This handbook is designed to aid Utah trade and industrial education teacher-advisors and student leaders in organizing and running a Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) club in their high schools. The guide attempts to supply its users with the extra material needed to have a well-organized, -functioning club. Emphasis is on…

The approximately 700 resumes contained in this report cover research projects, exemplary and innovative projects, and curriculum development projects administered by state departments of education through research coordinating units (RCUs) from July 1, 1979, to June 30, 1980 (fiscal year 1980). The projects are funded under Sections 131, 132, and…

The report contains the papers given and resolution adopted at the 1976 conference of the Professional Rehabilitation Workers with the Adult Deaf. An introduction by the association's president (C. Lloyd) precedes the keynote address and response (by C. Mills and H. Hirschi, respectively) which focused on such issues as mainstreaming and Public…

Articles from a conference on nontraditional education and state-level issues are presented. The first article by Frederic Jacobs and George B. Weathersby summarizes some of the major trends and policy issues regarding nontraditional education. Next Samuel B. Gould considers why states should support nontraditional education and what strategies…

Part of a system by which local education agency (LEA) personnel may evaluate secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs, this second of eight components focuses on comparison of the occupational needs of the community with the number of students who leave the programs and find employment. The component provides a vehicle by which…

Part of a system by which local education agency (LEA) personnel may evaluate secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs, this last of eight components focuses on assessing local budget policy for support of vocational instructional programs. The component provides a simplified procedure whereby the LEA can determine the amount of…

Described in detail in this report are the processes and procedures involved in the development of a State funded curriculum and program for a new emerging technology, in this instance a Coal Mining Technology Program, to be taught at Wabash Valley College in Illinois. The document provides a step-by-step account of the determination of need,…

A study was made to assess followup procedures for gathering information from graduates of public post secondary vocational and technical programs, and to develop an effective procedure involving a minimum of time and money. The procedure developed in this study was designed to supply data requested annually by the U.S. Office of Education. Fifty…

This New York State annual report for the fiscal year 1972 describes the State's attainment of the objectives of its 1972 state plan for administering vocational education programs. A statistical overview of the current status of occupational education in New York State precedes the descriptions of program developments and accomplishments. Data…

Research and development projects in career education funded under part C of Public Law 90-576 for fiscal year 1973 are abstracted in this document. For each State and United States territories, the following information is provided: State and project number; State-level project administrator (including address); amount of Federal funds provided…

The topic of high-stakes testing (HST) is important because HST has direct and indirect effects on career-technical education (CTE) programs and timely because HST increasingly enters public discussion and has produced a large body of research and practice that generalizes to CTE. A review of HST has identified two persisting dilemmas: policy and…

A project was developed to provide technical assistance and staff development to the Wisconsin Vocational Equity Leadership Cadre to enable them to assist local districts in meeting the equity assurances in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990 as well as Wisconsin's equity goals as prescribed in state law.…

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 authorized a comprehensive workforce improvement program that will significantly impact rural areas. Local schools can help shape implementation of WIA because of its principles of local participation, increased skills for workers, and improved youth programs. This digest focuses on WIA's major elements,…

This implementation guide for Career Pathways (an Ohio educational plan linking academic, technological, and occupational course work and other educational experiences, leading to a career specialty) is a resource for leaders planning and implementing career pathways in vocational education planning districts and school districts. The document…

States can use Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and state maintenance of effort (MOE) funds to foster access to postsecondary education (PE) for low income parents. Access matters because success of welfare reform depends on helping welfare recipients work steadily and find better jobs; neither of the two most commonly tried…