This document consists of materials for a five-unit course on the following topics: (1) safety guidelines; (2) coordinates and dimensions; (3) numerical control math; (4) programming for numerical control machines; and (5) setting and operating the numerical control machine. The instructor's guide begins with a list of competencies covered in the…

This document contains competencies and criterion-referenced test items for the Intermediate Food and Nutrition semester course in Missouri that were derived from the duties and tasks of the Missouri homemaker and identified and validated by home economics teachers and subject matter specialists. The guide is designed to assist home economics…

This module is the eighth of 10 modules in the competency-based electronics series. Introductory materials include a listing of competencies addressed in the module and a cross-reference table of instructional materials. Seven instructional units cover: computer architecture; operating systems; computer programming; microprocessor instructions;…

This curriculum guide, one of six modules keyed to the building maintenance competency profile developed by industry and education professionals, provides materials for two units on electrical procedures and environmental control systems. Unit 1, on electrical procedures, includes the following lessons: electrical safety; troubleshooting and…

This guide was developed to assist home economics teachers in implementing the Missouri Vocational Instructional Management System in a housing, home furnishings, and equipment semester course. It contains a minimum of two performance objectives developed and validated for each competency by teachers with expertise in the area of housing, home…

This guide is designed to aid teachers and administrators in the task of planning occupational home economics programs in food production, management, and service occupations for students in the 11th and 12th grades in Montana. In response to a needs assessment of Montana home economics teachers, the guide is organized with a scope and sequence,…

This guide contains 21 task sheets for use in helping students develop job-hunting skills. The following employability skills are addressed in the individual task sheets: compiling a list of personal attributes, identifying a list of areas of work that will provide personal job satisfaction, determining ways of reducing levels of stress, using…

A scope and sequence for teaching elementary and secondary social studies is provided in a subject-by-subject format. Designed to meet the requirements of North Carolina's competency-based curriculum, materials may also be useful to other states and localities. Following a foreword and acknowledgments, material is divided into three main sections.…

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the characteristics of special populations and issues in the education of incarcerated individuals. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following…

A project was conducted to create a model for articulation with emphasis on student needs in high-technology vocational programs at Spokane Area Vocational Skills Center (SAVSC) that are common to programs at Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC). Since there are students who will transfer from the SAVSC to SFCC in the programs of broadcasting,…

The Single Teen Parent Program conducted by the Orange County, Florida, Public Schools, was designed to help single teen parents acquire marketable skills and jobs in order to head independent family units. The parents served were between the ages of 16 and 20 and either had a high school diploma or had passed the General Educational Development…

This unit for the Missouri Agricultural Science I curriculum is a revision of the 1982 Careers I unit. The three lessons of the unit are organized in a format designed to facilitate their use in the classroom, and a student reference is included. The lessons cover the following topics: (1) career opportunities in the agricultural industry; (2) job…

This package consists of a curriculum guide, index, and matrix for English as a second language (ESL) programs supported by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). The curriculum guide contains the following components: (1) an IRCA competency list for ESL beginning- and intermediate-level courses that integrates ESL and civics competencies…

The Florida Extern Leadership Training Program for Local Administrators of Vocational Education was conceived to meet the need for trained and certified leadership personnel in vocational education at the local level throughout Florida. During the third year of the project's operation, project staff implemented a training program to meet state…

On account of concern about declining achievement levels of high school graduates and proposed state legislation increasing graduation requirements to address this concern, this report analyzes current and proposed high school graduation requirements in Illinois, based on data compiled from local school documents, and compares the data to…