NINE PARTICIPANTS IN A WORKSHOP AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPED THIS FOUR-PART HANDBOOK FOR OPERATING SUPERVISED OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS. RESOURCE PERSONS FROM ADULT EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND HORTICULTURE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE GROUP. PART 1 COVERS STEPS FOR ORGANIZING AND…

The materials in this manual are designed to help workshop leaders prepare for and present a workshop for school board members on how to contribute to improved communications between the school organization and the community. The workshop covers one process board members and superintendents can use when determining how to communicate school needs,…

This report describes the benefits to vocational educators of involving volunteers in vocational programs and presents a model for planning and implementing a volunteer program. Outlined first are programmatic and nonprogrammatic approaches to designing volunteer programs. Next, in a discussion of the benefits of vocational volunteer programs, the…

This guide is intended to help career and technical education teachers perform the new roles expected of them in view of the new emphasis on school-to-careers programs. The following are among the topics discussed in the guide's nine chapters: role of the career and technical educator; providing career guidance; integrating academic and career and…