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Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1970
Forty-two individuals, comprising teams of three people from 14 states, attended a conference planned to: (1) assist vocational leaders in developing the intent, nature, and possible structure(s) of vocational curriculums at different levels, (2) cause participants to understand implications and provisions current legislation has for professional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Institutes (Training Programs), Leadership Training, Meetings
Olson, LeVene A.; And Others – 1972
Five career education institutes were conducted in West Virginia for 128 superintendents, principals, directors of vocational education, curriculum specialists, and guidance personnel representing 30 counties in the State. The general objective of the institutes was to provide meaningful information and experience upon which educators in local…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Industrial Arts, Institutes (Training Programs)
Bell, T. H. – 1976
This report focuses on two programs launched by the U. S. Office of Education (USOE) for personnel development in vocational education. The two programs (section 552, Leadership Development Awards and section 553, State Systems for Personnel Development), created under part F of the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA), are examined in 11…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Individual Development, Personnel Needs, Policy
Illinois Univ., Chicago. Coll. of Education. – 1974
The Chicago Satellite, as a member of the EPDA Midwest Center Consortium, sought to create the EPDA's "New Professional" by retraining in-service teachers and school staff.The University of Illinois at Chicago Circle's College of Education and the Department of Educational Psychology at the Urbana campus are working in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Counselor Training, Disadvantaged Youth, Inservice Education
Sugarman, Michael N.; And Others – 1973
The book consists of two equal parts. Part I is twelve selected papers on teaching in technical education prepared for Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) Project 72042. Among topics covered are disadvantaged college students, adult learning, behavioral objectives, individualized instruction, curriculum development, brainstorming,…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Institutes (Training Programs), Models, Professional Continuing Education
Drewes, Donald W. – 1972
The objective of this report is to present a design model which will serve as a pattern for the development of a vocational education professional development program to be implemented in a state agency of vocational education. The model delineates the procedural requirements for determination of priorities, assessment of personnel needs,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Management Information Systems, Models, Professional Training
Columbus Public Schools, OH. – 1974
As one component of the Midwest Center/Consortium for Planned Change, the Ohio Satellite aimed at making public schools aware of the need for the structuring of a fully-functioning guidance program, with teaming as a viable change and problem-solving process. A third goal was the recruitment of minority group members as "new…
Descriptors: Black Community, Counselor Educators, Counselor Training, Decision Making
Bureau of Educational Personnel Development (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1971
This publication contains papers presented during a 2-day conference attended by institutional directors of fellowship programs and state directors of vocational education. Papers are: (1) "The Overall Rationale for a Doctoral Fellowship Program" by W. Loomis, (2) "The Status of Doctoral Programs in Vocational Education" by C.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum Design, Doctoral Programs, Federal Legislation
Jones, Alvin H. – 1974
Several studies have shown that public schools in the United States are staffed with counselors and teachers who have a limited cultural understanding of black and other minority students. Moreover, racist attitudes have permeated all levels of the educational system, preventing the development of programs that would help black students to attain…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Involvement, Counselor Training, Cultural Differences