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| Guides - Non-Classroom | 6 |
| Collected Works - General | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
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| Administrators | 13 |
| Practitioners | 12 |
| Policymakers | 5 |
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Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Job Training Partnership Act… | 9 |
| Carl D Perkins Vocational… | 1 |
| Education Consolidation… | 1 |
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Yancey, Doris – 1984
Provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and differences between it and previous manpower training acts present questions for potential training institutions. Suggested ways of dealing with these questions are discussed. The first question concerns steps to become a contractor of training programs under JTPA. These include (1)…
Descriptors: Contracts, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Reingold (J.R.) and Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
This document comprises a department-by-department review of the major federal programs and activities serving youth in 1989-90. Youth initiatives in the following agencies are described and new activities and significant changes are discussed: (1) U.S. Department of Labor; (2) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; (3) U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Lovelace, Bill E.; And Others – 1988
This manual was developed to help expedite the efforts of postsecondary vocational education and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in developing comprehensive strategies, by joint planning, to serve the common targeted populations of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 and JTPA. It is a supplement to "Navigating…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Educational Planning, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1988
This document provides a self-monitoring process to simplify and streamline program monitoring of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. It is designed to increase local responsibility for program compliance by encouraging school districts and schools to perform a program compliance self-review and to provide technical and management…
Descriptors: Career Education, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Download full textBerry, Dale W.; Feldman, Mona A. – 1983
This study examines obstacles faced by limited English-speaking adults in bilingual vocational training projects. Methods and procedures used in nine federally funded bilingual vocational training projects to resolve the identified obstacles are documented, and their usefulness is assessed. The purpose and background of the study are first…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document is the first volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It summarizes the performance management principles and options available to program administrators identified in discussion papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document comprises the second volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). This volume comprises the discussion papers that formed the basis for the options summarized in the first volume. The papers…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs
Reesman, Cilla J. – 1986
This technical assistance guide presents the various options available to state planners and managers in considering five elements of active grant management. Each element is treated in a separate chapter. Chapter 1 addresses issues surrounding the setting of policies that ensure that Title III grants complement state agendas. Chapter 2 concerns…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs
Beyond the Model: An Approach to Negotiating JTPA Performance Standards. Technical Assistance Guide.
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1986
The purpose of this guide is to provide state and local Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program administrators with an approach to developing meaningful and relevant negotiated performance standards that will serve as a management and evaluation tool. The guide is organized in four chapters. Chapter I provides background information on the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Salzman, Jeffrey; Dickinson, Katherine P.; Fedrau, Ruth; Lazarin, Melissa – 1999
To assess the current connections between the Unemployment Insurance (UI) and One-Stop (OS) systems, case studies were conducted of eight states and eight local areas. Findings indicated the major factor that influenced UI's role in the OS design was whether the state took initial claims by telephone or in-person; UI played differing roles in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 2000
A four-step approach to implementing a training program and measuring results for government agencies was developed in response to an executive order to federal agencies to provide effective training and performance measures in their annual budgets. Step one is the analysis of established goals to identify training requirements. Suggested…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Ginsburg, Kenneth R.; Forke, Christine M.; Kinsman, Sara B.; Fleegler, Eric; Grimes, Eric K.; Rosenbloom, Tamar; Schneider, John S.; Schwarz, Donald F.; Cnaan, Avital; Zhao, Huaqing; Cohen, Brian M.; Gibbs, Kathleen P. – 2000
A project used a mixed quantitative-qualitative approach, drawing from the Job Corps database and site visits at five sites, to generate knowledge that can guide policymakers and program planners as they act to increase retention in the Job Corps or similar programs. Quantitative data on 343,097 students who enrolled in Job Corps between July 1993…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Classroom Environment
Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000
This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
