This curriculum guide provides materials for a course in passenger transportation and travel. The four-credit, competency-based program provides students with skills necessary to obtain employment in the aviation industry, travel agencies, hotel/motel management, and car rental agencies. An overview of vocational-technical education at the school…

This learning module, which is intended for use in in-service training for vocational rehabilitation counselors, deals with the social, vocational, and community survival skills that a client needs to adjust to work successfully. The following topics are discussed: work adjustment, approaches to work adjustment, work adjustment to change work…

The student's manual of this set consists of materials dealing with resume writing and job interview skills needed by individuals enrolled in cosmetology instructor training programs. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: resumes and employment applications, employment interviews, and preenrollment interviews.…

These 10 modules provide job search training for adults and youths. The activities can be modified for nonreaders, those with limited academic skills, unemployed professionals, persons with limited work experience, potential dropouts and other unemployed youth, older job seekers, and persons with mental handicaps. Introductory materials are…

This instructor's manual complements the Job Seeker's Workbook, which is a practical, step-by-step course on job seeking and related skills. The manual contains a suggested lesson plan for a 30-hour course. The lesson plan is structured around goals and measurable outcomes for each section of the six-unit course. The goals and outcomes are…

Intended for use in one- or two-year vocational programs, this publication provides materials for integrating the Vocational Industrial Clubs of American (VICA) program of work into class and shop experiences. The publication is divided into two sections and six instructional units are included. Each unit of instruction consists of eight basic…

This self-directed learning center is intended to serve as a resource upon which to develop and support a career education program. The center is organized into educational activities that have been designed to enhance the career education process, including development of self-awareness, decision making, career exploration, and job search skills.…

This teacher handbook provides recommended goals and objectives and suggested measures for competency-based courses in the vocational program area of marketing education. A background and overview section contains the philosophy and rationale, discusses thinking skills and programs for exceptional children, and provides notes that explain how to…

This collection of competency statements deals with the preemployment and work maturity skills that Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth should have before seeking employment. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the following skill areas: preemployment employer expectations; application writing skills; interview skills;…

This teacher's guide is designed for use in presenting a five-unit course in effective employment practices that is part of a life skills series intended to help students become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. The course's five instructional units cover these topics: planning a career, searching and applying for a…

This guide is intended for use in a prevocational class for special needs students. Included in the guide are the following components: an introduction that discusses the content of the curriculum and its use as a main textbook, supplementary material, or element in an individualized education program (IEP); a 12-unit curriculum; answer keys for…

This curriculum guide is intended to assist business and office occupations teachers in preparing clerical and secretarial students to function in offices whose procedures and equipment are changing rapidly in the face of modern technology. Although the curriculum has been developed primarily for students enrolled in secondary-level vocational…

This guide outlines a curriculum that was designed to help students develop competencies identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) as being necessary to succeed in marketing. Included in the guide are 19 assignments organized into 7 sections as follows: good health and good looks (staying healthy; staying clean…

This handbook provides a suggested outline for a 3-day close-of-service workshop to be delivered 2-to-3 months prior to the volunteers' termination date. The general purpose of the workshop is to prepare the Peace Corps Volunteer to depart the host country/Peace Corps and reenter the United States culture. Introductory materials include…

This module on sex bias and work, the last in a series of three volumes of sex-fair career guidance activities, deals with choosing occupations and life roles. Addressed in the module are 16 learning activities that cover many of the sex-bias-related obstacles, both attitudinal and occupational, that students will be facing upon entering the world…