDES VOCATIONAL INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Mental Retardation, Personnel, Prevocational Education
CASEY, RAYMOND P.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS THROUGH COOPERATION WITH LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LED TO THE CREATION OF THE POSITION OF BUSINESS-INDUSTRY-SCHOOL COORDINATOR (BISC). THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS POSITION IS TRACED. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE COORDINATOR ARE GIVEN, AND BISC DUTIES ARE OUTLINED. SPECIAL…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adolescents, Cooperative Education, Federal Legislation
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1966
PROCEDURES WHICH LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST FOLLOW FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTS ARE PRESENTED. THE GUIDELINES COVER (1) STATE ORGANIZATION, (2) PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION, (3) ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES, (4) CONSTRUCTION WITH SPECIFIC APPLICATION TO AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, (5) A…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Cooperative Education, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
SCHILL, WILLIAM JOHN – 1966
A DESCRIPTIVE REPORT OF THE CONDUCT OR STATUS OF CONCURRENT WORK-EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE 50 STATES IS PRESENTED. DATA ARE REPORTED FOR TWO DISTINCT PROGRAMS--(1) COOPERATIVE EDUCATION, A PROGRAM IN WHICH THE STUDENTS WORK PART-TIME AND STUDY IN A FORMAL CLASSROOM SETTING PART-TIME, AND (2) WORK-STUDY, A PROGRAM IN WHICH STUDENTS IN…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Demography, Economic Factors
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Information Center on Exceptional Children. – 1969
Contained in the bibliography are 55 abstracts and descriptive terms of documents concerned with all aspects of vocational education, work study programs, and rehabilitation techniques for use with virtually all handicapping conditions. Also included are a subject and author index, user information, and information on ordering specific documents…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Career Development, Curriculum Guides
New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. Div. of Special Education. – 1974
Presented is a curriculum guide for a prevocational, vocational, and work study program to be used with educable mentally retarded (EMR) students, 12 to 21 years of age. Delineated are the following aspects of New Mexico's program for EMR students: definition, rationale, educational interventions, administration, psychoeducational diagnosis for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education
Ferguson, Gordon E. – Agricultural Education, 1976
An agribusiness program faced with no facilities planned and acquired them through meeting the needs identified by the community. (HD)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Building Innovation, Community Involvement, Educational Facilities
Smith, David Lawson; Ament, Patrick A. – 1990
Estimates of the current national dropout rate during grades 9-12 ranged between 25 percent and 30 percent. Studies were undertaken to determine the characteristics of dropouts; the consequences of dropping out of school; and associations between dropping out and specific curricula, including the occupational curriculum. Because of methodological…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
HAMBURGER, MARTIN – 1965
A DESCRIPTIVE EVALUATION HAS BEEN MADE OF A NEW YORK CITY COOPERATIVE PROGRAM TO MOTIVATE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPERVISED, PAID EMPLOYMENT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. THE BASIC STUDY SAMPLE WAS CONFINED TO GROUPS, BOYS AND GIRLS, IN FOUR PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO-PUERTO RICAN HIGH SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs
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