The experimental Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-I) program, 1971-72 was intended to provide dropout-prone Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) youth with intensive counseling, supportive services and work experience in the private sector, to encourage completion of high school, and to assist in obtaining full-time employment upon…

This final report on the second experimental year of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-II) program presents an assessment of program operations, administration and impact. VEPS was designed as a training and vocational exploration program for in-school Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) enrollees who were probable dropouts. The…

A project was conducted to examine the health occupations education program in New York State. Through a series of committee meetings, members of the health professions and educators from high schools, colleges, technical institutes, and regional agencies discussed a number of issues that should be considered as the health occupations curriculum…

This curriculum guide is intended to assist teachers, administrators, and supervisors in organizing and conducting vocational programs which meet the needs of high school students who desire vocational training in the off-farm agribusiness of agricultural machinery service. The three-year course for grades 10, 11, and 12 involves operation,…

A study analyzed the cost of the Career Intern Program (CIP). (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition from school to work by…

A study examined the job-related skills acquired and career opportunities that have arisen for 1966, 1971, and 1976 graduates of postsecondary vocational-technical programs in Wisconsin's Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) system. Fifteen VTAE graduates from each of the years 1966, 1971, and 1976 completed a 26-item survey designed…

This report consists of a background and discussion of the methods used to design the employability inventory as well as results obtained from field testing it with graduates from and current students at two postsecondary vocational technical institutions in Wisconsin. Results obtained are reported in number and percentage distribution tables…

The suitability of the college setting for adult senior students attending Federal City College during the summer term of 1973 was evaluated, with focus on registration, orientation, class schedule, academic advising, and supportive services. Adult senior students were defined as all undergraduates who were 31 years old or older and who had…

A project was initiated (1) to improve internal communications among various vocational education providers within the River Hills Region (Indiana), (2) to improve external communication among providers and users of products of vocational education, and (3) to incorporate vocational education information into regional planning efforts. Local…

Communities around the world is the theme of unit 10 of the Spanish as a Second Language Strand for grade three. Learning and assessment activities are designed to provide the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary for effective communication in a bilingual environment. The language arts, math, and science activities help the…

Two readers, supplementary illustrations, and a ditto pack constitute this supplement to unit nine's language arts for third graders. Visual aids and materials for both seatwork for students and for class activities are presented; the teacher's guide to the unit provides the timetable for presentation. Kits 33 and 34 are based on the reader…

This report of the National Council on Employment Policy to the Department of Labor identifies some major themes and analyzes the diverse experiences occurring in ten case studies. The case studies examine a total of thirty-seven prime sponsors (in twelve states) charged with improving job opportunities for youth. "Summary and…

This document describes a literacy project in rural Ecuador using a modified version of Sylvia Ashton Warner's language experience approach. This method allows learners to approach written culture on their own terms by learning words important to their life, then transferring these works to sentences and stories. The approach reduces the rural…

This two-part learning module was designed to acquaint community college instructors with the use of group reality therapy and learning contracts in the promotion of self-awareness and self-determination among high-risk students. Part I discusses the social concept of behavioral change and describes how internal/external counseling can be…

Evaluations of the three years of the Fond du Lac public school system experience-based career education (EBCE) project are described in this three-part report. The two major sections of each evaluation are assessments of the achievement of student outcome objectives and of process objectives based on data collected through the use of standardized…