The evaluation scheme proposed here is intended to serve as a format and guide for a third party evaluation of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title I programs. The guide begins with a brief section presenting an introduction to evaluation, the evaluation format for Title I, and a flow chart of evaluative activities. The remainder…

The purpose of the Career Development Program for Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Employees in grades GS-1 through GS-11 is to help provide employees with opportunities to obtain training and education in order to improve their qualifications and to develop their potential. The handbook provides: a diagrammatic career development process…

The purpose of this handbook is to assist Job Corps Training Center staff in developing an instructional system which relates to present day occupational requirements. This is a how-to-do-it handbook which emphasizes and illustrates curriculum development techniques to assist training and management staff in establishing and updating Career…

The checklists identify the responsibilities of the technical director, course coordinator, monitor, and instructor in setting up a training program for the National Highway Institute. The definitions and responsibilities for each role are specified. The checklists for each role specify tasks to be completed and provide space in which to note…

This guide is intended to aid the personnel administrator and other managers in their search for assistance. It is a comprehensive compilation and description of the various types of personnel aid available to State, local governments, and institutions of higher education. It describes the basic forms of assistance available from Federal sources,…

This monograph is intended to help the operators and planners of employment and training programs, particularly those sponsored under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), in developing and providing supportive services to improve client employability. The first section, presenting the purpose of this publication, is followed by a…

Written for the social service (Title XX) administrator at the State or sub-State level, this guide is intended to serve four major purposes: (1) Provide selected insights into what the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) is and how it works; (2) point out potential areas for coordination which, from study or field experience, hold…

This technical assistance guide for offender programs is a guidebook to be used by CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) prime sponsors, state manpower service councils, state manpower planning councils, and Department of Labor (DOL) regional staff concerned about offenders and interested in developing employment and training programs…

This manual provides detailed information on how local non-profit organizations can sponsor licensed family day care homes for participation in the federally funded Child Care Food Program. This program subsidizes the provision of nutritious meals to children who are not in school. The introductory section of the manual answers basic questions…

This booklet serves as an introduction to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and describes the ETA's development and the services it provides to employers and jobseekers. It details programs, field services, history, prime objectives, and the 1978 legislation concerning ETA and CETA. Special areas discussed in detail are the…

This publication is fifth in a series of technical assistance papers intended to assist Federal agency personnel in the design and implementation of executive personnel management programs. This document focuses primarily upon team building, one of a variety of techniques of organization development designed to improve the way in which work is…

This guide provides summaries of federal programs in the physical and mathematical sciences of interest to colleges and universities. Programs from the following federal agencies are included: National Science Foundation; Department of Energy; Environmental Protection Agency; Office of Education; Department of Interior; Smithsonian Institution;…

This manual is intended for use as a training publication and as a guide for investigators working wage compliance cases. The manual is divided into 10 sections. They contain a comprehensive review of the pay board regulations which remain in effect for those industries under mandatory control and serve as guidelines for the voluntary sector. To…

This technical assistance guide is designed to expedite the implementation of partnerships between vocational education and community-based organizations (CBOs) as called for in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. It is probably most useful as a resource for local training activities related to CBO/vocational education/Job…

The guide contains consumer education learning activities and references for use with Manpower Development and Training Act trainees. It is organized in six sections, each dealing with one of the following basic concepts: (1) the economic system, (2) income procurement, (3) consumer alternatives, (4) consumer behavior determinants, (5) roles,…