This study sought to identify the barriers that negatively impact the ability of disabled youth to successfully make a transition from school into employment and a quality adult life, and sought to specifically define organizational disincentives to successful transition. Current research is reviewed relating to organizational barriers to…

This report presents joint committee recommendations for improving the delivery of instruction in Connecticut schools and colleges through the effective coordination and use of educational technology. These recommendations are based on a review of the current use of educational technology in the state and studies by three task forces, who examined…

A telephone survey of 610 service delivery areas (SDAs) and a mail survey of a national sample of 983 postsecondary institutions were conducted to assess the status of local-level coordination between vocational education and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Ninety-seven percent of the SDAs were engaged in some type of collaborative…

A 1983-84 survey of migrant directors was conducted to provide information regarding the PASS (Portable Assisted Study Sequence) Program and to solicit recommendations regarding the role of the program in the secondary education of migrant students. Survey questionnaires were received from migrant programs in California, Arizona, Oregon, Arkansas,…

Basically a means by which a group of people can come together and share their experiences of a common set of events, this processing technique provides a mechanism that can be used for various purposes, including information sharing, informal assessment of ongoing projects, overcoming language problems, and staff development. Among those programs…

A redesign of the basic foreign language courses at the University of Michigan--Flint, stimulated by a need for improved enrollment and retention and for more language majors, had the result of improving faculty cooperation and teaching. Before the curriculum development effort, the program reflected individual faculty preferences and…

Intended as a guide for vocational educators to incorporate the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970) and the requirements of various Pennsylvania safety and health regulations with their cooperative vocational programs, the first chapter of this document presents the legal implications of these safety and health…

This paper describes the assessment procedures used by the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) to identify and address the needs of families and of individual family members. CFRP was developed as part of the Head Start Improvement and Innovation effort to provide individualized comprehensive developmental services to families with children…

This first annual report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy addresses three subject areas. Addressed first are the dimensions of a national manpower policy. This discussion includes the examination of the principle areas in the work plan of the commission and an assessment of the manpower policy in the United States in the Fall of…

The document presents a model for the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of joint curriculum projects among secondary and post-secondary vocational educators, and a manual for implementing the model. Seven key elements are involved: (1) planning, with staff from both levels of institutions participating; (2) a commitment to…

This handbook includes suggestions, guidelines, and techniques for helping a school or school district in planning and managing a system for involving the local community in career education activities for students in grades K-12. Guidelines cover initial planning and organization through implementation and evaluation. A coordinated, systematic…

Developed as a source of reference for educators in adult cooperative education, this selected annotated bibliography provides a review of literature and research concerning cooperative agreements (characteristics) between adult educational institutions and business, industry, and labor. The content is in three sections. The first and shortest…

Intended as a general blueprint for monitoring and assessing activities under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977, this document discusses the expected constraints, evaluation and assessment tools, the analytic framework, and monitoring and review schedule. Five problem areas are recognized as potential constraints in…

In a previous issue, recent thinking and activity on evaluation of administrators were explored. Realization of the need to improve the preparation of higher education administrators goes back several decades. Even today many individuals come to those positions with limited training and perhaps no administrative experience. While first-hand…

Materials contained in this career education implementation booklet (one in a series of seven) are designed to provide experiences for developing the skills necessary to plan and manage a comprehensive career education program. This booklet focuses on the processes of planning and implementing and is closely related to Booklet #1, Consultation and…