Intended for teaching licensed practical nurses, this curriculum guide provides information related to the equipment and skills required for nursing care of patients needing intravenous (IV) therapy. It also explains the roles and responsibilities of the licensed practical nurse with regard to intravenous therapy. Each of the 15 instructional…

This module, one in a series of competency-based administrator education learning packages, focuses on specific professional competencies needed by vocational education administrators. The competencies upon which these modules are based were identified and verified through research as being important to the success of local administrators of…

This project was conducted to provide state-adopted Career Merit Achievement Plans (Career MAPs) and program guides for selected trade and industrial programs in Florida. The plans and guides were intended to provide each comprehensive high school, area vocational-technical center, and community college with authoritative guidelines for planning,…

This package contains both an instructor's manual and student materials for a course in appliance repair. The instructor's manual is designed to aid the instructor in the use of the Kentucky Appliance Repairer Competency Based Task Assignment System. Following a description of the field and a list of 77 references, the instructor's manual is…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and administrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the horticulture program. Section 1 contains a validated task inventory for horticulture III, IV, and V. For each task, applicable information pertaining to performance and enabling objectives,…

This instructional task/competency package is designed to be used in combination with the "Industrial Arts Guide to Competency Based Education Implementation" in order to implement competency-based education in the Woods Technology I and II courses in Virginia. The task/competency package contains suggested task sequence listings, content…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and administrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the agricultural production program. Section 1 contains a validated task inventory for agricultural production. Tasks are divided into 10 duty areas: orienting the student to agricultural production,…

This curriculum guide was developed to help teach keyboarding skills for computer use at all educational levels, especially in Nebraska. Following a position paper that explores the rationale for teaching keyboarding, the curriculum guide is organized in eight units that cover the following topics: equipment; technique; keyboarding; formatting;…

This guide contains suggested units of instruction for the first two years of instruction in secondary vocational agriculture. It is intended to aid teachers and administrators in planning instructional programs to equip students with essential basic competencies required for more specialized programs. Instructor materials include information on…

The variance in adult learner needs requires that adult education classes provide individualized instruction for the adult learner--a time-consuming and intellectually challenging task. To assist in this difficult undertaking, the East Carroll Parish (Louisiana) Adult Education Program developed mathematics tutorial exercises corresponding to the…

The Johnson O'Malley (JOM) Program for 1984-1985 in the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools provided the 1,622 eligible JOM students and their parents with the opportunity to receive supplemental counseling, support services, and information through newsletters. Six high schools and two junior high schools with sizable eligible JOM student…

To help Louisiana school systems meet state competency based education mandates, the manual presents lists of skills for those moderately, severely, and profoundly handicapped students who are receiving an alternative to a regular placement instructional program and are addressing separate minimum standards. The sequential lists are provided in…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in helping students plan and prepare a practical activity (the example used is catering). The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job programs to familiarize youth with the skills,…

This curriculum guide provides materials for a competency-based course in cosmetology/hairstyling at the secondary level. The curriculum design uses the curriculum infused model for the teaching of basic skills as part of vocational education and demonstrates the relationship of vocationally related skills to communication, mathematics, and…

This first grade activities guide is intended for use by teachers, counselors and other guidance staff to support competency-based guidance curriculum in the elementary schools. The materials in the guide were collected from many sources and organized for use within the Georgia Guidance Curriculum Model (GGCM) framework. Curriculum activities are…