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Snelbecker, Karen Amy – 1994
A survey of gay, Lesbian, and bisexual teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) concerning their roles as teachers, working conditions, and peer relationships is reported. Data were gathered from 17 written questionnaires and 13 telephone interviews. An introductory chapter gives a brief history of the organization of homosexual members of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bisexuality, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Keene State Coll., NH. – 1989
The collective bargaining agreement between the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees and the Keene State College Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association, for the period July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1991 is presented. Twenty-five articles cover the following: recognition; definitions; management rights;…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
Hanna, Sharon L. – 1998
This book is intended to guide the reader in the process of designing his or her career and achieving it. Chapter 1 begins with a look at self: developing areas of self, personality type, self-concept, and self-efficacy, making positive personality changes, sharpening basic skills, and evaluating career potential. Chapter 2 explores developing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Burnout, Career Development, Career Education
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Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. – 1998
This document, which is addressed to employers and others wishing to foster school-to-career programs, reflects the views of the Committee for Economic Development regarding employers' role in linking school and work. The following topics are among those discussed in chapters 1-3: youth and careers (present versus past labor markets, causes of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Galvin, Jan C.; Scherer, Marcia J. – 1996
This book addresses all aspects of assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, including policy, legislation, funding, evaluation, selection, and maintenance. Ten of the 15 chapters are written by individuals with disabilities and cover topics related to the use of technology in education, employment, and play. Specific chapters…
Descriptors: Adults, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Children
Estes, Florence S. – 1996
This teaching guide contains the materials required to teach a 6-week course in interpersonal communications that was developed for the workers of a Chicago medical center through a partnership involving the medical center, its employees, their union, and Northeastern Illinois University. Based on the student-centered philosophy of teaching, the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Assertiveness, Basic Skills
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1991
Hearings on family-friendly workplaces for fathers were held in an effort to help create a corporate culture that allows fathers to take advantage of and support different workplace policies. Fathers' impact on children's development, and the reasons why it is important for fathers to be part of the parenting process, are examined. Representative…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Day Care, Employed Parents, Employee Absenteeism
Hendrix, Mary; Cegiel, Linda – 1989
This instructional guide on the economic and societal factors of career investigation contains nine units dealing with: job acquisition, on-the-job relations, communications, understanding the paycheck, personal money management, completing government-regulated work requirements, laws affecting workers, changing jobs, and free enterprise. Each…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Career Change, Career Planning, Economic Factors
Perelman, Lewis J. – 1984
The recent frenzy over education--that is, children and schools--has obscured an adult learning crisis that will really put this nation's economy at risk between now and the beginning of the next century. The postindustrial economy demands a new kind of learning enterprise, focused on adults rather than children, on learning rather than education,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Verplaetse, Lorrie – 1990
This text for limited-English-speaking workers in the garment industry consits of illustrated vocabulary words, grammar lessons, narratives or brief readings, and exercises on employment-related topics. The first section focuses on shop talk, including job-specific vocabulary, simple expressions and explanations, social language, seeking and…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Compensation (Remuneration), Daily Living Skills, Employer Employee Relationship
Connecticut Community-Technical Coll., Hartford. Board of Trustees. – 1989
This collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of Community-Technical Colleges and the Congress of Connecticut Community Colleges is intended to promote the quality and effectiveness of education in the Connecticut Regional Community College System. The agreement consists of 25 articles covering the following areas: recognition…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Harvey, Dexter; Cap, Orest – 1987
The Elderly Service Workers' Training Project (ESWTP) was designed to identify the problems encountered by human service workers in their daily contact with older adults. A needs assessment (mail survey and structured personal interview) was conducted throughout Manitoba to identify and document the scope of human service workers' on-the-job…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Authoring Aids (Programing), Client Characteristics (Human Services), Computer Assisted Instruction
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Harvey, Dexter; Cap, Orest – 1987
This manual is intended to assist instructors and facilitators in making effective use of the instructional modules of the Elderly Service Workers' Training Project (ESWTP) and provide technical development information regarding the ESWTP authoring system. (ESWTP training materials have been developed to help human services personnel understand…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Authoring Aids (Programing), Behavioral Objectives, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Moran, Patricia; And Others – 1986
A study examined the measures taken in seven colleges in the Hunter Region of New South Wales to promote the entry of women into nontraditional trades. Questionnaires were given to all female apprentices in nontraditional trades and a random sample of male apprentices in the same trades in 1983; all female apprentices who withdrew from training in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement
Valli, Linda R. – 1983
A study examined the reproduction of authority relations in a cooperative office education program at an urban, primarily working-class high school in a midwestern city. The subjects of the case study were 16 current program enrollees, 17 program alumnae, and a female teacher who described herself as a pro-union feminist. Study participants, all…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Case Studies, Cooperative Education
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