This resource guide was developed to help local adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs throughout Ohio implement the state's Indicators of Program Quality, which were drafted in 1992 in response to the National Literacy Act of 1991. The guide provides a context for using the Indicators in ABLE programs and includes suggestions for…

This bulletin is one in the series on pupil transportation issued by the Office of Education. Its purpose is to furnish information and guidance for local school administrators and others who are concerned with school bus maintenance. Programs of school bus maintenance vary among the 48 States. Presumably all contract vehicles are maintained by…

This handbook consists of guidelines and materials for use in the development, implementation, and administration of marketing and cooperative education programs in Missouri. The following topics are among those covered: nature and scope of Missouri's marketing education program; role of marketing education teachers; program development…

This document, which reflects Mississippi's statutory requirement that instructional programs be based on core curricula and performance-based assessment, contains outlines of the instructional units required in local instructional management plans and daily lesson plans for child care and guidance management and services I and II. Presented first…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the child development technology programs cluster. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies,…

This vocational program guide is intended to assist in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a program in electromechanical technology in school districts, area vocational centers, and community colleges. The following topics are covered: job duties of electromechanical technicians; program content (curriculum framework and student…

This vocational program guide is intended to assist in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a program in health services occupations in school districts, area vocational centers, and community colleges. The following topics are covered: program content (job duties of physical therapy aides and orderlies and curriculum framework and…

This index contains abstracts of 173 doctoral dissertations about the following aspects of adult self-directed learning: program areas of adult education (AE); instructional methods/techniques; institutional sponsors of AE; personnel and staffing in AE; education of particular clientele groups; processes of program planning and administration;…

This manual is intended to assist practitioners working in adult career counseling programs in implementing and expanding services. The first section, which is directed toward program administrators, discusses establishing and managing a career counseling service for adults and includes a checklist for administrators. Discussed next are the…

Seven area high school districts, two area vocational centers, and Joliet Community College (JCC) voluntarily joined together to develop a regional planning statement regarding objectives for a collaborative and coordinated high technology education program. As a part of this project, four high schools are working together with JCC to develop and…

This manual is designed to help company officials who are responsible for planning, implementing, and coordinating company and school collaborative programs. Addressed in the individual chapters of the guide are the following topics: the benefits and principles of establishing company and school linkages; procedures for determining a company's…

This publication is part of a series of self-instructional teacher training manuals designed to assist vocational-technical educators or industrial trainers to develop and implement competency-based vocational education (CBVE) programs in a school or industrial setting. The manual consists of the following sections: cover page that contains the…

Advice on making continuing education (CE) responsive to the practice needs of professionals in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and public health is provided in 16 chapters. Attention is directed to: establishing realistic goals, tailoring programs to specific needs, recruiting subject matter experts, evaluating programs and…

Four case studies presented in this handbook demonstrate specific techniques which can be used to build citizen participation in a community education program. Based on criteria of adaptability, evidence of effectiveness, and significance, one project for each of the following four classifications of ninety-two relevant projects was selected for…

Intended as a reference book for students and practitioners who are concerned with present and future problems of administering and supervising vocational education at the secondary and collegiate levels, this volume may also serve as a textbook in graduate courses dealing with administration and supervision in business education. Discussed first…