This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in helping students develop telephone usage skills. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job programs to familiarize youth with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in teaching students to use a microcomputer to develop and manage a visitors book (a record of who visits a business). The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job programs to…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in teaching students the uses and costs of the tools used for various jobs. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job programs to familiarize youth with the skills, knowledge, and…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in teaching students the following aspects of producing printed circuit boards: planning and drawing circuit diagrams, using the equipment and tools needed to produce printed circuit boards, using an oscilloscope and probes, calculating the cost of a…

This guide, which was written as an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System, outlines the suggested scope and sequence of a 2-year program in accounting. The guide consists of a course description; general course objectives;…

This curriculum guide provides materials for a competency-based course in building trades at the secondary level. The curriculum design uses the curriculum infused model for the teaching of basic skills as part of vocational education and demonstrates the relationship of vocationally related skills to communication, mathematics, and science…

This learning module is one of a series that teaches the competencies of "Job Search Skills," part of the "Work Skills" package--a set of competency-based instructional materials written for low-level readers that prepares students with specific job search and job keeping skills. ("Work Skills" is part of the "Connections" package, which…

This learning module is one of a series that teaches the competencies of "Job Search Skills," part of the "Work Skills" package--a set of competency-based instructional materials written for low-level readers that prepares students with specific job search and job keeping skills. ("Work Skills" is part of the "Connections" package, which…

"Adult competence" and "productivity" can be viewed as interactive terms on the same continuum; as the definition of one term expands, so does the definition of the other. For example, while productivity may once have meant simply the efficient production of goods and services, it now encompasses a much vaster dimension, including such factors as…

This instructor's guide and student activity packet (together with a slide/tape presentation not available here) comprise a module for the postsecondary office occupations education competency area of business telephone etiquette. Modules for other competency areas are available separately (see note). The purpose stated for the module is to help…

This student manual is one in a series of individualized instructional materials for use under the supervision of an instructor. The self-contained manual was developed for persons training to become television camera operators. Each assignment has all the information needed, including a list of objectives that should be met and exercise questions…

This curriculum guide is part of a series designed to teach students about diesel engines. The materials in this power trains guide apply to both on-road and off-road vehicles and include information about chain and belt drives used in tractors and combines. These instructional materials, containing nine units, are written in terms of student…

This guide explains to community and business persons what Vocational Education for Special Students (VESS) programs are and what they will be expected to do as participants in the programs. The guide provides an overview of VESS, which is aimed at providing job skills to disadvantaged and handicapped students through a community…

DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) is an approach to curriculum development that can also be used as a method of curriculum evaluation. To implement the DACUM process, a group of resource persons from the community works together to define the competencies or skills that are essential to a vocation. The result of the analysis is organized into a…

This module, part of a series of early childhood education instructional materials, is intended to assist teachers in adapting an on-campus early childhood education program for use by students desiring self-paced instruction in early childhood education. The course consists of individualized study of a topic chosen by the student or approved work…