The glossary is one of twenty in various subject areas of vocational education designed to assist the student in vocabulary mastery for particular vocational education courses. They are part of the Vocational Reading Power Project, Title III, E.S.E.A. This glossary is for a course in total office procedure systems. It is divided into two parts:…

At Santa Ana College (California), a bilingual secretarial/clerical program was proposed to meet the needs of their predominately Mexican and bilingual community, and to help meet the demand for bilingual employees. The goal of the program was to raise the proficiency of these students to that of the Anglo graduates so that they could perform all…

A RESEARCH CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES AND PRIORITIES FOR NEEDED RESEARCH IN OFFICE EDUCATION. CONFERENCE LEADERS, SPEAKERS, AND PARTICIPANTS WERE DRAWN FROM STATE SUPERVISORS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS SPECIALIZING IN BUSINESS EDUCATION, BUSINESS MANAGERS, LABOR LEADERS, AND…

The article describes a ten-day simulation project in the correspondence unit of business communications. The students learn to recognize that the previous weeks of letter writing and punctuation practice are required duties in their future careers. At the end of the project the students are shown how they were rated on daily activities in their…

This study attempts, first of all, to establish the major dimensions of job satisfaction as perceived by office systems employees, and secondly, to examine the relationship between the characteristics of training programs and these dimensions. (CT)

In a cultural analysis of school-to-work transition of senior high school women, inadequacies of the allocation and socialization models of status attainment are revealed. The research found that "career" choice is not rational and that "ambitions" and "aspirations" emerge from cultural context. While status may be an…

Key findings of the 1986 Newspaper Help Wanted Advertisements Survey concerning secretarial positions are reported. It was found that ads indicating that word processors or computers would be used on the job increased to 38.9 percent; ads requiring shorthand or fast notetaking were down for the second year; and averages of salaries offered were…

Some basic areas of law that the author feels should be included in a unit of work for secretarial students are outlined. (HD)

Teachers must be aware that less able students are more dependent for a successful learning experience upon a supportive teacher than their more capable peers. Business and office education teachers are fortunate in that their fields are relevant to student needs and interests and involve much "learning by doing." (SA)

The educational secretary is fully aware of the deep commitment she has toward better education for all individuals, and recognizes the significance of her position in relation to the entire field of education. (Editor)