Non-professional college graduates or undergraduates at the junior or senior level, called Library Aides, are trained for work with the Operation Head Start program through an individual on-the-job method of instruction. Each new Aide is assigned for a period of two weeks to one of four Operation Head Start Branches staffed with a children's…

To determine the need for a v"terinary aide training program, a study was conducted to: (1) discover the need for trained veterinary aides, (2) ascertain the type and extent of training needed, and (3) provide a sound basis for developing a post-secondary training program. Responses to mailed survey instruments were received from 159 of 500…

Developed for teachers, coordinators, and administrators in Manitoba Public Schools, the guide provides ready access to information concerning work education. Information is organized into three major areas, differentiated by page color. Part 1, Emerging Trends in Preparing for the World of Work, discusses the philosophy and objectives, and…

The publication contains reports of six career education programs for handicapped adolescents and young adults. Described is the Career Development Center, an alternative high school program in Syosset, New York, which offers academic and vocational learning opportunities to students (15 to 21 year old) who have difficulty adjusting to public…

The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves, by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for advancement to the professional level. A definite hierarchy is established according to tasks and educational requirements, and training is provided during the work day to provide the means for advancement. The…

This study uses questionnaires to explore the extent of delegation to supportive personnel in Ohio hospitals of 100 or more beds capacity which employ at least one full time dietitian, with primary focus on the use of the food service supervisor. Food service supervisors who had taken a battery of courses established by the American Dietetic…

This paper is concerned with a description of the basic philosophy, training, and task of the parent educator as part of the health team in multi-discipline, comprehensive approach to the total health needs of the central city population of Portland, Oregon. Objectives of the program are: (1) to ease the health manpower shortage by on-the-job…

This booklet gives details, approved by the British Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, of grants which will be paid by the Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board (PPITB) in the training year 1 August 1969-31 July 1970. General conditions of grant are noted first, followed by a summary of categories and rates of grant.…

The problem of time-shortening the first year of the apprenticeship training program now on-going in the tool, die and precision machining industry is addressed. A research study was carried out comparing apprentices in on-going programs with apprentices in a newly designed programed course of instruction. The results, which are discussed in…

To investigate the feasibility of applying benefit-cost analysis to poverty programs, participants in Job Corps and Neighborhood Youth Corps Out of School programs were surveyed. Program participants were compared with control groups of accepted applicants who did not show up for enrollment. Program effects were measured in terms of economic and…

Little is known about the extent of private skill training, with regard to the number and characteristics of trainees, the programs, or their costs. Yet Federal policies need to be based on full knowledge of existing private efforts. This survey was conducted to determine the feasibility of conducting a national mail survey of employers and to…

To ascertain the effects of participation in the Chattanooga Neighborhood Youth Corps, this study tested the null hypothesis that self concept was unaffected by participation, status in the program (in or out of school), and sex role. In an experimental pretest-posttest control group design, a series of three instruments were administered to 94…

The Talent Corps/college for Human Services is a chartered two-year action oriented educational institution which trains disadvantaged men and women from the poverty areas of New York City for jobs as new professionals in community agencies. The major achievements of 1969 were: the securing of a provisional charter from the New York State Board of…

The general objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the OCD Career Development Program. The specific objectives were to determine the program's impact on the local civil defense coordinator's knowledge of and ability to build and operate a viable local civil defense organization and to link the official (vertical) civil…

This guide presents the primary approaches, tools, and techniques utilized by the New Careers Training Laboratory (NCTL) staff to provide skills in training and to conduct agency task analyses. Much of the technical information has been taken from an earlier NCTL publication by Tita Beal, "A New Careers Guide for Career Development…