The millions of disadvantaged youth, especially minority group youths, face a bewildering mix of job training and employment programs. Because of bureaucratic regulations and funding complications, most of these programs are not effective for the majority of youths who need them. To be effective, youth employment and training programs should…

The practice profile is a standardized, systematic, cost-effective tool for summarizing the components and requirements of a program in a manner that permits comparison with other programs or selection of discrete components from various programs. It provides a component checklist, a precise list of implementation requirements, and a system for…

The Oregon Consortium for Incremental Development of Exemplary Career Education Programs had three major thrusts: (1) plans were made to upgrade levels of career education (K-12) based on 14 specified assessment categories; (2) each of the five participating consortium districts focused its efforts on one specific program category (the program…

Focusing primarily on program modification and termination, this document is one of two handbooks developed by a California consortium of vocational educators to provide guidelines for developing and evaluating occupational programs. (The accompanying handbook, CE 017 928, focuses on program initiation.) A flow chart illustrating the different…

A study was conducted to examine federally assisted employment and training programs in the Tidewater, Virginia, area during fiscal year 1977. The General Accounting Office found forty-four programs with similar goals attempting to assist virtually the same people. These were authorized through sixteen separate legislative authorities, creating a…

The seminar objectives were to (1) become further acquainted with the report of the President's Panel of Consultants on Vocational Education, (2) become familiar ith promising developments and innovations in agricultural education, (3) crystallize thinking concerning new directions and orientations for vocational agriculture, (4) examine…

This publication offers guidelines for establishing and operating advisory committees for career education, elementary grades through community college. Each of the four chapters included in this guide contains key concepts and step-by-step checklists. Focusing on the functions of the advisory committee, chapter 1 discusses the following topics:…

The document provides an examination of the results of implementation of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education's (NACVE's) recommendations. Since its creation by the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, the NACVE has published eight formal reports and two special reports. In addition, the NACVE periodically testifies before the…

Guidelines are formulated for State directors of vocational-technical education and of continuing education, State and city supervisors of consumer and homemaking education, local public school superintendents, curriculum directors, college and university teacher educators, and other leaders, to help direct program planners in the expansion of…

This handbook explains the procedures and rationale for the study of articulation between high school and community college career programs. After citing a thumbnail history of articulation practices and laws, the goals and methodology of creating an articulation survey are explained. The survey target group, questionnaire format, questions to be…

Developed as a report for the United States Office of Education, data presented have been modified from the suggested format for ease of reading and reference. Processes involved in the vocational and adult education planning cycle are to: (1) identify needs, (2) define needs, (3) design programs, (4) specify training staff, equipment, and…

This booklet is designed primarily as an instructional manual for staff inservice training in fulfilling professional obligations for accountability. Important factors in bringing about accountability are people and systems--people assess the need, consent to meet the need, and contract to be responsible for specific standards of performance. The…

In reviewing innovative industrial arts curriculums and suitable methods for their adoption, this report presents the major objectives of 20 innovative programs in four categories: (1) integrative programs, (2) interpretation of industry programs, (3) occupational family programs, and (4) technology-oriented programs. Materials were gathered by…

At this Region IX conference called by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 170 participants from California, Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii met to discuss how career education needs of youth and adults and the needs of the economy are being met by schools in their communities, to determine the role that vocational education is playing in…

This Region II conference called by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, brought together 350 participants from New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to discuss how career education needs of youth and adults and the needs of the economy are being met, to determine the role of vocational education in the process, and…