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Halasz, Ida M. – 1989
Much of the evaluation of vocational education at the state and local levels has been conducted in response to federal legislation. Although some of the evaluative information has been useful for program improvement, much has been collected only for compliance with federal and state mandates. The educational reform movement has prompted school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization

Ibrahim, Farah A.; Thompson, Donald L. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1982
Presents the results of a national survey regarding the preparation of secondary school counselors. (Author)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum, Counselor Certification, Counselor Training
Jones, L. Eugene – 1976
The problem was a study of the content found in five commonly offered basic business courses in secondary schools to determine whether the subject matter in each course is sufficiently unique to justify the continued offering of the current series of courses or whether the content is so repetitious that further consideration of the consolidation…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Business Education, Content Analysis, Cooperative Programs
Axelrod, Valija M. – 1989
In the 1980s, interest in collaboration between vocational education and the private sector was stimulated by changes taking place in the economy and society (changes such as a maturing society, the lure of the sunbelt, the computer revolution, declining superpowers, rise of minorities, foreign competition, progress of women, and medical…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employers, Institutional Cooperation
Holland, Robert L., Ed.; Drummond, Herbert E., Ed. – 1978
The purpose of the self-appraisal checklist is to assist school personnel in their endeavors to improve the secondary school program of physical education. The checklist is organized into seven major categories that represent essential aspects of a secondary school program: philosophy and principles, organization and administration, class…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation, Education

Hampton, Bill R.; Graham, M. Dolores – Journal of Career Education, 1979
A system of communication among faculty, students, and parents called advisement as it functions at McCluer North High School is studied. Elements of this career education staff development program that are examined include: goals of the system, structure, adjustments made by the school, tasks, training, and program improvement committee. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Education, Faculty Development, High Schools, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Miller, Larry E.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1985
This issue focuses upon planning, organization, and time management. Articles discuss program goals, saving failing programs, vocational agriculture program planning under the Perkins Act, program innovation, reviewing the focus of agribusiness education, the changing focus of vocational agriculture at one high school, time management for summer…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
O'Connor, Patrick J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
This bulletin describes two exemplary mathematics programs in Oregon: the Math Lab at Mountain View Junior High School in Beaverton and the Academy Math Program at Jefferson High School in northeastern Portland. The Math Lab at Mountain View is a weekly supplemental unit that is integrated into general math and pre-algebra courses for seventh and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, Mathematics Curriculum
Banathy, Bela H.; And Others – 1977
Conducted at the request of the Boy Scouts of America and part of a larger project funded by the U. S. Office of Education to assess the place of career education in the total Scouting program, a study explored ways to strengthen collaboration between Scouting and schools for the purpose of improving and extending the career education programs of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Gambone, Michelle Alberti – 1993
This report is a first step in defining the direction in which the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) system should move to create programs that facilitate growth toward a socially constructive adulthood. An introduction describes the purpose and scope of a project that convened a panel of experts who generated the information, four background…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, At Risk Persons, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Heil, Carolyn – 1981
This document, developed in Pennsylvania, contains guidelines formulated to provide local school districts and vocational/technical schools with step-by-step procedures that will assist in the development and implementation of successful job placement programs. The guide is organized in five chapters. The first chapter introduces the project,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Employment Services
Pinson, Nancy; And Others – 1980
Guidance and vocational education personnel have continued to play key roles in responding to individual and societal needs that have arisen as a result of the occupational, social, and economic changes occurring over the last 80 years. Guidance programs serve as the link between providing occupational training and employment readiness for the…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Energy Conservation
Weinbaum, Sandy; Wirmusky, Frank – 1994
The 14 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)-funded youth employment programs to which the Academy for Educational Development (AED) has delivered technical assistance for the past 5 years illustrate several important conditions for effective programming and "best practices" in the field of youth employment and training. Four of the JTPA…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Owens, Thomas R.; Crohn, Leslie – 1983
Two sets of research findings are available that may provide a sound base for conducting vocational education research leading to systematic program improvement and to the attainment of excellence in education. The first is effective schooling research and the second concerns principles used by successful businesses in the United States. An…
Descriptors: Business, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Associated Educational Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1982
This comprehensive admissions model is designed to assist school personnel on both the secondary and postsecondary levels in the State of Missouri with the admission and selection of students for vocational programs. Presented in flow chart form with an accompanying outline to describe its various steps, the model addresses the following stages of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Admissions Counseling
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