The author encourages educators to investigate Job Training Partnership Act exemplary programs as Education for Employment programs are being designed. Although they serve different audiences, these two programs are very closely aligned to similar objectives related to employment education. (Author/CH)

This module of a competency-based staff development training package is concerned with alternative strategies of guidance program development. The module has two main purposes. The first is to briefly describe the various methods, approaches, and techniques that counseling personnel can utilize in implementing a comprehensive career guidance…

Assuming the role of a person delivering a speech in 1985, the author assesses the development of a nationwide system for training linking agents during the 1965-85 time period. The areas covered are the concept of the linking agent; the forces affecting linking agents and linking agencies, including the role of declining enrollments and court…

Describes a publicly funded, five-day training program presented by the University of Michigan's School of Information Studies, which was designed to train school library media specialists to use and apply virtual library technology. The importance of the virtual library concept, the training rationale, and a day-by-day overview of activities are…

This guide describes how to establish a notetaking program to benefit students with hearing impairments in mainstream settings. Chapter 1 discusses the need for notetakers and includes subjects such as providing equal access, high-tech and low-tech notetaking, how the notes can be used, and who can use the notes. Chapter 2 provides information on…

All individuals desiring employment as substitute teachers for the Oklahoma City Public Schools are required to attend a professional substitute teacher institute. Certified and noncertified applicants are eligible; retired teachers who have been employed within the previous 3 years are exempt. Curriculum and instruction for the institute,…