FORMS ARE PROVIDED FOR RECORDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT SUPERVISED FARM PROGRAM ENTERPRISES BY INDIVIDUAL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENTS. THE BOOK IS DESIGNED ON AN ENTERPRISE BASIS AND PROVIDES SPACE FOR AGREEMENTS, INVENTORIES, EXPENSES, INCOME, SUMMARIES, AND ANALYSES. ASSISTANCE FOR TEACHERS USING THIS RECORD BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN "GUIDE…

The following are covered--(1) rules and regulations concerning inventories of equipment, retention of records, and title and control over funds and property, (2) definitions, (3) procedures, (4) kinds of equipment, and (5) forms. (NI)

This guide is intended to aid secondary school administrators in planning a domestic student exchange program. Much of the information presented comes from responses to questionnaires completed by schools with successful domestic exchange programs. Among other things, the questionnaire asked schools to describe their best and worst exchanges, the…

The job placement service guide outlines the steps which were followed in organizing and coordinating a job placement service for secondary students of Cobb County Public Schools, Georgia. A three-stage sequential procedure is outlined for (1) developing, (2) implementing, and (3) evaluating the placement services of the school system. Copies of…

The document serves as a guideline to report writing for vocational evaluation and work adjustment programs, providing general principles for content with the aim of developing some uniformity in report organization. Common problems in report writing are described from the reader's and writer's perspective. Basic principles are listed which should…

Once programs or projects have been planned (in terms of personnel, activities, and expected outcomes), it becomes most important to develop a method of collecting information relative to the implementation of the programs or projects. This process of determining if what is planned as a program or project is actually implemented is known as…

The document has been compiled for reference use by instructors and others in need of information necessary to understand and implement the Mountain-Plains instructional and evaluation system. Included in detail are: (1) descriptions of the several forms used for student accounting, student progress monitoring, program evaluation, and ancillary…

Planning Programming Budgeting Systems involve the introduction of three major operational concepts. First, the development of an analytical capability to examine in depth both agency objectives and the various programs to meet these objectives. Second, the formation of a five-year planning and programming process combined with a sophisticated…

Employment and evaluation in education comprise a cyclic process that can be used for continual upgrading of staff and improvement of the total educational program. Procedural steps include (1) improved screening and recruiting practices, (2) greater use of indepth evaluation, including teacher involvement in the evaluation process, (3)…

A seminar program was held during the summer of 1968 at the University of Minnesota to improve the preparation of vocational counselors and distributive educators in helping students in career development and occupational adjustment. A total of 36 counselors and educators who had at least 1 year of experience were selected for the project. They…

The guide is written for counselors, teachers, and administrators and presents objectives and processes for career education at the high school level as well as defines the career guidance counselor's duties. The thirteen page appendix includes evaluation records and forms, suggested class activities, and career titles according to subject. (EA)

The major purposes of this study were to identify the effects of personal characteristics of teachers and institutional characteristics of schools on teacher mobility. The methodology involved multiple regression analyses of mobility measures on personal characteristic variables and on institutional characteristics with control for personal…

Rapid changes in the nation's economy have resulted in significant increases in the demand for workers in technical jobs but a significant decrease in the demand for unskilled workers. Unfortunately, the abilities of available manpower have not been developed to meet the requirements of jobs at the levels where the increased demands have occurred.…

The first of this set of two papers discusses the administration and activities of the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The function of the Division is to safeguard, help acquire, classify and catalog, and make useful the collections of manuscripts in its possessions. To accomplish this the Division maintains a reading room and…

The purpose of this demonstration project was to determine what syllabi existed for the instruction of communicative skills in a rehabilitation center for the blind, and to develop appropriate syllabi for these skills. A study of instruction in eight rehabilitation centers representing voluntary state and federally sponsored agencies revealed that…