Describes the development of a curriculum guide for gifted students enrolled in child development and guidance programs in Virginia Beach City Schools, intended to encourage such students to enter child-related professions. (SK)

The document is a catalog of behavioral objectives organized by units of instruction in occupational child care. Each of the 11 units contains an outline of the content, a goal statement, and general and specific objectives. The units were developed by teachers in summer workshops to provide: (1) a bank of objectives for task analyses and job…

This post-high school curriculum guide was prepared to assist junior and community colleges, vocational schools, and area schools in initiating programs in child care and guidance. The guide will be helpful in planning both 1- and 2-year programs aimed at recent high school graduates and young adults. Graduates of these child care programs will be…

Part 1 of the South Carolina child care job training curriculum guide provides an orientation to child care employment and covers personal development, identifying job opportunities, applying for a job, and understanding the meaning of work. Part 2 focuses on the specific job skills necessary for work as a child care aide, such as child growth and…

To relate the three major aspects of the home economics program at the secondary level, a curriculum model consisting of education for homemaking and family life, education for employment utilizing home economics knowledge and skills, and pre-professional education was developed by the director of the Department of Vocational and Technical…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of four terminal objectives for a fundamentals of child care occupations course. The materials were designed to prepare students for entry level employment in jobs involving the care and guidance of children. Major concepts include growth,…

This guidebook is designed for use in teaching students enrolled in secondary pre-employment laboratory education (PELE) child care programs. The first of two major sections includes an overview for teachers in planning, conducting, and evaluating a child care program. Specific topics discussed in section 1 include (1) the school-operated center,…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are presented for each of five terminal objectives for a 12- to 18-week course designed to provide students in grades eight or nine with opportunities for exploring a broad range of child care, guidance, and service occupations. Major concepts include characteristics…

This curriculum handbook is the first to offer a comprehensive professional day care training plan for older workers. The program targets potential child care workers over 55, in hopes of finding a progressive solution to the growing problem of locating accessible, affordable child care in the United States. The program offers older adults…

The guide opens with background information on the total career program and the school setting in which it will operate. Based on the general program philosophy of career development through exposure to the world of work, program descriptions for the occupational clusters of office occupations, child care services, health occupations, and…

The curriculum guide is an effort to help teachers plan and implement a course in human services. The program is designed for students in grades 11 and 12 who terminate their education after completion of high school. The course prepares students for entry level skills as child care aides, geriatrics aides, or convalescent aides. The sections are…

This course of study for the child care aide is one of a series available for use by teacher-coordinators and students in Grade 11 and 12 home economics cooperative education programs. Based on job analysis interviews with child care center personnel, the course was prepared by teacher and Instructional Materials Center staff, field-tested, and…

This curriculum guide is designed to create a pre-vocational awareness in the area of child care for students in ninth grade. The program covers both preparation for parenthood and occupational possibilities in this field. The twenty-nine, easy-to-read lessons have been divided into the following six units: (1) child care careers; (2)…

TWENTY-EIGHT VOCATIONAL HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS FROM 20 STATES PARTICIPATED IN A 6-WEEK SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR FIVE CREDIT HOURS IN TWO COURSES DEALING WITH CHILD CARE. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO PREPARE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO SET UP OCCUPATIONAL CHILD-CARE AIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND…

The handbook presents training guidelines for the development of child care services training programs at the high school level. Twenty-four child care occupations are identified and briefly described. An occupational and task analysis of common functions in the different occupational areas are presented in tabular form. Recommended background…