This resource book is a collection of articles, annotated references, and resource lists to supplement the accompanying handbook and trainer's guide for educators planning or working with English language programs for limited English proficient (LEP) students. The first part presents resources of interest to administrators adapting programs for a…

Eleven presentations are provided from the summer conference of the Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association (OCHEA). A letter from the president of OCHEA, John R. Loch, appears first. These presentations follow: "Colleges and Corporations: Partners in Continuing Education" (Donna Bovard, Martha Silling); "Weekend Colleges: Serving Adults…

A project was conducted to develop a model vocational agriculture curriculum for high schools in north central Washington. During the project, units of instruction were developed that addressed the job skills needed by entry-level workers to fill jobs existing in agricultural occupations in the north central region of Washington. A pilot test of…

A project was conducted at Mt. Hood (Oregon) Community College to develop modules to upgrade the teaching skills of community college teachers. Two modules developed through this project, Evaluating Your Teaching Effectiveness and Computer-Based Education, are included in this document. The Evaluating Your Teaching Effectiveness packet consists of…

A companion to a manual for students, this leader's handbook provides specific suggestions for guiding students through a series of learning activities that are designed to help them develop career plans by identifying their interests and setting goals. There are five study units under the two major headings of "You and Your Choices" and…

This guide is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors who are teaching adults and teenagers to read. The nature and extent of the adult illiteracy problem and the process of learning to read are discussed in the first chapter. The characteristics that are desirable in basic reading tutors and those that are encountered in adult learners…

In its second year, Project COM-TECH's (Bilingual Computer- and Technology-Oriented Program) primary goal was to provide two high schools with bilingual individualized instruction, through enrichment, to limited English proficient (LEP) students (222 Spanish-speaking and 96 Haitian Creole/French-speaking) of varying native language proficiency and…

American schools might improve their performance by emulating certain successful businesses that, while distinctly American, have much in common with Japanese corporations. William Ouchi attributes Japanese business success to worker involvement; the typical Japanese corporation, he asserts, unifies its employees around a corporate philosophy…

This idea book is an activity guide prepared for teachers of grades K-6. The activities are designed to assist elementary teachers in providing students with a greater awareness and understanding of how bias and stereotyping affect career choice. Since most biased and stereotypic behaviors are learned during early childhood, activities are aimed…

This volume is the second in a two-volume core curriculum designed for use in teaching a course in bricklaying. Covered in the first four units are hand tools, power tools, miscellaneous equipment, and builder's levels. The second section of the guide comprises units on the following building materials: mortars, masonry units, and anchors and…

This training outline for track dozer operators, one in a series of eight outlines, is designed primarily for company training foremen or supervisors and for trainers to use as an industry-wide guideline for heavy equipment operator training in open pit mining in British Columbia. Intended as a guide for preparation of lesson plans both for…

This training outline for shovel operators, one in a series of eight outlines, is designed primarily for company training foremen or supervisors and for trainers to use as an industry-wide guideline for heavy equipment operator training in open pit mining in British Columbia. Intended as a guide for preparation of lesson plans both for classroom…

This training outline for front end loader operators, one in a series of eight outlines, is designed primarily for company training foremen or supervisors and for trainers to use as an industry-wide guideline for heavy equipment operator training in open pit mining in British Columbia. Intended as a guide for preparation of lesson plans both for…

This training outline for haulage truck operators, one in a series of eight outlines, is designed primarily for company training foremen or supervisors and for trainers to use as an industry-wide guideline for heavy equipment operator training in open pit mining in British Columbia. Intended as a guide for preparation of lesson plans both for…

This training outline for rubber tire dozer operators, one in a series of eight outlines, is designed primarily for company training foremen or supervisors and for trainers to use as an industry-wide guideline for heavy equipment operator training in open pit mining in British Columbia. Intended as a guide for preparation of lesson plans both for…