The bulletin was written for business and office instructors, coordinators, and other school leaders who are initiating or have already established a local advisory committee to improve vocational education. The bulletin is designed to provide step-by-step guidelines for the effective use of an advisory committee. Introductory material is…

This Personalized Activity Kit is designed to provide an overview of the major factors that must be considered in improving existing school programs as well as in initiating needed programs. The factors reviewed here are student objectives, districtwide program structure/program objectives, school building philosophy/staff objectives, staff…

This publication offers guidelines for establishing and operating advisory committees for career education, elementary grades through community college. Each of the four chapters included in this guide contains key concepts and step-by-step checklists. Focusing on the functions of the advisory committee, chapter 1 discusses the following topics:…

This tenth in a series of ten learning modules on school-community relations is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers the skills needed to effectively obtain feedback from a community concerning its expectations for, and opinions of, the local vocational education program. The terminal objective for the module is to…