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Curry, Kath – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
To what extent do local governments use vocational education and training as a staff retention strategy? Human resources personnel from a selection of councils around Australia believed that a lack of career development or training opportunities might cause an employee to leave their organisation. They had some reservations about the quality and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local Government, Data Analysis, Educational Opportunities
VandenHeuvel, Adriana; Wooden, Mark – 1999
This study described current and past levels of casual employment (CE) and outsourcing in the Australian work force and identified how they are related to training. Data sources included two rounds of the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) surveys of training and education experience. ABS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Contracts, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1985
During 1985, the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) expanded its delivery of instruction via television. Approximately 3,000 persons at 170 sites throughout the United States and Canada participated in the VTAE's Technical School of the Air. In addition to delivering six to eight courses per semester, the network…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Consultation Programs, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Silverberg, Marsha K. – 1996
Data from annual surveys of Tech-Prep consortia that were administered to all local consortia in 1993 and 1994 were analyzed to assess the implementation of key school-to-work features in 1994. Among the study's key findings were the following: Tech-Prep programs of study may help facilitate creation of career major options in school-to-work…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Data Collection
North Carolina State Board of Education, Raleigh. – 1986
This performance report presents the services and activities provided to youth and adults in secondary and postsecondary vocational education in North Carolina from July 1, 1985, to June 30, 1986. Data are provided to reflect services to special populations, trends, growth in enrollment, student and employer assessment of the value of vocational…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Consumer Education, Correctional Education, Criminals
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1997
For program year 1996-97, 222,639 North Carolina (NC) 9th-12th graders were enrolled in Workforce Development Education (WDE). Twenty-five curriculum products were developed, 34 course blueprints were revised to reflect business/industry practices and state/national standards, and about 3,600 business/industry personnel participated in WDE…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Foxwell, Sue – 1987
This final report begins with a three-page narrative of a statewide needs assessment of vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) instructors and administrators on technical staff training needs in Wisconsin. Statewide composite results for areas of need are presented for eight survey questionnaires sent to staff in these areas: management…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education