This guide was developed to help teachers and administrators in vocational education programs (especially in Florida) to develop modified occupational completion points for students with disabilities. Modified occupational points (MOCPs) are selected sets of student performance standards within a vocational job preparatory program. These selected…

This guide is the product of a project to reassess and update the data entry curriculum used in business and office occupations programs throughout the State of Washington. It is intended to assist teachers and administrators responsible for making decisions affecting first-year keyboarding programs, implementing secondary school keyboarding…

One of 12 in the secretarial/clerical area, this booklet for the vocational instructor contains a job description for the data entry operator, a task list of areas of competency, an occupational tasks competency record (suggested as replacement for the traditional report card), a list of industry representatives and educators involved in…

Developed by high school teachers and junior college instructors in cooperation with representatives of business and industry, these materials are designed to help students move from class to class, from secondary to postsecondary education, and from school to employment. The materials consist of student outcomes; competencies for job, advanced…

This guide is intended for vocational educators developing the vocational English as a second language (VESL) component of a course in data entry. The introductory section examines assumptions about second language learning and instruction and VESL classes, local adaptations of the curriculum, and sample VESL lessons. The chapter on language…

This V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Consortium of States) Guide is an extension or continuation of the V-TECS catalog for the occupation of computer operator. The guide is designed to help South Carolina teachers to promote the art of learning while teaching subject matter. The guide addresses the three domains of learning: psychomotor, cognitive,…

This vocational program guide is intended to assist in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a program in data entry operations in school districts, area vocational centers, and community colleges. The following topics are covered: program content (job title and description and curriculum framework and student performance standards);…

A model for assessing specific competences acquired in work situations, and for relating these skills to occupationally oriented degree programs, is presented. The Work Assessment Model is designed to help a college specify the competences acquired, define the learning objectives of occupational and career programs, and translate the competences…

These skill checks contain materials designed to help students and counselors determine whether students have the math, reading, and writing abilities needed to participate in various vocational education courses. Dealt with in the individual skill checks are the basic skills considered necessary for courses providing job training for the…