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Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1977
The Maryland State Department of Education is actively involved in the development of a five-year state plan for career education. The plan is based upon data derived from a student needs assessment, a survey of LEAs, a survey of counselor competencies, and the AIR Survey of Career Education in the public schools which sampled ten districts in…
Descriptors: Business, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
1974
A study was performed to examine problems and opportunities associated with occupational education personnel development. Study objectives were (1) to define the career education concept in relation to occupational personnel development needs, (2) to analyze the need for personnel required to implement occupational education goals, (3) to describe…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Endicott, Frank S. – 1980
Results of the 1980 survey of policy and practice in the employment of college and university graduates in business and industry are presented. A total of 142 companies responded to the inquiry, all but a few of which are large or medium-sized corporations. Reports came from 20 states and Washington, D.C. The variety of business interests…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Business, Career Guidance, College Graduates
BEATTIE, ALFRED W. – 1960
A MAJOR TASK OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF IS THAT OF PLANNING NECESSARY FACILITIES AND PROVIDING SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL. HIS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT OF MAINTAINING UNIFORMITY IN COURSE CONTENT AND LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS COUNTIES AND ACROSS STATE LINES. USE OF TELEVISED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS HAS BECOME ALL BUT…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrators, Ancillary Services, Educational Facilities
Mathis, Mary Elizabeth; Kilmer, Sally – 1971
This paper presents a prototype for a comprehensive and coordinated child care training program that provides a flexible framework for administration and program design. The prototype is based on the findings of a pilot investigation of a sample of existing child care training programs. These findings suggest that there is a great need for more…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Curriculum Design
Carter, A.; Hirsh, W.; Aston, J. – 2002
A study explored current practice in organizing and resourcing training and development (T&D) using survey responses from over 100 major private and public sector employers and case studies of T&D functions in 6 organizations. Business drivers for T&D were senior management as customers; diagnosis of training as "the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Corporate Education, Developed Nations
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Whitehead, Linda; Russell, Susan – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1997
Two practitioners address problem of employee turnover in child care centers. The first plan argues for comprehensive wage raises, increased benefits, and low cost options to workers that increase flexibility. The second strategy advocates continuing education opportunities, special mentoring programs, and bonuses or raises paid early in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Kelly, Wayne – 1997
This paper describes a spreadsheet-based faculty flow model developed and implemented at the University of Calgary (Canada) to analyze faculty retirement, turnover, and salary issues. The study examined whether, given expected faculty turnover, the current salary increment system was sustainable in a stable or declining funding environment, and…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Computer Software, Decision Making
Rice, Eric; And Others – 1978
A project was initiated to describe vocational education in correctional institutions in Health, Education, and Welfare Region IV, the Southeastern United States. Project objectives were to (1) produce a data and knowledge base concerning correctional institutions' vocational education; (2) describe and quantify Region IV correctional vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination
Gibson, Roscoe R. – 1978
Intended for use by secondary and postsecondary vocational instructors in organizing and conducting supervised occupational experiences for students, this handbook is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers planning and managing occupational experience programs and discusses the following topics: (1) basic definitions and objectives of an…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Auto Mechanics, Community Involvement
Morehead State Univ., KY. Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center. – 1971
The Ohio Project was aimed at the training and utilization of indigenous paraprofessionals in order to provide additional services needed to improve rural Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs. The 1970-71 project activities involved participants and personnel from eight ABE centers and three home instruction units. Over 300 students, mostly rural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Data Collection
Lake, Robin; Winger, Abigail; Petty, Jeff – 2002
This guide provides an overview of the school development process. It is intended for anyone starting a new school, whether it be a public, private, or charter school, but focuses on starting a school within the traditional school-district structure. Section 1, "Getting Started," discusses identifying the basis of legal authority; building a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance
Finchum, R. N. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The job of operating school plants so as to utilize their potentialities in promoting an effective educational program is one that requires training, knowledges, skills, and services of a specialized nature. School officials in charge of school plant management are primarily responsible for developing an operating program that will meet this…
Descriptors: Educational History, Personnel Policy, Training Methods, School Buildings
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Instructional Development and Services. – 1990
This bibliography draws together the best sources of information currently available on establishing, staffing, and operating career resource centers. Twenty-four citations from ERIC and other databases include administrative materials, information analyses, journal articles, opinion papers, and research guides. Two articles, representative of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Centers, Career Development
Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Inst. for Governmental Services. – 1986
This executive summary provides an overview of activities and a listing of the recommendations and strategies developed by participants at a conference on vocational/technical education. These four major themes are highlighted: the need to improve the image of vocational education through better communication with the public and special interest…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
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