The author notes the various present and future uses of keyboarding, the entering of alphanumeric data on a stationary desk-top unit with a typewriter-like keyboard on it. She states that teachers should prepare typewriting students for the transition to keyboarding according to acceptable standards used in offices. (MF)

Developed during a project designed to provide a continuous, competency-based line of vocational training in business and office education programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this package consists of an instructor's guide and learning modules for use in Accounting I and II. Various aspects of implementing and articulating secondary…

This teacher's manual accompanies a student manual for an accounting course for limited-English Spanish-speaking adult students (available separately as CE 029 939). Introductory materials discuss the need for and philosophy of Project Mainstream, a vocational training program serving Korean- and Spanish-speaking persons, and what constitutes…

Under the Idaho state system for curriculum development in vocational education, Technical Committees made up solely of industry personnel are responsible for drawing up task lists for each program. This curriculum guide contains a series of 27 modules that comprise the Idaho Program Standards for Business Systems Specialist. It begins with a…

This curriculum guide is designed for use in familiarizing students enrolled in business and office occupations courses with the capabilities and operation of computers. The first part of the guide includes a brief description of the course and explains who should take and who should teach computer literacy courses, how much time is necessary to…

Designed to enrich and strengthen the students' interest and knowledge of business and the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), this curriculum guide provides business instructors with teaching strategies and student learning activities to complement and supplement the existing instructional program. The guide consists of six sections:…

Course descriptions are provided for 22 courses in the area of business education. Each description contains the following information: purpose, course objectives, outline of course content, list of optional topics, recommended types of evaluation, prerequisites, areas of interest, and curriculum sequence (grade level at which it should be…

This curriculum guide was developed to help administrators develop a competency-based postsecondary curriculum to prepare students for employment in business and office occupations. The content is in five sections. The first one introduces the concepts and techniques of competency-based education and includes some sample forms, such as student…

This guide contains instructional materials to aid business education teachers in teaching business skills in Alaska secondary schools. The materials include five units covering the following topics: human relations as a separate unit and as integrated into other daily activities such as planning and organizing work activities and grooming,…

This guide is a training plan for the clerical skills cluster of the Skills Training and Education Program (STEP), an open-entry, open-exit program funded by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). In the STEP training plan, each task has its own lesson plan guide. This manual contains the following information: definitions, instructions for…

The duties and tasks found in these task lists form the basis of instructional content for secondary, postsecondary, and adult occupational training programs for business, marketing, and management occupations. The business, marketing, and management occupations are divided into eight clusters. The clusters and occupations are:…

The course outlines contained in this book were developed to assist business educators with the implementation of competency-based instruction in Virginia. The outlines are for courses in accounting, business data processing, clerical accounting, and recordkeeping occupations. Each outline is composed of a course description; a listing of skill…

This document contains business and office occupations-related materials to help teachers and parents teach access skills to Missouri junior high and high school special needs students who want to pursue a vocational program in secretarial and office technology, bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll, or data entry. Access skills are defined as…

These State Curriculum Standards for Business Education are designed for use by school district administrators and teachers in developing local business education programs. The first section shows a cross-reference of new courses and programs to existing courses and programs in Delaware. Course descriptions that identify the title, length, and…