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Suzanne West – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Child Care Apprenticeship Program of Pinellas (CCAP) was created by an advisory committee made up of local childcare facility directors, in 1989, in response to the need for better training in the community. CCAP is a two-year program that emphasizes 4000 hours of on-the-job-training and 288 hours of classroom instruction credentialing working…
Descriptors: Child Care, Apprenticeships, On the Job Training, Preschool Teachers
Golich, Vicki L.; Haynes, Sandra; Kreidler, Steve – Metropolitan Universities, 2018
Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) has used various ways to craft curriculum that directly meets employers' and students' needs in key economic drivers in the State of Colorado. Moving beyond the standard industry advisory councils used in many, especially professional programs, the institution has consulted with industry leaders…
Descriptors: State Universities, Partnerships in Education, Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Development
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Low, Mary; Botes, Vida; Rue, David Dela; Allen, Jackie – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2016
This research examined what accounting employers are seeking in their "ideal" accounting graduate and sought to provide clarification on the "expectation gap" between what accounting employers require in their graduates, and the skills these graduates are exhibiting. Adopting a qualitative research method, this research paper…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Accounting, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications
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Lindle, Jane Clark; Hampshire, Ellen M.; Knoeppel, Robert Charles – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Given education policy demands, leadership programs wrestle with questions about how to prepare practicing professionals, who are aspiring leaders, for the consequential use of data. From problem identification to implementation, current leadership preparation must build a culture where research processes are accessible, interpretable, and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Career Development, Professional Identity, Leadership Training
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Mullin, Teresa – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
There is an assumption that e-learning is considered as a valued resource with great potential. This research explores how hairdressing apprentices experience vocational e-learning and makes recommendations on how good practice can be shared. An estimated 35,000 hairdressing and barber salons account for a quarter of a million UK workers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Cosmetology, Apprenticeships
Vengersammy, Ormilla – Computers in Libraries, 2009
The Orange County Library System (OCLS) began to offer basic technology classes in July 2000. The computers were funded through a grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Over time, the library staff noticed that the demand for the classes increased, so the offering of classes also increased. When the author arrived at OCLS, her…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Library Personnel, Industrial Training, Libraries
STOKES, PAUL M. – 1966
DESIGNED TO AID FOREMEN AND OTHER SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL IN THE TASK OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND RETRAINING, THIS MANUAL DISCUSSES SUCH ASPECTS AS THE NATURE OF SKILL TRAINING, THE ROLE OF THE INSTRUCTOR, STAGES IN CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM PLANNING, TRAINEE SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT, ON THE JOB AND OFF THE JOB TRAINING, PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Development, Discipline Policy, Evaluation Methods
Bortz, Richard F. – 1982
In developing a vocational education training program, provision must be made for articulating the occupational program and its courses and units with employment opportunities in the occupation. The first step in gathering and organizing data needed in developing an occupational training program is an organizational analysis. The organizational…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
King, Jimmie, Jr.; Adams, Dennis T. – 1980
Research was conducted to provide a base of information applicable to revising the existing accounting curriculum in the Department of Business at Tuskegee Institute. A survey questionnaire was designed and submitted to members of the Tuskegee Institute Business/Industry Cluster members who are principle employers of Tuskegee graduates. The…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
College of Eastern Utah, Blanding. San Juan Campus. – 1992
The Rural Adventures in Workplace Literacy project at the College of Eastern Utah (San Juan Campus) assessed the literacy and basic needs of employees, developed curriculum materials, and provided training to employees in six industries in southeastern Utah and northern Arizona. Nine industries were contacted; six participated and were firmly…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development
Howder, Murray L.; And Others – Federal Linguist, 1973
Summary of the Society of Federal Linguists-sponsored panel discussion held during the American Translators' Association convention, Washington, D.C., November 17-19, 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education, Employment Opportunities, Government Employees
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Brown, Barbara Alice; Harte, Jacqui; Warnes, Anne-Marie – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to share practice on how two approaches to work-based learning (WBL) are used to develop the knowledge and skills of health care staff with different levels of experience and educational attainment within the Department of Nursing and the Department of Allied Health Professions at a post-1992 university…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Models, Comparative Analysis, Concept Mapping
Malcolm, Stanley E. – Training, 1992
Typical on-the-job training is unstructured, inconsistent, and slow, yet it accounts for about 80 percent of learning that will occur on the job. More time should be devoted to planning problem-centered training programs and less to formal training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Corporate Education, Curriculum Development
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Billett, Stephen – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2006
This paper advances some bases for a workplace curriculum. These are premised on conceptions of curriculum as intents directed to individual's progression towards full and effective workplace performance, yet whose enactment is shaped by workplace factors and is ultimately experienced by workers as learners. So whether the intentions will be…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Curriculum Development, Vocational Education, Nonformal Education
Perkins, Allan T. – 1982
Although the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model, based on behavioral theory, has been in use for several years, especially in military training, applying the systems approach to the curriculum development of on-the-job training material is a new use for it. The ISD model consists of five steps: (1) analyze system requirements; (2)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Material Development, Military Training, Models
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