This curriculum guide provides five instructional units for classroom instruction related to the student organization, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). A unit of instruction may consist of some or all of eight basic components: performance objectives, suggested activities for the teacher, information sheets, assignment sheets, job…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of DECA; parliamentary procedure; the skills and qualities required to become a…

This publication provides suggestions and recommendations for developing planned courses for medical assisting programs. It is not a regulation but a guide to help health assistant and medical assistant teachers review and revise or develop curriculum to meet existing regulations. Introductory materials include a definition of medical assistant,…

Standardized curricula are provided for two courses for the secondary vocational education program in Mississippi: cosmetology I and II. The 18 units in cosmetology I are as follows: introduction to cosmetology; Vocational Industrial Clubs of America; the look you like; bacteriology; sterilization and sanitation; hair and disorders; draping,…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the Future Farmers of America (FFA). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of the FFA; parliamentary procedure; the skills and qualities required to become an FFA…

This guide, which is intended for classroom teachers, supervisors, and administrators throughout Alabama, contains the minimum required content (core program) for public school instruction in marketing education in grades 7-12. Presented first are the following: introduction examining the mission, purpose, goals, and structure of marketing…

This curriculum guide contains seven Future Farmers of America (FFA) units of study for secondary students. The units focus on developing students' potential for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Each of the instructional units includes some or all of the basic components of a unit of instruction:…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) or Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of the FHA/HERO; parliamentary procedure; the…

This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, is intended to introduce the benefits and purposes of student clubs and to stimulate student interest in forming and participating in their own COE club. Each unit will probably require more than…

This instructor's guide contains the materials required to teach a competency-based course introducing distributive education students to the history, purposes, and activities of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and helping students develop the skills needed to participate in DECA activities and become a DECA leader. The…

This guide is intended to assist vocational teachers in preparing their students to assume a leadership role in the American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA). The five instructional units provided deal with the history; primary objectives; and principal activities of the AIASA; parliamentary procedure; the skills and qualities required…

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 the clothing and textiles component of a course in consumer education and homemaking for grades 10 to…

This curriculum guide helps students learn the technical skills of the occupation of homemaking. It also uses the process model of practical reasoning to assist men and women in taking action regarding the perennial problems that face individuals and families living in the world society. The first section provides the philosophy, aim, student…

Materials are provided for a consumer education activity designed to help teenagers make knowledgeable, rational decisions when purchasing goods and services. A student manual describes how the activity--a consumer judging contest--works. Information is provided on how consumers make decisions. Topics include: needs versus wants; sources of…

Intended for use in one- or two-year vocational programs, this publication provides materials for integrating the Vocational Industrial Clubs of American (VICA) program of work into class and shop experiences. The publication is divided into two sections and six instructional units are included. Each unit of instruction consists of eight basic…