ERIC Number: ED402470
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 41
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The Secretary's Awards for Outstanding Vocational-Technical Education Programs. 1995.
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
This publication describes the 12 winning programs and the 9 semifinalists of the 1995 U.S. Secretary of Education's Awards for Outstanding Vocational-Technical Education Programs. The awards program was established in 1981 to recognize excellence in local school-to-work and vocational-technical education programs, services, and activities that carry on the purposes of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act. The winners were chosen by a panel of reviewers from among 54 programs nominated by 34 states. The following 12 winning programs are profiled: Mechanical Engineering Technology Program (Springfield, Massachusetts); Telecommunications Youth Transitions Program (Toms River, New Jersey); Automotive Technology Program (Leesport, Pennsylvania); Swansea High Tech Prep Initiative (Swansea, South Carolina); Health Sciences and Medicine Platform (Flint, Michigan); Agricultural Education/Agriscience Program (Altus, Oklahoma); South Texas High School for Health Professions (Mercedes, Texas); General Health Occupations Education (Council Bluffs, Iowa); Career/Academic Plan (Loveland, Colorado); Serendipity/Diablo Valley College Tech Prep Program in Food Service and Hospitality (Concord, California); Farrington Health Academy (Honolulu, Hawaii); and OPTIONS Teen Parenting Program (Fairbanks, Alaska). The nine semifinalist programs are as follows: Biomanufacturing Technology (Lexington, Massachusetts); Partners in Automotive Collision Technology (Lincoln, Rhode Island); Tech Prep (New York, New York); Hotel/Restaurant Management--Chef Apprentice Program (Arnold, Maryland); A Model Business/Education Partnership (Sanford, Florida); Youth Apprenticeship Program (Rockford, Illinois); Construction Trades/Apprenticeship (Secondary) (Rolla, Missouri); Marketing Education Program (Fargo, North Dakota); and Bethel's Building Bridges (Spanaway, Washington). Three appendixes include criteria for selection, a matrix of the 12 winners, and contact information for all nominees. (KC)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Apprenticeships, Auto Body Repairers, Awards, Building Trades, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Food Service, High Schools, Hospitality Occupations, Integrated Curriculum, Parenthood Education, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation, Tech Prep, Technical Education, Technology Education, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education, Work Experience Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
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