This final report, a process evaluation, describes the Advanced Job Skills Training Project and the methodology the project used to develop competency-based training for child protective services specialists during their first 2 years of employment. A background section focuses on the managed staff development model, planning requirements, and the…

Provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and differences between it and previous manpower training acts present questions for potential training institutions. Suggested ways of dealing with these questions are discussed. The first question concerns steps to become a contractor of training programs under JTPA. These include (1)…

A new evaluation technique developed by the Life Office Management Association (LOMA) has developed an evaluation form for measuring and improving training effectiveness. (BP)

A course in police science for high school students in their junior and senior years is described. (AG)

This article proposes to teach prisoners useful job skills that can be used outside prison. (PD)

The article focuses on the question: "Can on-the-job training for extension staff be made more effective and efficient?" On-the-job training can be accomplished that has a demonstrable impact on the way a county extension administrator performs his job. A case study is cited to prove this point. (Author)

The purpose of the Career Development Program for Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Employees in grades GS-1 through GS-11 is to help provide employees with opportunities to obtain training and education in order to improve their qualifications and to develop their potential. The handbook provides: a diagrammatic career development process…

Three major goals of vocational education are presented: a) meeting the manpower needs of society, b) increasing options available to each individual, and c) lending intelligibility to general education. Educational background and economic characteristics of professionals in the field are detailed as are legislative histories of the Manpower…

The Title I Program in the Fremont Unified School District is located at two target schools. Currently there are 39 instructional aides employed. Aides were recruited through letters to parents and notices on shopping center bulletin boards in the target area. A committee including the principals of the two schools, the resource teachers, and a…

In the form of a discussion between faceless people, this booklet concerns discovery learning and its advantages. Subjects covered in the discussions are: Introducing the Discovery Method; An Experiment with British Railways; The OECD Research Projects in U.S.A., Austria, and Sweden; How the Discovery Method Differs from Other Methods; Discovery…

A program in massage therapy in which visually handicapped students (ages 16-40 years old) are taught the necessary message skills and small business management skills is described. (Author/BD)

Highlights the need for occupational literacy programs and provides brief guidelines for reading specialists interested in helping to develop such programs. (Auth/ARH)