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Spring, Marietta – Journal of Business Education, 1981
Discusses the importance of teaching word processing skills in office procedures courses. Elements of such a program include word processing equipment, machine dictation and transcription, keyboarding applications, copy processing, records management, and word processing simulation. (CT)
Descriptors: Business Education, Job Skills, Office Machines, Office Occupations Education
Engineering Industry Training Board, London (England). – 1969
This booklet sets out the recommendations for the training of clerks in firms within the scope of the Engineering Industry Training Board and is written for the use of managers, training officers and clerical supervisors. Recommendations are primarily for new entrants to clerical jobs. They cover the areas of: induction; basic training--including…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bookkeeping, Clerical Workers, Industry
Download full textAnderson, Beverly L.; And Others – 1981
Written for planners and practitioners in employability skills development programs, this handbook provides information and resources for designing and implementing competency-based instruction. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to basic terms and concepts that make up a competency-based system. It describes four skills required for one to be…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential, Evaluation Methods
Larson, Rick – 1999
Intended for educators who work with or plan to establish a school-based enterprise (SBE) in their school, this guide provides tools and strategies to establish and operate an SBE that provides a context for students to learn a range of academic and career-oriented skills. Section 1 suggests steps educators can take to help their enterprise--an…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Distributive Education, Employment Potential
Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, FL. – 1987
The Single Teen Parent Program conducted by the Orange County, Florida, Public Schools, was designed to help single teen parents acquire marketable skills and jobs in order to head independent family units. The parents served were between the ages of 16 and 20 and either had a high school diploma or had passed the General Educational Development…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making Skills
Olcott, Lynn – 1981
This booklet, prepared for the Peace Corps, describes the operation of the Volunteer Rehabilitation Project, a handicraft project for handicapped persons (mostly leprosy patients) in Ethiopia. Along with the project description are step-by-step instructions for carrying out a similar project and a discussion of the principles underlying the…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Developing Nations, Disabilities, Educational Facilities
Dahlberg, Maurine – 1983
To fulfill one objective of the Post-Secondary Displaced Homemaker Project conducted by Central Texas College, this technical manual was written to assist Texas community colleges in setting up and operating displaced homemaker programs. The manual was developed through a review of current, applicable literature, as well as input from the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Judge, Donald R., Comp.; And Others – 1993
This guide is designed to assist unions, companies, and educational providers in analyzing the educational needs of workers and employers and in developing effective workplace literacy and workplace education programs to meet those needs. It is based on the success of Project ELI (Education, Labor, and Industry). An introduction defines terms.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Agricultural Education. – 1981
This guide provides the agriculture teacher or cooperative coordinator with an overview of and information on planning and operating cooperative agricultural education programs. Introductory materials discuss supervised occupational experience (SOE) in general and cooperative agricultural education in particular and compare components of three…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Cooperative Education, Employment Opportunities
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System Consortium. – 1987
During 1987, the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) focused its evaluation efforts on 12 major categories: exit level, placement, survey achievement, staff development, special education, linking assessment to instruction, adult basic education and high school diploma programs, recordkeeping, employability, guidance, goal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
Perrin, Gladys; Campbell, Creola – 1982
Developed during a project designed to provide a continuous, competency-based line of vocational training in business and office education programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this package consists of an instructor's guide and learning module for a course on office procedures. Various aspects of implementing and articulating…
Descriptors: Accounting, Articulation (Education), Bookkeeping, Business Communication
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Coll. of Agriculture and Natural Resources Education Inst. – 1981
This curriculum guide deals with implementing a course in managing or working in a child care service. Included among the areas addressed in the course are using resources and requirements, using growth and development activities, using discipline and guidance, organizing activities and programs, using health and safety procedures, providing food…
Descriptors: Bookkeeping, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Brooks, Phyllis C. – 1983
Developed through a pilot project in Arkansas, this guide provides counselors with essential information and materials for conducting a counseling program in postsecondary vocational-technical schools. The guide is organized into 10 chapters that cover the following topics: counseling in the vocational-technical school (including the basics of…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Confidentiality, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques
