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West, B. R. – 1980
This report describes an Indiana project to develop occupational matrices in six vocational service areas--agribusiness, business and office, health, home economics, marketing and distribution, and trades and industries. (These matrices cluster industry-verified job titles in an occupational field on the basis of task commonality.) These…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supply Occupations
Petrich, Beatrice – 1981
This eighth of 14 curriculum modules in the Family and Community Services Occupational Education Modules series deals with decision-making and management. These concepts are reviewed and applied to Family and Community Services. Efficient use of time and energy on the job is stressed, and student values are explored in relationship to client…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administration, Behavioral Objectives, Budgeting
Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
To assess the feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job creation, a study was initiated. Job creation program activities were examined in terms of how many activities could be undertaken; what would be their costs; and what would be their characteristics (labor-intensity, skill-mix, and political acceptability) that might contribute…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1966
THE TEXAS OFFICE OF OPPORTUNITY HAS DEVISED A PROGRAM TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANT LABORER. BASIC EDUCATION PROVIDES READING, WRITING, AND ENGLISH INSTRUCTION, CITIZENSHIP AND SAFETY EDUCATION, OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION, AND GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS. HOMEMAKING EDUCATION INCLUDES NUTRITION, CHILD GUIDANCE AND DEVELOPMENT,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Child Rearing
LAZAR, JOYCE B. – 1967
THE PERSONNEL OF THE FAMILY AGENT PROGRAMS WERE WOMEN OF COMFORTABLE MEANS WHO HAD TEN TO TWENTY HOURS A WEEK AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE TO THE POOR. THE TRAINING PROGRAM DESCRIBED IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES--INITIAL TRAINING AND INSERVICE TRAINING. SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE--(1) CONCEPTS OF THE WAR ON POVERTY, (2) THE NATURE OF POVERTY, (3) THE CULTURE…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Blacks, Cultural Isolation, Demography
Bennett, Marilyn; And Others – 1979
Designed for grades 11 and 12 special need students, this curriculum guide attempts to provide the EMH student with basic knowledge of housekeeping and food service before being placed on a job. Following lists of suggestions to the teacher and unit objectives, units are included on the following topics for housekeeping: (1) housekeeping…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Food Handling Facilities
Maine Univ., Orono. Bangor Community Coll. – 1978
This report presents results of the third year of a project designed to enhance employability and career mobility of limited English speaking Franco-American adults in jobs providing services for the elderly. The first section states project objectives of the college-level, credit-bearing program conducted at five university campuses: (1) to…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Certification
Fashion Inst. of Tech., New York, NY. – 1973
The drycleaning and laundering guide is the last of a series of five interrelated program resource guides encompassing the various dimensions of the fashion industry. The job-preparatory guide is intended to provide youth and adults with intensive preparation for initial entry employment and also with career advancement opportunities within…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Vocational Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Ladders
Williams, Grace – 1971
The specific purpose of the curriculum guide is utilization in industrial arts and home economics of part of the junior high phase of the SPAN Project--An Accelerated Project for a System Program Approaching Non-Unemployment of Vocational Students, or "Start Planning Ahead Now". The document is designed to assist the teacher in providing…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Burleson, Erica – 1973
This report describes on a first-hand basis the role played by the "coach" in the Vermont Experimental and Demonstration Manpower Pilot Project. The paraprofessional coach, or "employment service aide," acts as a client advocate who helps the client adjust to a work environment. As one part of a three member employability team,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Case Studies
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences. – 2003
These three publications comprise a course that provides occupationally specific training designed to develop knowledge and skills for employment in the multifaceted hospitality services industry. The curriculum guide is the teacher component of the series. Contents include the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS); sample course outlines;…
Descriptors: Career Development, Competency Based Education, Dining Facilities, Food Service
Koukel, Sonja D. – 2001
These two publications are two of three that comprise a course that provides occupationally specific training designed to develop knowledge and skills for employment in the area of housing, furnishings, and equipment production, management, and services. The reference book is a student text that provides information needed by employees in the…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Building Trades, Career Development
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Apprenticeship and Industry Training. – 2003
This document presents information about the apprenticeship training program of Alberta, Canada, in general and the hairstylist program in particular. The first part of the document discusses the following items: Alberta's apprenticeship and industry training system; the apprenticeship and industry training committee structure; local…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Apprenticeships, Barbers, Competency Based Education
Peer reviewedBaumer, Donald C.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1979
Describes and analyzes benefits distribution to particpants in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs using data from a three-year study in thirty-two research sites. Identifies factors (for example, economic conditions, program design, and administrator attitudes) that were found to influence service patterns. (Author/CSS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Eligibility
Tao, Fumiyo; And Others – 1992
Upward mobility programs in the service sector for low-skilled, economically disadvantaged, and dislocated or displaced workers promote employment security, career development, and productivity. Two basic types of upward mobility programs are basic and job-specific skills training. Although 60-80 percent of all employer-sponsored formal training…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Career Development, Dislocated Workers
