Public policy affects the experiences of workers and their families, both directly and indirectly. For example, employment-focused statutes such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Employment Retirement and Income Security Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act establish frameworks for…

This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, presents students with a brief introduction to federal laws that protect workers' rights. Emphasis is placed on the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Civil Rights…

This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in an adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) course, focuses on the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic, thinking, interpersonal, information utilization, and other skills…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in helping students plan, cost, and carry out the building of a post and wire fence. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on -and off-the-job programs to familiarize youth with the skills,…

This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in an adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) course, focuses on the problems faced by immigrant women in their work lives and legal provisions to protect employed women. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic,…

This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in an adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) course, focuses on-the-job health and safety concerns and standards in the United States. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic, thinking, interpersonal, information…

This volume of the final report for the Robotics/Automated Systems Technician (RAST) curriculum project is a curriculum planning guide intended for school administrators, faculty, and student counselors/advisors. It includes step-by-step procedures to help institutions evaluate their community's needs and their capabilities to meet these needs in…

This package contains two types of asbestos training materials: (1) an instructor's guide for "Asbestos in the Home: A Homeowner's Course"; and (2) "Asbestos Abatement Certification: Small-Scale Worker Student Manual," a 16-hour course, with instructor's guide. The instructor's guide for the 6-hour homeowner's course contains…

This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages, focuses on a specific skill that vocational educators need to be an effective teacher-coordinator in a cooperative vocational education program. The purpose of the module is to aid educators in gaining the skills needed to guide students in planning and…

This manual is the curriculum guide used by Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) to run its 10-week pre-apprenticeship training program that is designed to help women who are interested in the skilled trades prepare for the mental, physical, and psychological demands of this work. Information on the training sequence includes material on recruitment and…

This curriculum outline provides secondary and postsecondary instructors with detailed information on student learning outcomes for completion of the business education program requirements. A program overview discusses the aims of education; secondary school philosophy; and career preparation programs and their goals, organization, and…

This document contains the materials required to present two courses that were developed during a project to increase the recruitment/retention of women in technical education programs. Presented first is Developing Mechanical/Electrical Aptitude, a 30-hour course to improve students' (primarily women's) mechanical and electrical aptitude and…

This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students covers the topics of benchmarking and the continuous improvement process. It includes the following components: (1) a narrative summary of the topics; (2) a discussion of benchmarking; (3) a benchmarking exercise (the "numbered ball"…

This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students contains a brief overview of the definition of processes, a section on process flow diagrams, and a section on process management as well as a description of process variation. Examples are used throughout the module to make processes…

This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students contains a brief overview of problem solving and offers a practical approach along with some of the tools that can be used. The following components are included: (1) narrative of the problem-solving process; (2) the problem-solving…