These guidelines are addressed to individuals, organizations, corporations or foreign governments who are considering placing students in English Language Training (ELT) programs. They outline steps to be taken and items to be considered in first determining needs, and then selecting an ELT contractor. Part One describes the necessary procedures…

Learning activities and educational objectives are suggested for use by K-12 art teachers as they develop and implement art education programs. The major objectives of the guidelines are to help teachers direct learning in areas of aesthetic sensitivity, imagination, cultural understanding, and creative skills. Various sections present information…

The Technical Education Research Center-SW has conceived, tested, and refined a model for disseminating newly developed programs and materials throughout the nation. The model performed successfully in the dissemination of more than 50,000 educational units (modules) of Laser/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT) materials during a four-year period…

These guidelines, developed by a nine-member task force, were designed to help district administrators, curriculum planners, building principals/head teachers, vocational education directors, and teachers in small rural secondary schools in Alaska to plan, implement, and administer vocational education programs that are free of sex bias. The…

This evaluation handbook was developed as a part of a study conducted to identify and describe evaluated, exemplary activities in career education (K-12) which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this study.) An introductory section…

These guidelines for choosing candidates for advisory committee membership are intended for use by managers of large or small public school continuing education programs. Contents include (1) Background (of guidelines development), (2) Size of Committee and Terms of Members, (3) Compilation of Candidate List and Selection to Membership, (4)…

This handbook provides specific examples of activities and procedures of labor-education collaboration within the context of the career education program. It is intended to help interested communities develop or expand labor's active involvement in the educational process. After an introduction, a section lists a number of concerns shared by…

THIRTY-SIX PARTICIPANTS SELECTED FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, AND UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION STAFFS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO STIMULATE AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS IN TECHNICAL TEACHER EDUCATION. ACTIVITIES AND TOPICS OF THE INSTITUTE CONCERNED EXISTING…

The first of two documents designed to train paraprofessionals to work with mildly handicapped students in mainstreamed settings presents information on preservice and inservice education. Four chapters discuss the follwing preservice topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): the teacher (forming a good working relationship); the students (the…

Intended to serve primarily as a guideline, this manual presents an example of how one rural school system restructured its curriculum to integrate career education into the program. Based on flexibility and adaptation, it presents six areas for consideration: (1) the eight elements of career education; (2) the advantages and disadvantages of…

The document presents a legally formulated set of model regulations for state education departments to be used in accordance with law in support of quality in comprehensive school language, speech, and hearing programs. Nine sections cover regulations in the following areas: (l) authority, scope, general principles, effect, and definitions; (2)…

One in a series of curriculum documents in career education, this manual provides plans, resources, and materials for training counselors and teachers to provide sex fair career counseling and programs. Objectives for a workshop are presented, and directions, including a flow chart, are given for its preparation. These are followed by detailed…

Provided is a selected review of research on the education and training of the severely to profoundly mentally retarded which was reported in academic and professional publications in the years 1969 - 1975. Sections present bibliographic information and annotations for approximately 164 citations in the following eight research categories (sample…

Intended as an aid to administrators, the booklet presents a brief overview of the present state of vocational education. It provides bits of information and statistics on a variety of topics: the necessity of vocational education, youth, vocational education and occupations in Washington State, employment trends, new emerging technologies, women…

The potential of the teaching aspect of homemaker service, to prevent breakdown and to strengthen individual and family life, presents a challenge to the initiative, creativity, and commitment of homemaker-home health aide and allied services. The guide provides a distillation of practical experiences in the day-to-day delivery of the teaching…