A summary of project activities for improving vocational teacher education department linkages with business, industry, and labor is presented in this final report. Described are goals and objectives of the project, the project planning committee, the national survey of vocational teacher education departments, the review of current practices, the…

Orientation materials are provided in this handbook for newly appointed members of vocational education advisory committees at Walla Walla Community College (WWCC). In a question/answer format, the handbook first describes the role and functions of advisory committees in relation to the provision of high quality educational programs, adequate job…

This second volume of a status report on citizen participation in educational decision-making considers in more detail a variety of channels for participation. In chapter 1, three examples of community councils illumine the importance of race, class, and economic factors in patterns of participation. Chapter 2 focuses on mandated school councils…

This annual report for FY 1977-78 covers major goals, objectives, and activities of the work conducted under the Florida State Planning Grant for Career Education. Activities carried out to meet the seven major goals established for the project are described. They include (1) continuing use of the established advisory group to assist in developing…

These two learning modules are designed to assist both new and experienced instructors and/or administrators in obtaining maximum value from the input of advisory committees. The first module consists of seven sections devoted to the formation and utilization of advisory committees. Topics covered in it are the role of the advisory committee,…

This report is part of the National Community Education Evaluation effort, which sought to identify (1) problems and strategies in developing a community education program and (2) techniques which may be adopted by others who are implementing community education. Following a statement of community education project objectives, the report analyzes…

An advisory committee representing counselors, curriculum specialists, students, teachers, and community members should participate in selecting standardized tests for school districts. These steps should be followed: (1) identify test purpose in relation to needs and objectives--diagnosis, placement, career guidance, program evaluation; (2)…

This Personalized Activity Kit is designed to provide an overview of the major factors that must be considered in improving existing school programs as well as in initiating needed programs. The factors reviewed here are student objectives, districtwide program structure/program objectives, school building philosophy/staff objectives, staff…

This Personalized Activity Kit is concerned with managing change in the schools. A six-stage procedure for managing change is outlined--building a trust relationship between the client and the agent of change, diagnosing the problem, acquiring relevant resources, choosing the solution, gaining acceptance, and stabilizing the innovation and…

This report describes and assesses a year-long effort by the Institute for Responsive Education (IRE) to support and evaluate local school advisory councils in five communities around the nation (San Diego, a suburban community in southern California, Fairfield and Calhoun Counties in South Carolina, and Yonkers, New York). An overview of the…

THIRTY-THREE PERSONS PARTICIPATED IN THE RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING COSPONSORED BY THE OFFICE OF MANPOWER POLICY, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND THE CENTER FOR STUDIES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE TO (1) PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF…

ADMINISTRATORS, SUPERVISORS, TEACHERS, AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES MAY USE THIS GUIDE IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPING FULL-TIME, 2-YEAR, POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO PREPARE FOREST TECHNICIANS. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY EDUCATORS, PROFESSIONAL FORESTERS, EMPLOYERS, AND U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL. PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED INCLUDE (1)…

Twenty-eight committee members, representing educational institutions, professional associations, public agencies, and the public-at-large, participated in a meeting to provide guidance in a 4-year project undertaken by UCLA to develop exemplary instructional programs for the continuing education of existing allied health personnel and for the…

This report of an advisory panel to the Chicago Board of Education deals with desegregation of the public schools, and offers a plan "by which any educational, psychological, and emotional problems or inequities in the school system" can be removed. The introduction deals with historical and legal background and the problem of…

This module on advisory councils is one of a set of three on cooperative relationships and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum intended for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following the module…