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Assessing IT Educational Pathways That Support Rural Broadband: Strategies for Aligning IT Curricula, Policy, and Employer Needs
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Mardis, Marcia A.; Jones, Faye R.; McClure, Charles R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
In this National Science Foundation Advanced Technician Education program (NSF ATE) project, we aimed to explore factors that would strengthen the rural IT employee workforce and improve educational support related to broadband, telecommunications, and networks in rural settings. Using multiple methods to triangulate rural IT program curricula…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Employer Attitudes, Information Technology, Technical Education
Workplace Learning for the Public Good: Implementation of a Standardized, Competency-Based Curriculum in Texas WIC
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Kessler, Seth A.; Horton, Karissa D.; Gottlieb, Nell H.; Atwood, Robin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe preceptors' implementation experiences after implementing a workplace learning program in Texas WIC (women, infant, and children) agencies and identify implementation best practices. Design/methodology/approach: This research used qualitative description methodology. Data collection consisted of 11…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Public Agencies, Federal Programs
The Competency-Based Curriculum: Developing a Mosaic. Educational Forum Proceedings (Dunbar Senior High School, District of Columbia, April 7-8, 1978).
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1978
Included in this publication are presentations and summaries given at a forum designed to provide information about the status of the competency-based curriculum and its implications for competency-based education. On the topic "Instructional Support for CBC: Where the System Is Now," three presenters, James T. Guines, Wilbur A. Millard,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conference Reports, Counseling, Curriculum Development
ESL Curriculum Development in the Overseas Refugee Training Program: A Personal Account.
Corey, Kathleen – Passage, 1986
The curriculum in English as a second language of the Overseas Refugee Training Program, a federally sponsored program designed to prepare Southeast Asian refugees for resettlement in the United States, uses a competency-based model and the format used in the Oregon State Minimal Competencies curriculum. The specialists who developed the refugee…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Federal Programs
Teachers' Voices: Curriculum Design and Change.
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Burns, Anne – 1995
The role of collaborative research to support curriculum change is discussed, drawing on experiences with the Australian Adult Migrant English Program during a period of extensive change. The research undertaken was to assess the impact of competency-based curriculum on classroom practice and course design. The research project engaged 30…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education
Forest Park Pilot Project. Child Development Associate Training Project Final Documentation Report.
Saint Louis Community Coll. at Forest Park, MO. – 1976
The planning and implementation of a pilot CDA training project is described in this final report to the Office of Child Development by the Human Services Department, Social Science Division of the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. Staff training, selection of candidates and curriculum development are emphasized early in the report. The…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Child Caregivers, Community Colleges, Community Relations