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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2011
For five years running, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has tracked states' teacher policies, preparing a detailed and thorough compendium of teacher policy in the United States on topics related to teacher preparation, licensure, evaluation, career advancement, tenure, compensation, pensions and dismissal. The 2011 State Teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
Jezierski, Kathleen, Comp. – 1977
This catalog, consisting of three major sections, is intended primarily for teachers and administrators in Illinois but is also designed to be applicable to educators in other states. The first section (in narrative form) focuses on ideas for using community-based resources, offers guidelines for selecting career education materials, and describes…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Community Resources, Curriculum Guides
DAVIS, JAMES A.; AND OTHERS – 1963
A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF BACHELOR'S DEGREE RECIPIENTS (JUNE 1961) IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WHO WERE PLANNING TO ENTER POSTGRADUATE STUDY IN PREPARATION FOR SUCH PROFESSIONS AS MEDICINE, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TEACHING. THE SURVEY SOUGHT TO--(1) IDENTIFY FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE CHOICES OF FIELD, (2)…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Career Choice, Educational Planning, Financial Support
Illinois Business Education Association. – 1973
Business teachers in Illinois have developed innovative career education programs and in this document they share their ideas and practices through 11 descriptive articles. Teacher contributions include an overview of the career education concept in secondary education and its relationship to the business occupations cluster, career planning,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Business Skills, Career Development
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1992
This report contains 51 one-page abstracts of innovative Illinois tech prep programs that integrate academic and vocational education. Each abstract includes the following: curriculum areas, grade level, types of students for whom the program is appropriate, materials needed, suggested resources, a contact person with address and telephone number,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Exploration, Community Development
Illinois State Univ., Normal. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1992
The rapid growth of science and technology has a tremendous impact upon how an individual functions in today's society. This experiment-oriented course encourages the student to investigate home economics subject matter from a scientific viewpoint. Using the scientific method to solve problems and make decisions, the student conducts laboratory…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Employment Opportunities
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Office of Agricultural Communications and Education. – 1989
This curriculum guide contains 5 teaching units for 44 agricultural business and management cluster problem areas. These problem areas have been selected as suggested areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for secondary students enrolled in an agricultural education program. The five units are as follows: (1) agribusiness operation and…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington. – 2000
This resource guide provides teachers of grades K-3 with ideas and materials to integrate agricultural concepts into classroom activities. The guide is organized into six categories: math, science, language arts, social studies, fine arts, and health/nutrition/safety. Each of the categories contains 10 lessons organized in the following topic…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Career Awareness
Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington. – 2000
This resource guide provides teachers of grades 4-6 with ideas and materials to integrate agricultural concepts into classroom activities. The guide is organized into six categories: math, science, language arts, social studies, fine arts, and health/nutrition/safety. Each category contains 10 lessons organized in the following topic order:…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Career Awareness
Courson, Roger L.; And Others – 1983
This curriculum guide includes teaching packets for 12 areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for 11th-grade or third-year students enrolled in rural agricultural programs in Illinois. Each problem area includes some or all of the following components: suggestions to the teacher, teacher guide, competency inventory, information sheet,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production, Animal Husbandry
Cumming, Todd; Lesniak, Greta – 2000
The possibility of improving employability skills through cooperative education and tech prep was examined in an action research project involving high school students from two neighboring suburban communities in northern Illinois. The extent to which the schools were currently teaching employment and career development skills was examined by…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Action Research, Career Development, Check Lists
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Div. of Adult Vocational and Technical Education. – 1979
This Public Service Practicum Curriculum Guide is intended to assist social science and occupational teachers in the areas of public service and related occupations to develop, implement, and operate an internship program. Designed for use in all schools in rural, suburban, or city settings, this guide is based on a program developed in Elk Grove…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cooperative Education, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1989
This curriculum guide is one of five developed as part of the Illinois Plan for Business, Marketing, and Management Education for use in 9th and 10th grades. The curriculum guide includes teacher and student activities that can be implemented in many ways. Information on how to integrate the activity objectives of the Illinois Plan into the State…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
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National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA.
This guide is specifically designed to accompany materials developed for occupational orientation (particularly in Illinois) in the following five cluster areas: Applied biological and agricultural occupations; personal and public service occupations; health occupations; business, marketing, and management occupations; and industrial oriented…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Biological Sciences, Business, Career Development
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