This booklet sets forth a set of qualifications and responsibilities for state and local administrators of technology education (industrial arts). A brief discussion of leadership and qualities of the leader is presented first. The responsibilities and duties are organized into outline form. They are categorized under these headings: personal…

This annotated bibliography is a reference to over 220 publications that deal with the concepts of transitional employment and supported work. All of the documents may be borrowed from the Materials Development Center of the University of Wisconsin. The documents are listed in alphabetical order by author or institutional author. Each entry…

The manual describes the development and implementation of the Career Development Program at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). The program is said to provide a step-by-step introduction to the world of work. Nine courses are offered, with a focus on five goals: increased awareness of the world of work; exploration of a variety of…

Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) and Private Industry Councils (PICs) were surveyed concerning their implementation of Exemplary Youth Employment Programs described in Section 205 of the Job Training Partnership Act. Surveys were mailed to over 500 agencies. Of the 219 responding agencies, 77 percent were operating at least one Exemplary Youth…

A project was conducted by the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, to train deaf, multiply handicapped students in job readiness skills and to place them in work experience programs. The one-year project served 17 multiply handicapped, hearing-impaired students, 18 to 20 years old, who were enrolled in the Special Unit program…

Service horticulture, a many-faceted industry providing job opportunities for people of differing abilities, is taught in Cleveland in eight high schools and one special horticultural education center; costs are reduced by coordinating with other school programs. Right to placement in industry for work-study must be earned by students. (AJ)

This manual is designed to help in the development of community training programs modeled after Project Bridges of the Somersworth, New Hampshire, school system. An introduction briefly describes the program in which high school students spend ten hours per week at community training sites where they work directly with a training site supervisor…

Sets forth a proposed university/industry/government cooperative aero educational program to combat present curriculum deficiencies in existing programs. The basic proposal urges professor/engineer exchanges, work study programs, government/industry input into curriculum and surplus equipment funneled into the educational program. (BR)

Resulting from a study that examined ways to implement community-based learning activities into postsecondary curriculum, this sampler contains detailed descriptions of selected courses in the social sciences and humanities that illustrate some of the ways classroom learning is augmented through the use of planned, off-campus learning activities.…

Although women are entering the work force in record numbers, little is known about their work lives. An understanding of educated women's attributions as to the reasons for changes in their work history and the effect of these attributions on work experience is needed. A secondary analysis was conducted for a longitudinal data set consisting of…

The report evaluates Texas' Multiple Careers Magnet Center (MCMC), a part time program to provide special education secondary students with career training. It is explained that students enter one of six career education clusters: furniture repair and upholstery, general construction trades, building and grounds maintenance, laundry and dry…

Toronto high school students were surveyed to determine some of their desires and experiences concerning work. (This report is the first of three on a study of Toronto secondary school students' attitudes toward work and unemployment.) Of 34,270 questionnaires sent, 29,499 usable responses were received, or 86% of the enrolled students. The data…