The primary purpose of an advisory council is to assist and advise the teacher and administration in planning, organizing, and conducting an instructional program in agricultural education that will effectively meet the needs of the people in the community. Advisory councils are classified as general (serves all of vocational education or a…

Written to help local school systems more fully utilize community expertise in their career education programs, this guide discusses the following topics in a question/answer format: What is community involvement? What challenges must be overcome to gain effective community involvement? and How are community involvement activities developed and…

This handbook is intended to provide local school personnel, teachers, and parents with guidelines for developing a partnership for improved programs. It is divided into seven sections. Section 1 discusses the range of concepts in school-community partnerships. This section, as well as the next two sections, includes rating scales, worksheets, and…

The first in a series of nine career education guides covers the planning and implementation of an articulated career education program. The unit provides a means for articulating the total career education concept in grades K-12 by use of an integrated council. It lists career education goals with respect to general objectives and specific grade…

Although the enrollments in vocational-technical education programs have been increasing steadily, a great deal of misunderstanding still exists about these programs. Vocational-technical education has an image problem. A coordinated, comprehensive communication program using a variety of media, such as newspapers, radio, and publications, should…

This guide is the tenth in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. The workshops provided the opportunity for members of eleven identified role groups to work together with peers to examine the relationship between their specific role group and community…

This booklet is intended to aid leaders of local education associations in developing a continuing public relations (PR) program aimed at establishing and maintaining a favorable public image for teachers. Although it offers useful guidelines for developing a PR program, the booklet does not contain lists of specific things to do. Instead, it…

The open house can be one of the most lively and interesting means of acquainting a community with its schools. Its unique character makes possible person-to-person contact with many individuals. Handled properly, the open house can encourage and strengthen school-community cooperation all through the year. It can increase public understanding and…

This handbook is intended to help communities (particularly, but not exclusively, in Pennsylvania) develop adopt-a-school partnerships between local schools and businesses. Advantages of partnerships for both schools and their potential business partner are reviewed, and brief profiles of possible cooperative projects (many of which have already…

Described in this booklet are the planning, implementation, and evaluation stages needed in the development of a career education newsletter, a publication by the local school which keeps the community informed of career education activities and events. This guide explains the factors which must be determined in the production of the newsletter,…

This handbook for vocational educators was developed as a tool to help them in their public relations efforts. Following a brief introduction, the content is presented in twelve sections. The first discusses the roles of various professionals and groups in vocational education. Section 2 covers planning a total public relations program and…

Strategies for implementing career exploration programs into schools and cooperating hosts from business and industry are suggested in this short booklet. Content is presented in outline form and covers the following three topics: Organization of Guidelines for Exploration of Business and Industry (Schools--communication, preparation of students,…

The document is part of a six-volume resource and planning guide for involving the community in career education. It presents a model for planning, organizing, and conducting staff development programs to involve the community in school-based career education. The program is designed to be of use to local and State education agencies and…

the document is part of a six-volume resource and planning guide for involving the community in career education. Specifically, the guide presents strategies, goals and resources for planning and implementing programs designed to involve parents in school-based career education programs. Parent involvement as a concept is an effort to insure that…

Networking is a process for tapping and developing energy to address a need in a more responsive fashion. Most networks are informal and invisible, but they are real nevertheless. A new person or organization changes relationships in the network. Understanding the types of network organization enables one to systematically gain access. There are…