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Misko, Josie – 1997
A study examined processes of state training authorities, group training companies (GTCs), training colleges, and employers to ensure that apprentices/trainees (A/Ts) who are suspended or terminated due to lack of work have access to on-the-job training. Data on apprenticeship and traineeship commencements and cancellations were collected from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Disabilities, Dislocated Workers
Busacca, Louis A. – 2000
Counselor trainees learn about various theories, models, and career assessment measures during their training. However, the transition to practicum and internship often challenges trainees to decide when to apply career theories and measures to specific problems. One proposal is for counselor educators to adopt a taxonomic approach for teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Monaco, Fred A. – VocEd, 1979
Pittsburgh Public Schools' student placement coordinator describes their program to help secondary students and school leavers with cooperative, part-time, and later full-time job placement, using behavior modification and cooperative education. Includes program organization, use of paraprofessionals, funding, and the importance of employer…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Planning, Delinquency Prevention
Download full textNational Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
The five matrices in this volume are designed to assist states in coordinating their Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. The matrices, each organized around a theme, summarize key elements of a variety of federal programs. Matrix A features the main programs of human services, labor, and education agencies that are most critical to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
European Social Fund, Dublin (Ireland). – 1992
Ireland's program of specific skills training (SST) Objective 1 courses, which are designed to train/retrain the labor force required for implementation of Ireland's Industry and Services Operational Programme, was evaluated by analyzing program expenditure reports and participant profiles, surveying a random sample of 101 employers, and visiting…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Certification, Curriculum Development
Pennsylvania State Council on Vocational Education, Harrisburg. – 1991
This annual report describes activities and accomplishments of the Pennsylvania Council on Vocational Education (PACVE). It begins with letters from the: Chair of PACVE, Governor, Secretary of Education, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Director of the Bureau of Vocational-Technical Education. Other contents include listings…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Foothill-De Anza Community Coll. District, Cupertino, CA. Occupational Training Inst. – 1993
The Student's Ultimate Career Coursework, Employment and Student Services (SUCCESS) Handbook project was undertaken to identify student support services available through the California Community Colleges (CCC), increase student retention among special needs vocational education students, and identify common barriers to employment. The project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Career Counseling
Transitioning Vocational Services: An Exemplary Vocational Program Serving Youth with Special Needs.
Coyle-Williams, Maureen – TASPP Brief, 1991
Transitioning Vocational Services (TVS) meets the career exploration, training, and placement requirements of students with special needs in Illinois High School Districts 211 and 214. It serves students enrolled in special education who require assistance with the transition to postsecondary training and/or employment. TVS targets wards of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Gray, Barbara – 1990
The Student Training at Retail Stores (STARS) project was evaluated during the 1989-90 school year. With the collaboration of business a 3-semester program of intense occupational, vocational, and career education was developed to enhance job skills and secure retail sales jobs for high school juniors with moderate learning, speech, emotional, and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Guides
PAVE, The Education and Training Foundation, Alexandria, VA. – 1991
Partners for American Vocational Education, in collaboration with education institutions and health care providers in the District of Columbia, developed a partnership between local education institutions and private sector health care providers. This business-education venture undertook to enhance existing and implement new education and training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education
Kidney, John – 1982
This self-instructional module, one of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, provides preservice and inservice educational materials for teacher-coordinators supervising on-the-job training. The two goals stated for this module are to know the procedure for job placement and to be prepared to instruct students for job…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education, Counseling Techniques
Smith, Christopher, Ed.; Fry, Ronald, Ed. – 1985
The current state of the art in vocational assessment is explored in 46 papers: "Vocational Evaluation: An Experimental Trend in Vocational Assessment" (Nadolsky); "Certification for Teachers and Vocational Evaluation Specialists" (Meers); "Marketing Vocational Education" (Williamson); "Norms, Reliability, and Validity in Commercial Vocational…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs
Davis, Jean Cary; Dickens, Ben – 1986
This guide is intended to assist instructors and administrators in improving the vocational education of special needs students by providing supplemental services that have been authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. Discussed in a section on the implications of the act for disadvantaged and handicapped students are…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Correctional Education, Counseling Techniques
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). Employment Support Services Branch. – 1985
This collection contains 24 articles dealing with career counseling and related research. Included in the volume are the following articles: "A Management Approach, Function and Counselling in Guidance/Application in the Federal Penitentiary Environment," by Pierre Dodier; "A Description of the Alternate School in Prince Albert,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Planning, Correctional Institutions
Bromley, Ann; Moore, Marnie – 1987
Focus on Careers, a program for single parents or homemakers, completed its second year of operation at Santa Fe (Florida) Community College on June 30, 1987. The program served 175 adult men and women from Alachua and Bradford counties who wanted to develop a career, re-enter the work force, or change careers. Services offered to single parents…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
