This volume consists of information and guidelines for use in developing and administering community education programs in Texas. Addressed in the individual sections of the manual are the following topics: the philosophy of community education, initiating community education programs, resolutions pertaining to community education, funding and…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education and the Massachusetts Teachers Association Chapter (1,747 members) of the National Education Association covering the period July 1, 1983-June 30, 1986 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions and unit recognition; paid and…

This guide is designed for use in helping junior and senior high school students explore the field of dental technology as a potential career area. Included in the manual are the following materials: definitions, a key to the organization and numbering code and symbols used in the lists of objectives, lists of general and program objectives with…

This training package is designed for use by staff of the U.S. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training who are participating in a course dealing with apprenticeship in the future. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: employment trends of the future (computers, robotics, communications, growth and declining…

This administrative and curriculum guide is designed for use in establishing and teaching a driver education course for high school students. The first section of the guide, a discussion of program administration, deals with various aspects of program management as well as the roles and responsibilities of the key practitioners involved in driver…

This handbook is intended to clarify the responsibilities of an instructor-coordinator responsible for coordinating an emergency medical services (EMS) training program and to describe many of the materials now available for use in coordinating EMS training. Addressed in the individual chapters of the guide are the nature and scope of the…

This combination procedures manual and annotated bibliography is intended to assist faculty and staff at community colleges in North Carolina in developing centralized job placement and development services. The first section describes the project to establish centralized employment services at Guilford Technical Community College during which the…

This report contains the materials that were developed during a project to make middle-grade students more aware of high tech careers through the following activities: (1) teacher and student visitations of community sites to explore high tech careers in 15 occupational clusters; (2) exploratory activities to facilitate linkages and articulation…

This program guide consists of guidelines, forms, and curriculum materials for use in implementing the Giving Rural Adults a Study Program (GRASP). A regional program covering four rural counties in New York State, GRASP is designed to deliver packaged, individualized adult basic education (ABE) and high school equivalency (GED) programming to…

Data collection procedures for the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study are described. The instructional time phase of this study investigated the amount of time the teacher spent teaching particular objectives in reading and mathematics, and its relationship to student achievement. Two types of data were gathered from the second and fifth grade…

This curriculum guide provides a model for organizing vocational instructional content from which secondary level instructors can abstract a commercial art curriculum that meets local program needs. Primarily oriented towards classroom use, the guide may also assist administrators, counselors, and lay people involved in local school systems.…

This curriculum guide provides a model for organizing vocational instructional content from which secondary level instructors can extract an electronics cluster curriculum that meets local program needs. Primarily oriented towards classroom use, the guide may also assist administrators, counselors, and lay people involved in local school systems.…

This curriculum guide is designed to offer guidelines along with supporting resources and teaching ideas from which the local postsecondary instructor can extract a cosmetology curriculum that meets local needs. Following an outline of the philosophy and goals underlying state and local vocational education programs in Georgia, the purpose and…

Intended to provide a model for organizing vocational instructional content, this curriculum guide consists of information pertinent to conducting a postsecondary level course in aviation mechanics. While the guide is primarily oriented towards the classroom, whether as a primary resource or as a supplement to other teaching materials, it may also…

These 26 appendixes to the final report of the Vocational Technology for Cerebral Palsied Individuals Project contain various project-developed forms, assessment instruments, manuals, and bibliographies. Included are project informational literature, news articles, and the project presentation format. Sample intake forms, client referrals, and…