Recommends crossword puzzles as a useful method for teaching students parliamentary procedures. Outlines steps in creating puzzles using the computer program "Crossword Match." Includes two parliamentary puzzles and answers. (PD)

This document provides instructions for conducting an installation ceremony for a student organization. The ceremony may be used as a sample in an inservice workshop for teachers and prospective teachers as well as in leadership training workshops for youth or teacher education programs. The instructions contain a list of suggested symbols and…

This guide was written to assist teachers in teaching parliamentary procedures to students in the health occupations education program. The guide emphasizes officer duties, order of business and correct use of parliamentary procedure. The following topics are covered in the guide: definition and history of parliamentary procedure, a brief…

This manual is designed to help teachers organize vocational student organizations (VSOs) as part of vocational education courses. The manual is based on modern business/industry personnel management theory and practice, using personnel management techniques usually referred to as organizational development. The manual provides teachers with the…

This guide was prepared to aid school system vocational education advisory committee members and instructors in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities. The booklet covers the following topics: purposes and role of the advisory committee; advisory committee rationale; organizational goals; responsibilities of advisory committee members;…

This handbook was prepared to give both teachers and students basic background information about the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). Included are handouts, transparency masters, and suggested activities for implementing DECA on the local level. The first six sections of the guide cover the following: integrating DECA into marketing…

This curriculum guide is designed as an aid for teachers and students of vocational agriculture to use in the teaching and learning of correct usage of parliamentary procedures. Addressed in the four sections of the unit are the following topics: parliamentary privileged motions (to fix adjournment times, to adjourn, to take a recess, to question…

This curriculum guide provides five instructional units for classroom instruction related to the student organization, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). A unit of instruction may consist of some or all of eight basic components: performance objectives, suggested activities for the teacher, information sheets, assignment sheets, job…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of DECA; parliamentary procedure; the skills and qualities required to become a…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the Future Farmers of America (FFA). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of the FFA; parliamentary procedure; the skills and qualities required to become an FFA…

This curriculum guide contains seven Future Farmers of America (FFA) units of study for secondary students. The units focus on developing students' potential for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Each of the instructional units includes some or all of the basic components of a unit of instruction:…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) or Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of the FHA/HERO; parliamentary procedure; the…

This instructor's guide contains the materials required to teach a competency-based course introducing distributive education students to the history, purposes, and activities of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and helping students develop the skills needed to participate in DECA activities and become a DECA leader. The…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of the AIASA; parliamentary procedure; the skills and qualities required…

This teacher's guide contains six units designed to help teachers form and lead students in a Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) chapter (one unit on chapter management and five instructional units). The format of the guide includes eight basic components that form a unit of instruction: performance objectives, suggested activities for…