Tech shows are a great way to introduce prospective students, parents, and local business and industry to a technology and engineering or career and technical education program. In addition to showcasing instructional programs, a tech show allows students to demonstrate their professionalism and skills, practice public presentations, and interact…

American businesses and industries have long identified shortages in key career and technical areas--some of these areas require two- or four-year college degrees, whereas others simply require industry certifications. Career and technical education (CTE) has the potential to play a central role in filling these gaps. The current Carl D. Perkins…

Written for the general audience concerned with management information systems for use by vocational education agencies, this document is one of six describing the Management Information System for Vocational Education (MISVE), and provides a capsule summary of the major purposes and features of MISVE, which was designed to provide users with an…

To provide information on the third three-year round of exemplary projects funded under Section 142 (c) of Part D of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (Public Law 90-576), this document includes abstracts of projects initiated in fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Each of the sixty-two abstracts included in the document contain the…

This pamphlet produced by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) outlines the development and progress of a project designed to develop a model for vocational training in telecommunications. The Course Development in Telecommunications (CODEVTEL) approach is discussed in terms of job-related training, teaching materials, sharing…

This guide provides information to aid chapter advisors and officers in planning, organizing, and providing American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA) activities to students. The main body of the guide contains eleven sections. In the first section AIASA's mission, goals, creed, motto, emblem, colors, and official dress are outlined.…

One of six documents describing the Management System for Vocational Education (MISVE), this document is intended to provide those persons who would administer, manage, or support MISVE operations with a basic understanding of the product package. This description of MISVE includes purposes and features, how the system differs from other…

This dissemination booklet identifies and describes outstanding vocational and career education practices which are operating in Alaskan public schools. The sixteen programs are arranged in the following format: overview of the program; special facilities and/or equipment needed; instructional materials developed/used/adapted; key ingredients for…

Ways in which to organize a drive-in workshop are presented. They include selection of a chairperson, appointment of a steering committee, timing of the workshop, agenda, speakers, where to get information on drive-ins, awards, publicity campaign, and ways in which to boost membership in professional associations. (CT)

This project developed from a need for knowledge and information concerning a problem of growing concern to most American communities and particularly those comprising metropolitan areas. Increasing evidence of disregard for law and order on the part of individuals of all ages, and especially teen-age children, points up the need for intelligent…

This student module on OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) training programs is one of 50 modules concerned with job safety and health. This module provides a list of OSHA training requirements and describes OSHA training programs and other safety organizations' programs. Following the introduction, 11 objectives (each keyed to a page in the…

The authors of this thesis identified research on reading programs related to using vocational content for teaching reading to vocational students; developed a design for a vocational-related reading program which included needs assessment, goal and objectives, the vocational related reading program, and a plan for the implementation of the…

Due to a predicted shortage of fully certified vocational agriculture teaching personnel in Iowa during the 1976-77 school year, an emergency certification program was initiated. The selection criteria used to identify prospective teachers, the program description, and results are summarized in this article. (BM)

This training guide provides a step-by-step guide for the implementation of a one-day workshop on sex equity for vocational education personnel. It is organized to facilitate the provision of general information regarding sex equity in vocational education to a large number of persons as well as to provide assistance to particular groups of…

The brochure illustrates the program design for industrial arts education in New York State and briefly describes the early secondary and high school levels and the basic and technology series. The instructional content on the primary level emphasizes orientation to the nature of work and is divided into five major time blocks according to each…