This report, in addition to being a final report for an NIE grant awarded to the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning, summarizes the strategies, efforts, and results of implementing Individually Guided Education (IGE) nationally since 1971. Chapter 2 of this report (Chapter 1 is an introduction.) briefly describes the…

A framework for statewide career education planning is presented. The basic steps and ingredients for preplanning, planning and demonstration, and utilization and implementation are suggested. The basic career education plan should provide the following kinds of information: curriculum philosophies; Innovational program thrusts; input and…

The booklet for implementing career education is one of the products of the career education project at Sand Springs Public Schools, Oklahoma. Areas of concern are: selection of staff, orienting the community, planning inservice training, developing goals and objectives, organizing an advisory council, establishing a placement function, using…

The Dynamic Analysis and Strategic Planning (DASP) Program Division of the Center for Occupational Education at North Carolina State University is concerned with its need for information about the actual operation of planning systems and the development of a planning and information system for vocational education. To this end a three part…

This document describes a project conducted to develop an approach to competency-based adult education (CBAE) for Montana adult basic education (ABE) programs. As effort continued on the project, a series of competencies related to adult student outcomes in the areas of reading, mathematics, and language arts were developed. The processes involved…

An implementation proposal for a needs assessment model for South Carolina's public schools is presented. Part One, a narrative presentation of the suggested procedure, includes: identification of task force members, formation of the expenditure coordination committee, task force training conferences, task force organizational meetings, task force…

This technical assistance handbook is designed to serve local educators, vocational education administrators, and advisory committee members as a guide and an initial source of information in the establishment and maintenance of local advisory committees. The handbook highlights the policies and procedures of the Idaho State Division of Vocational…

Providing state agencies involved in vocational education with a clear picture of their responsibilities, this document presents guidelines for developing vocational education state plans. The first section reviews basic planning concepts and terminology. The focus of this review is on delineation of the policy (strategic) planning and operation…

Described is a vocational education model designed to increase cooperative effort for the improvement of vocational personnel. The introductory section discusses the need for a systematic approach to vocational personnel development in Florida, presents the goals of the system, and briefly summarizes the salient features of each component of the…

Major elements in a general process model for state and local planning for minority and disadvantaged education are discussed. These elements are: (1) needs assessment and public discussion of issues, (2) state goals and objectives for disadvantaged education, (3) local community college goals, objectives, and commitments, (4) provision of…

The major goal of the 3 1/2 year Federal project was to assist each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to develop preliminary State-tailored, home-school-community models/guides for developing and implementing improved and extended career guidance, counseling, and placement programs in local school districts. A national training…

The booklet explains the selection and use of a system to build career development programs and presents a sample career development program produced by the system. The system provides a framework to build a program and is based on the theory of three levels of learning--perceptual, conceptual, and generalization. The model, or sample system, is…

Describes a master plan which consists of a program and organization built around (1) research and management, and information dissemination; (2) center for educational management; and (3) program development. (Author/DN)

This document provides a process for evaluation of Florida's tech prep programs. It first summarizes the philosophy guiding tech prep activities in Florida and then it outlines the tech prep evaluation process. The evaluation process section includes the following: the goals and objectives of the process; its characteristics; the continuous…

The fifth in a series of position papers on deinstitutionalization of persons in Ohio with developmental disabilities, this paper addresses administrative structure and finance requirements. The introductory section suggests the need for new administrative and fiscal models to keep pace with changes in service delivery strategies. The importance…