This occupational analysis data was assembled to help teachers develop a course of study preparing students for employment in the agricultural supply businesses and/or services. Following a job description for employees in agribusinesses and/or services, the remainder of the content in standard task analysis format presents an analysis of twelve…

Designed to help students obtain job skills and abilities that will help them on the job, this guide presents three weeks of lesson plans enabling students to perform each step in acquiring and holding a job in a simulated business. Following suggestions for obtaining products requiring no capital outlay, a brief description of the five…

A preparatory business program was developed to allow educationally disadvantaged business students enrolled in developmental studies (remedial reading, English, and math courses) to obtain a full course load of twelve or more hours without having to enroll in regular business courses. To develop a model business preparatory program for adaptation…

Project ADVANCE sought to strengthen the Adult High School by developing a comprehensive career counseling and referral system that would be integrated into the Adult High School. The project coordinator trained the Adult High School counselors to administer and interpret aptitude testing so that clients would be able to develop their own career…

This paper describes a project designed to facilitate the rapid movement of adult students from the classroom into vocational training, jobs, or higher education. The project deals with junior and senior high school dropouts, some from New York and some from Puerto Rico. The basic premise of the program is that, while these students return to…

These Illinois skill standards for the accounting services cluster are intended to serve as a guide to workforce preparation program providers as they define content for their programs and to employers as they establish the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition. They could also serve as a mechanism for communication among education,…

Generic skills--skills that apply across a variety of jobs and life contexts--are taking on increased importance in Australia and internationally. There is a high demand for generic skills in the workplace because employers seek to ensure business success by recruiting and retaining employees who have a variety of skills and personal attributes as…

This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a comprehensive and verified employer competency list for a medical assistant program. It contains units (with or without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability…

These 12 modules of instruction are designed to aid business teachers by providing the common core, minimum skill-level competencies identified as basic to all business careers. Materials are adaptable to individualized, small group, or traditional classroom instruction. The modules are divided into five categories of basic skills: business…

This unit on determining one's potential as an entrepreneur, the second in a series of 18 modules, is on the second level of the revised PACE (Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship) comprehensive curriculum. Geared to advanced secondary and beginning postsecondary or adult students, the modules provide an opportunity to learn about…

This unit on small business compliance with government regulations, the 10th in a series of 18 modules, is on the second level of the revised PACE (Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship) comprehensive curriculum. Geared to advanced secondary and beginning postsecondary or adult students, the modules provide an opportunity to learn…

This unit on promoting a small business, the 13th in a series of 18 modules, is on the second level of the revised PACE (Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship) comprehensive curriculum. Geared to advanced secondary and beginning postsecondary or adult students, the modules provide an opportunity to learn about and try out…

This curriculum guide is designed to teach concepts associated with business applications of microcomputers. It can be used in marketing, office education, and computer literacy courses. Most activities can be done in less than 1 hour. The course is organized in eight units that cover the following: (1) systems and software; (2) electronic filing;…

This guide is intended to assist vocational administrators assuming a facilitative and leadership role in the development and implementation of programs to help vocational students acquire and develop transferable skills. The guide is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides examples of the skills and discusses their importance in two broad…

This booklet, one in a series about life on modern farms, describes the daily lives of three orange growers in Florida and one in California. Two of the Florida orange growers also have other jobs, one as manager of a citrus cooperative and the other as a citrus insurance salesman. The operations of orange groves, the care and picking of oranges,…