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Sandall, Susan; Schwartz, Ilene; Joseph, Gail; Gauvreau, Ariane – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
Expanded with timely new content and consistent with DEC Recommended Practices, the third edition of this bestselling book will fully prepare a new generation of early childhood educators to teach and include every child. Like the groundbreaking previous editions, this updated "Building Blocks" guide gives pre- and inservice teachers…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Inclusion, Teaching Methods
Taylor, Marjorie; And Others – 1992
Oregon-Washington Carpenters/Employers Apprenticeship and Training Trust, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 247, and Associated General Contractors cooperated with Mt. Hood Community College (Oregon) in a workplace literacy program. A drop-in learning center was operated at the Carpenter Training Center to provide support in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Carpentry
Burwell, D'Anne; And Others – 1991
An 8-week English in the Workplace course was conducted by Portland Community College (Oregon) at Leupold & Stevens, Inc. for workers with limited English proficiency (LEP). The curriculum for English as a Second Language focused on job-related support skills and not primary job skills, since job performance was not a concern. Objectives were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Burwell, D'Anne; And Others – 1991
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. and Portland Community College (Oregon) cooperated in offering special math instruction as part of a workplace literacy project. A needs assessment indicated a problem in basic math skills such as simple calculations on a calculator and decimals, which were used on blueprints. Operators, set-up workers, and lead workers…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blueprints
Schneider, Ann L. – 1991
Interviews with managers and other staff were used to assess the communication and language development needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) workers at Lattice Works of Oregon (LWO) Corporation. Task analysis was used by Portland Community College (Portland) to develop a curriculum for twice-weekly classes held before or after shift changes.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Fusch, Gene E. – 1995
This student manual explains an innovative strategy through which Bellingham Technical College's (Washington) evening Industrial Electrician and Millwright Apprenticeships were aggregated with workforce upgrade course offerings to form the college's first evening degree program in Industrial Maintenance Technology (IM-TEC). Section 1 contains a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Smith, Mary – 1991
A workplace basic skills program was designed to complement technical training for mixing personnel at the Portland Bakery of Nabisco, Inc. Management, the union, and Portland Community College (Oregon) collaborated in the program. The company released workers on company time to attend classes prior to, during, and after the technical training…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bakery Industry, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Conrad, Clifton F., Ed. – 1985
Historical and philosophical perspectives on college academic programs, current curriculum practices and agendas, and academic program development and implementation are considered in 20 articles in a reader designed for graduate classes in higher education administration. Titles and authors are as follows: "Frames of Reference" (Frederick…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Programs, Curriculum Development
Lloyd, Paul, Comp. – 1996
This handbook presents reading materials for a distance education course designed to enhance an understanding of the nature of workplace literacy needs and to show how to develop and teach in workplace literacy and basic skills programs. The three reading materials presented in the handbook are: (1) "Developing and Evaluating Workplace…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
A Collection of Original Essays on Curriculum for the Workplace. EAE604 Curriculum and Competencies.
Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia). – 1994
This publication contains six essays that offer a range of practical and theoretical perspectives on work-related curriculum. It is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Curriculum and Competencies, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). An introduction proposes a course design and pedagogy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Taylor, Marjorie; And Others – 1992
Anodizing, Inc., Teamsters Local 162, and Mt. Hood Community College (Oregon) developed a workplace literacy program for workers at Anodizing. These workers did not have the basic skill competencies to benefit from company training efforts in statistical process control and quality assurance and were not able to advance to lead and supervisory…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Lloyd, Paul, Comp. – 1996
Part 1 of a two-part handbook presents course information, reading materials, and sample exercises for a distance education course designed to enhance an understanding of the nature of family literacy needs and to show how to develop and teach in family literacy programs. The first section discusses the structure of the course, the assessment…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Planning
Paddock, Orlando; Heuser, Malcolm – 1979
In response to the need for qualified gemologists and the serious gap in gemological training, a study was directed and designed to develop an instructional program which could be used nationally and to establish a vocational gemology program at Paris Junior College. Following the selection of appropriate instructional materials, stations were…
Descriptors: Conferences, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Programs
Legislative Mandates for Vocational Education. Vocational Education Curriculum Specialist, Module 4.
Wheeler, Jeanette D. – 1981
One of five modules in the foundation series of the 16-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists, this module is intended for use in classes or individual study arrangements at the preservice or inservice level by students with varying amounts of experience in vocational education. (These modules are revised…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development
Lloyd, Paul, Comp. – 1996
Part 2 of a two-part handbook presents reading materials and sample exercises for a distance education course designed to enhance an understanding of the nature of family literacy needs and to show how to develop and teach in family literacy programs. The five elective modules for the course include: designing curriculum materials for parents,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Family Literacy