This listing provides directory information for state vocational rehabilitation offices for individuals with disabilities, including those who are deaf or who have hearing impairments. (CR)

A RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE VOCATIONAL RESEARCH THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, AND TECHNIQUES. IN ADDITION, THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CONDUCT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH BY LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES WAS ENCOURAGED. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TO DATE…

AN OCCUPATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED, AND A FINAL REPORT WAS GIVEN OF ITS ACTIVITIES DURING AN 18-MONTH PERIOD. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO COLLECT AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION, STIMULATE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RESEARCH PROBLEMS, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN WORKING RELATIONSHIPS, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR…

This guide was developed to help administrators, teachers, students, parents, and the business community understand and implement tech prep programs in South Carolina. (Tech prep is a major restructuring strategy designed to meet the needs of students who want to function effectively in a technological workplace and to ensure that students are…

As part of a statewide, structured diffusion plan, inservice training sessions were held for teachers and administrators from many local schools to encourage use of V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) competency-based curriculum materials in local schools. Use of other recommended vocational education resources was also…

Developed for use by educators in general and specifically for teachers, administrators, project directors or others who are directly involved in providing non-discriminatory vocational education to all students (including minority women and displaced homemakers), this resource book is divided into seven sections: (1) organizations/projects…

This module was developed to help preservice and inservice teachers understand the rationale behind the community education movement, its development in North Carolina, and how to infuse at least one of its components (use of community resources) into classroom instruction. The module consists of three units. The first unit is designed to help…

This implementation guide for Career Pathways (an Ohio educational plan linking academic, technological, and occupational course work and other educational experiences, leading to a career specialty) is a resource for leaders planning and implementing career pathways in vocational education planning districts and school districts. The document…

Based on experience with the program in South Dakota, this document contains 54 questions and answers about tech prep, the integrated academic-vocational system of education encompassing 2 years of high school and 2 years of college. The guide provides information on such topics as the following: what tech prep is, how Perkins Act funds are used…

This curriculum guide prepared in Louisiana suggests a model by which educational institutions may design and implement an articulated tech prep program. The following sources of information for the model are described: literature review; interviews with tech prep specialists and conference participants; visits to two exemplary programs; and…

Iowa State University conducted a study to determine the feasibility of a vocational curriculum management system for the state of Iowa. Interest in and potential use of a curriculum management system were determined by surveying a sample population of 450 vocational educators on both secondary and postsecondary levels. The educators indicated…

The document summarizes the fourth annual evaluate findings, based upon on-site evaluation, during 1974-1975, of 88 local educational agencies (LEA) throughout Illinois. Each LEA Evaluation focused on eight areas, and these same areas provide the structure for the report, with conclusions, recommendations rating, and suggested solutions provided.…

This guide was developed to provide assistance in developing and implementing school-to-work programs for the plastics industry throughout the state of Michigan. It is a resource for plastics companies, school districts, community colleges, business development organizations, local governments, work force development boards, or any group…

This guide was developed in New Hampshire to assist schools in upgrading their industrial arts programs to technology education programs reflecting the state of the art in the technology education curriculum. It was developed through visits to many New Hampshire schools, as well as schools and colleges in 10 other states, and attendance at several…

The State Research Coordination Units (RCU's) are in an optimum position to provide linkage between the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and its users as part of a comprehensive vocational-technical education information dissemination system. Realizing this, the Center for Vocational and Technical Education developed this guide with…