Based on a national review of student and employer follow-up efforts, this training guide describes the options that are available at each step in the process of designing, developing, and implementing follow-up systems and the advantages and disadvantages in each case. The guide is divided into five major sections. The first section discusses the…

This guide presents a model for planning technological education programs. It presents answers to questions involving: (1) the definition of the program discipline; (2) an assessment of the real need for the program, both generally and in the locale of the institution; (3) the availability of the physical and personnel resources to mount the…

This guide provides information to aid chapter advisors and officers in planning, organizing, and providing American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA) activities to students. The main body of the guide contains eleven sections. In the first section AIASA's mission, goals, creed, motto, emblem, colors, and official dress are outlined.…

The job of the school administrator is to provide meaningful and effective occupational education programs to help the disadvantaged segment of our population become useful, productive, and self-sufficient. This guide describes the special problems of the disadvantaged and the administrative procedures required in programs for the disadvantaged.…

One of eight sections of a handbook for use by vocational teacher educators in improving vocational teacher education linkage with business, industry, and labor, this first section focuses on use of staff development programs as a means to increasing faculty interaction with the private sector. Although the guidelines are intended for use by…

Intended to assist local administrators in achieving sex fairness in vocational education programs, this guide provides an overview of legislation and issues and offers some suggestions for evaluation and action. Unit 1 gives a description of the legislation addressing vocational education and the problem of sex stereotyping. Unit 2 deals with…

Designed to provide Oregon vocational directors and teachers with a process for collecting information to be used in evaluating and planning vocational education programs, this handbook presents guidelines for both local annual planning and long-range planning. Various items to consider when reviewing an existing program are covered, including…

This publication has been prepared to assist public school administrators who are involved in planning new vocational education programs. It will assist in planning curriculums, selecting personnel and planning for new buildings and for expanding existing facilities. This handbook is organized to give general information and the purposes of the…

One of six documents describing the Management Information System for Vocational Education (MISVE), this document is intended to provide administrators and managers with information needed by them to estimate resource requirements for implementing MISVE in their State, plan for selecting and implementing generalized computer software, plan for…

The publication is designed to serve as a guide for those responsible for business education in Pennsylvania, emphasizing curriculum planning and the development of course guidelines. Chapter one deals with planning the business education program within the framework of the principles of curriculum construction. Program implementation at the…

This handbook for vocational administrators presents an overview of vocational education programs, services, and administrative structures in Alaska. The manual contains three parts. The first, brief section introduces secondary vocational education and lists its enabling legislation. The second part presents a detailed overview of vocational…

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…

This self-appraisal checklist was compiled by the Ohio Department of Education to assist Ohio teachers and administrators in their efforts to improve the total school program of industrial arts. The checklist is organized into seven major categories, which represent essential aspects of an industrial arts program. These categories are philosophy,…

Information on curriculum offerings and program planning and administration of a community-based work and living program for deaf-blind and other severely disabled adolescents and young adults is presented in two volumes. Volume I, an administrative manual independently titled "Community Based Training. Work and Independent Living Training…

Developed to assist the building-level administrator in implementing a curriculum management system, this handbook considers two of five duties the vocational administrator must perform to meet the obligations of curriculum management: (1) performing curriculum management functions for the vocational program and (2) implementing and conducting an…