Identifies practices that ensure institutional success in industrial training, focusing on areas including institutional commitment, the president's role, institutional flexibility, instructor qualifications, needs assessment, five basic elements in program development, contracts, recognition of student achievement, evaluations, ongoing…

Addresses a variety of plans on how to formulate and conduct program evaluation. Describes the Stufflebeam et al. generalized evaluation design, the Howard and Lee five-step evaluation model, and a step-by-step procedures model. Also identifies 10 principles for evaluating performance appraisal systems. (CT)

Describes five components of a vocationally oriented public school program for emotionally disturbed adolescents: (1) behavioral incentive system, (2) academic training, (3) vocational training, (4) work adjustment, and (5) counseling. (BH)

The long term adjustment of 39 severely disabled (many deaf with secondary impairments) individuals served by a rehabilitation center was surveyed. Individuals employed on training completion were more than five times as likely than those not immediately employed to be among the 43.6% employed in later years. (DB)

Four severely retarded females participated in a group instruction program involving designated trainer roles and both individual-directed and total group-directed procedures. Participants acquired the skills of stamping addresses on envelopes, successfully generalized the skill across an untrained type of envelope, and maintained the skill over…

Discusses the maquila project and some of the problems encountered by community colleges in providing training, such as finding qualified bilingual instructors and dealing with transportation complexities. (JOW)

The author discusses the increase in companies that offer outdoor development training to training departments. He offers advice on how to choose the best program for one's employees. (CH)

The article highlights some innovative and important approaches to employee training and retraining in anticipation of and in response to technological change. These include both collectively bargained arrangements and new state initiatives that are suggestive for future developments. (CH)

Reports on changes that will affect the labor force and the workplace. Trends include (1) the crumbling skill base, (2) the shifting skill focus, (3) the shift from physical to mental labor, (4) technology management, and (5) avoidance of obsolescence. (CH)

The author describes the implementation of a training program at her manufacturing-based company. She covers such program tasks as recruiting trainers, preparing new employee orientation programs, recruiting participants, and providing communication training. (CH)

A job training program in rural Wyoming is described in which 86 percent of the disabled clients served in a two-year period (N=57) were placed in employment after receiving sheltered workshop training in one of 10 vocational training modules. Among data reported are wages, success rates for training, and length of training. (JW)

Discusses the peer-training model, opposition to the plan, major objectives of the model, strategies for motivating employees to train and for making training a priority, training the trainer, ongoing training in the work units, and benefits of the program. (CT)

This investigation examines the problems of low ability readers and proposes possible solutions including a series of reading strategies. Additionally, it shows that using vocational reading material in adult education classes gives students a survey of occupational areas, imparts life skills, and prepares them for job entry by giving background…

Consists of six articles on the theme of training for women. Topics include (1) dissemination techniques being used, (2) designing training programs, (3) management training, (4) raising awareness, (5) single-sex versus mixed-sex training, and (6) training for male and female coworkers. (CH)

The author describes the programs of study at the High School for Health Professions at Texas Medical Center in Houston. The 750 students who attend may choose from approximately 200 medical or allied health careers, many of which require no postsecondary training. (CH)