This resource manual is designed to assist both the beginning cooperative office education (COE) teacher-coordinator in developing a new COE program and the experienced teacher-coordinator in reviewing and upgrading established programs. It can also be used as a resource for administrators. Unit I defines goals, determines the need for a COE…

Performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures are outlined for seventy-five tasks identified as necessary to the successful performance of local vocational administrators in Kentucky. Tasks are organized under thirteen duty categories: program planning and implementation, staff recruitment, personnel development and management,…

A one- to two-page summary of each of the 1974 annual reports of 52 State and territory vocational education advisory councils constitute the major contents of this booklet. Focus is on issues, concerns, program needs, and recommendations for the respective State or territory. Also included is a 12-page overview designed to present a broad picture…

The first annual report (1979) of the 15-member Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Advisory Committee for Exceptional Children (ACEC) reflects activities, concerns, and recommendations to the Department of the Interior for providing appropriate specialized programs and services for education of the projected 4,506 American Indian and Alaska Native…

This final report examines the progress of the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical and Adult Education (VTAE) program to recruit and employ minorities for existing and future teaching and administrative vacancies. Recruitment activities in the vocational studies center are outlined, along with activities of the program's advisory committee and state…

Seventeen articles used to convey the South Carolina advisory council's 1977-78 evaluation of vocational and technical education in South Carolina are presented. Articles included are "The Girl Stared"; "A Solution to Discipline--Education's Number One Problem"; "A Vocational Education Success Story"; "TEC…

This booklet, the second in a series of four, was designed by the Task Force on Career Education as a handbook for state policy makers who are responsible for legislating the full implementation of career education. The content is presented in seven sections. The first on legislative leadership covers the goals and objectives of career education…

The Comprehensive Career Education Project was conducted to develop a comprehensive career education model for northern Maine. The objectives focused on infusion in grades K-12 of the Bangor Public School System and continued training of postsecondary instructional staff at the University of Maine at Orono and Husson College. This document reports…

This operation manual sets forth the guidelines, standards, policies, and procedures necessary for planning, organizing, and administering Cooperative Education Programs in Agriculture to serve individuals entering farm related occupations. Its content was developed in a 2-week seminar conducted by the University of Arizona in the summer of 1968,…

The Oshkosh (Wisconsin) career education project (K-12) was conducted to provide students with an increased number of career education learning experiences which capitalize on and exploit career implications of various subject areas and which capitalize on available community, business, labor, and industry resources. The major activities of the…

The Allied Medical Development Project was conceived to determine the role of the St. Louis-St. Louis County Junior College District in the education of personnel for allied medical careers in the St. Louis area. The underlying assumption was that the development of needed programs on a sound basis in the St. Louis area would result in general…

Adult distributive education is designed to prepare out-of-school youth and adults to enter, progress, or improve their competencies in marketing and distributive occupations. Gainful employment increased job efficiency, eventual promotion, and better understanding of the economic activity in a selected field are the immediate outcomes of the…

Divided into three major sections, this description of career and vocational education in small Oregon schools includes the following: (1) Introduction and Implementation (describes career awareness for grades K-6, career exploration for grades 7-10, career preparation for grades 11 and 12, and career education requirements for graduation and…

Maine's York County Technical College (YCTC) developed a College Success Management course to help students learn and adopt strategies that promote their college success. In designing the course, a review of related literature was completed to determine the background and purposes of student success courses, data on student attrition, expected…

The development of a planning, budgeting, and evaluation model, referred to as an "academic audit" model, at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, is described. The model is essentially a model for planning resource reallocation in conjunction with redefining and reestablishing institutional goals and mission statements.…