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Download full textDalporto, Hannah; Lepe, Marco – MDRC, 2022
Increasingly, companies are dropping four-year degree requirements in job postings, favoring skill-based requirements--such as communication and writing--instead. These types of nonacademic "soft skills" are viewed as essential for employment--employers consistently cite these abilities as among the most valuable in job applicants, yet…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Curriculum Development, Soft Skills, Program Development
Muñiz, Jenny – New America, 2020
For many non-traditional candidates, the path into teaching is riddled with bumps and detours. They must pay for increasingly expensive coursework and certification costs, attend classes that conflict with work schedules, and forgo wages to complete unfunded student teaching requirements. These roadblocks can deter valuable local…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Nontraditional Students, Barriers, Grants
Ray, Gordon; LeKander, Larry – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1972
Descriptors: Career Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Secondary Education
Barlow, Melvin L. – 1963
Work experience programs in 18 California junior colleges were studied. Data for the 1962-1963 school year were gathered through personal interviews with representatives of the colleges. Information on the status of approved programs, superior practices, principal difficulties encountered, and suggestions for organizing and conducting work…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Organization, Program Administration, Program Descriptions
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1965
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CAN USE THIS HANDBOOK IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS FOR WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION. INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) WHAT IS WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION, (2) WHAT FACTORS MUST BE CONSIDERED BEFORE STARTING A WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, (3) WHAT STEPS SHOULD…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cooperative Education, Coordinators, Employers
Jastram, Virginia Clapp; And Others – 1972
Prepared by a statewide work experience advisory committee, this handbook is designed to supply administrators of work experience education programs with current, useful information needed to conduct effective work experience programs. Included in the handbook are: (1) a discussion of the nature, purpose, and history of work experience, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Legislation
National Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1963
A descriptive review of three job preparation programs for out-of-work youth and guidelines for organizing similar programs in local communities are presented. The programs ranged from a large operation in Detroit to smaller individualized programs initiated by Kalamazoo, Michigan, and North Richmond, California. They were designed primarily to…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Dropouts, Guidelines, High School Graduates
Holzkamper, Charlot – 1982
Designed for use in high school and adult education programs, this manual was developed to help marketing and distributive education teachers to develop or upgrade community/work-based programs; and to assist teachers who operate these programs to use legal operational practices and to meet the occupational needs of their students and communities.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Community Involvement, Community Programs
KAPLAN, LEON L. – 1967
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN NECESSARY PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS FOR ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, AGES 16 AND 17, IN THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS SURVEY WAS MADE TO HELP PROVIDE MEANS TO MEET THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPULSORY CONTINUATION EDUCATION. THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Demonstration Centers, Dropout Programs, General Education
Anderlini, Lyn Starr; Dougan, Patricia – 1982
This training guide is designed to provide strategies and resources for involving work experience education (WEE) coordinators and special educators in the cooperative development and improvement of WEE for students with exceptional needs. Addressed in the guide are the following topics: an overview of the training program, why students with…
Descriptors: Community Action, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordinators
Dougan, Patricia; Waterman, Douglas – 1982
Written to assist both work experience education coordinators and special education teachers, this collection of key issues provides an introduction to work experience education (WEE) for students with exceptional needs. Various aspects of program operation are addressed, including parent support, student assessment, developing work placements in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Development, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
National Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This evaluation of programs conducted in fiscal 1978 under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) consists of an overall picture of the 1978 YEDPA program experience and case studies of programs in 12 states. Findings and recommendations are presented concerning the implementation of YEDPA programs by Comprehensive Employment…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Awareness, Career Education, Case Studies
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2001
Workplace mentoring has been identified as an important aspect of work-based learning in projects conducted under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act. By establishing relationships with caring and competent adults who can provide emotional support and facilitate skill development, less-experienced youths and adults are more likely to bridge the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Programs, Business Education, Case Studies
