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Direct linkTomaino, Robert – Exceptional Parent, 2011
This article discusses Roses for Autism, a program that provides training, guidance and employment opportunities for older students and adults on the autistic spectrum. Roses for Autism tackles one of the biggest challenges currently facing the autism community--a disproportionally high unemployment rate that hovers around 88 percent. Although a…
Descriptors: Autism, Employment Opportunities, Decision Making Skills, Vocational Education
Download full textJohnson, Johnny M.; Webb, Earl S. – 1969
To determine what should be taught to persons preparing for employment in the horticultural industry, 30 nursery owners or operators chosen from five geographic areas of nursery concentration in Texas were interviewed. The specific objectives were to determine: (1) the most important competencies, (2) the influence of geographic location and size…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills
Long, Diana – 1979
This instructor's guide accompanies the secondary-level, competency-based student material for Nursery and Greenhouse Worker available separately--see note. It is intended for use as a reference and aid in implementing the curriculum in a vocational agriculture program. These sections are included: identification and validation of job titles and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Greenhouses
PARSONS, WARREN – 1966
INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH THE MANAGERS OF 58 GREENHOUSES WHICH COVERED ONE ACRE OR MORE IN THE CHICAGO, CLEVELAND, AND DETROIT AREAS (1) TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF TRAINING DESIRED FOR THE COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE GROWER IN TERMS OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPECIES OF ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS PRODUCED, AND THE DEGREE OF ATTAINMENT OF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Greenhouses
Grant, Lee P.; Hoerner, Harry J. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Research, Job Skills, Job Training
Long, Diana – 1979
This secondary-level, competency-based curriculum contains 11 modules for Nursery and Greenhouse Worker. A companion teacher's guide is available separately--see note. Each module contains a number of West Virginia-validated Nursery and Greenhouse Worker tasks/competencies with a performance guide listing the steps needed to perform each task,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Guides
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Vocational Instructional Services. – 1979
This curriculum guide consists of 14 units for use in teaching a high school level horticulture course. Covered in the individual units are the following topics: opportunities in horticultural occupations; plant classification and identification; structures and equipment used in producing greenhouse, ornamental, and nursery plants; greenhouse…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Skills
Nelson, Clifford L. – Amer Vocat J, 1970
The disadvantaged, the slow learner, the average and the able--all can profit from courses organized around a horticulture core. (Editor)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Employment Opportunities, Grounds Keepers, Horticulture
Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus. – 1998
This document, which lists the horticultural-agricultural technologies competencies identified by representatives from business, industry, and labor as well as educators throughout Ohio, is intended to assist individuals and organizations in developing college tech prep programs that will prepare students from secondary through post-secondary…
Descriptors: Accounting, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture
Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant. – 1973
This teacher's guide is one of a series of publications focusing on the occupational preparation of persons with special education needs. The material was developed and tested by cooperating teachers over a period of three years. Task analysis information is presented using occupational descriptions from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education
Connecticut Univ., Storrs. Dept. of Educational Leadership. – 1988
This curriculum guide provides the plant science components of the vocational agriculture curriculum for Regional Vocational Agriculture Centers. The curriculum is divided into exploratory units for students in the 9th and 10th grades and specialized units for students in grades 11 and 12. The five exploratory units are: agricultural pest control;…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agronomy, Behavioral Objectives
Shry, Carroll L. Jr. – Agr Educ Mag, 1969
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills, Ornamental Horticulture
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1968
This Teacher's Manual is one of a series of instructional aids prepared by the Department of Agricultural Education at the Pennsylvania State University. It includes suggestions and references for the teacher to use with the student manual available as VT 001 637. In addition to the subject matter included in the student manual, pages are inserted…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Education, Employment Opportunities, High Schools
Long, Diana – 1979
This instructor's guide accompanies the secondary-level, competency-based student materials for Gardener and Landscape Worker available separately--see note. It is intended for use as a reference and aid in implementing the curriculum in a vocational agriculture program. These sections are included: identification and validation of job titles and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Entomology
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 1997
These skill standards, developed through a consortium of educational and industry partners in Illinois, serve as guides to workforce preparation program providers to define content for their programs and to employers to establish the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition and performance. The skill standards include the following…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education
