On July 31, 2018, the "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act" (Public Law 115-224) (Perkins V, the Act, or statute), was signed into law and thus reauthorized and amended the "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006." The U.S. Department of Education's (Department) Office of…

The purpose of the handbook is to provide basic guidelines and information for administrators and supervisors of comprehensive vocational education programs in the State of Tennessee. Emphasis is placed on duties, responsibilities, and functions performed by administrative and supervisory personnel. The handbook also includes: (1) suggested goals…

The publication serves as a supplement to the Nebraska State plan of vocational education and outlines detailed directions that are needed for a more comprehensive treatment of program development and operational procedures. The report is structured in seven sections: (1) general provisions; (2) financial participation; (3) educational programs in…

One of seven guides developed to assist vocational-technical institutions in conducting a systemized approach to local evaluation, this introductory guide provides a system overview that includes a rationale, acknowledgements, and design components. Also included are suggestions for implementation and utilization in the local setting. Numerous…

One of a set of seven competency-based instructional materials (six learning modules and one user's guide) designed for the inservice training and improvement of local level vocational education administrators, this user's guide provides directions for persons supervising the use of learning modules and is directed toward helping the user become…

The primary emphasis of this handbook is upon occupational program evaluation, particularly as it relates to modification and termination. It is the result of a series of nine workshops whose purpose was to review and improve Guidelines for Occupational Program Planning (ED 143 404) written in 1977. A basic flow chart is presented with specific…

The handbook presents a series of implementation suggestions for vocational education special needs programs generally, and in Alabama. Special Needs Programs for Disadvantaged Students defines the term disadvantaged student and provides criteria for their identification, with form information. Special Needs Programs for Handicapped Students lists…

One of eight sections of a handbook for use by vocational teacher educators in improving vocational teacher education linkage with business, industry, and labor, this eighth section focuses on the program support approach to utilizing the private sector. (Program support, as defined here, encompasses monetary assistances, donation of time and…

The manual is designed to provide a guide for vocational education programs and supportive services for North Dakota's disadvantaged and handicapped population at all levels. It is intended to provide the technical assistance as well as the procedures that will be valuable in organizing and administering occupational training programs for the…

This module on implementation of change is one of a set of eight on administration and supervision and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following the…

Designed to be utilized in a national workshop conducted to aid teacher educators in preparing vocational education teachers to install and manage competency-based instruction, this training module follows the format and structure employed in the performance-based teacher education (PBTE) curricula materials developed by the Center for Vocational…

The self study and evaluation guide presents accreditation standards for programs serving blind and visually handicapped students in grades K-12. Standards are included for the following 12 areas: planning and organization, personnel, communications, community and career education, creative arts, home and industrial arts, mathematics and science,…

This secondary level vocational administrator's manual is designed to increase awareness of cost-effectiveness analysis concepts, provide step-by-step procedures and analytical techniques for conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis study, and assist administrators in improving management skills by using appropriate information from the study in…

This manual describes the program improvement responsibilities of the Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) of South Carolina's Office of Vocational Education. Following the introduction, the organization and functions of the RCU are briefly presented. The remainder of the booklet is comprised of eight short sections, each discussing an RCU function in…

One of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies, this module focuses on developing competency in effective writing through the following activities: writing functional sentences that…