The Career Information Center (CIC) handbook is designed to serve as a reference work or blueprint containing a rationale and specific how-to suggestions to support and guide the user's development of a CIC that fits local needs. The format of the handbook is intended to indicate the major steps in the planning, development, and operation of a…

The National 4-H Urban Program Development Committee's Plan for Action outlines some of the primary concerns of the urban 4-H program. It discusses the need for 4-H in urban areas and the particular relevance of sound program design and delivery in helping urban youth, especially those from low-income families, to find ways to improve their…

This report provides background information needed for a determination of the feasibility of establishing a program to train dental hygienists and dental assistants at Luzerne County Community College, and presents data needed to design such a program in a comprehensive community college. Information presented describes: the constituency and…

Constituting the third annual report of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE), this document is divided into the following six sections: (1) The Lessons of Title IV of the Indian Education Act: Needs and Achievements (full funding for Title IV; the role of the American Indian Policy Review Commission; direct Federal funding;…

The handbook is designed to provide assistance to school personnel in the development and operation of a cooperative occupational home economics program. It can serve as a guide to the teacher-coordinator as a new program is developed or as a resource for strengthening an existing program. Topics covered in the handbook's 22 chapters are:…

Designed to assist teachers and school administrators in effective utilization of community resources within vocational-technical education programs, the manual outlines strategies in the identification, development, utilization, and evaluation of community resources available to local school districts. Section 1 provides a general introduction to…

Meeting at Massachusetts state residential schools and centers for the mentally handicapped, the 15-man committee reviewed recommendations originally appearing in Massachusetts Plans for Its Retarded, A 10-Year Plan (1966). Forty-seven final recommendations for improving residential facilities for the retarded resulted; suggestions made for their…

Primarily intended to serve as a reference for in-service teacher coordinators, this document provides an overview of key points regarding the development and operation of cooperative vocational education programs. Written from the perspective of the teacher-coordinator, the discussion centers around the broad topics of planning, coordinating, and…

The formation of local workforce investment boards (WIBs) was examined through case studies of two sites in Indiana and two in Kentucky. The four sites had very different labor market conditions, contexts, and One Stop histories that affected their formation of local WIBs and selection of One Stop operators. The boards surveyed ranged in size from…

Compiled in order to offer vocational educators in Missouri a structured, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory guide for admissions procedures, this handbook outlines the Missouri Admissions Policy and presents concrete guidelines for its implementation. Following a statement of the Missouri policy, proven methods of disseminating and publicizing…

Covering the period July 1 thru December 31, 1977, the seventh semi-annual report summarizes the first half of the third year of operation of the educational and hatchery programs. The first section details the educational component, i.e., academic program, high school visitation program, educational and operational activities, student…

Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This handbook, one of five in the subset of program development process documents for the series, is intended as an initial planning tool…

This fourth in a series of eleven learning modules on program planning, development, and evaluation is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers information and skills needed to ensure a properly organized occupational advisory committee. The terminal objective for the module is to organize an occupational advisory committee…

The manual outlines information on design and operation of the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Title I Migrant Education Program at the state and local levels. Part I outlines information on the state level: legislative authorization and general responsibilities of the state education agency (SEA); annual program plan and budget;…

Initially developed for training parent committees and school personnel, the manual can be used to train parents and tribal officials in the development, management, implementation and evaluation of Indian education programs. Identifying the compliance of rules and regulations for funding sources such as Johnson-O'Malley, Elementary and Secondary…