PART TWO: DISSEMINATION AND TRAINING

As NCRVE enters Year Three of its current grant period, its dissemination and training program has three major goals:

1. better usability of products and services by the NCRVE's different audiences
2. improved accessibility, especially by practitioners and policymakers
3. increased visibility for NCRVE as a whole and products and services in particular

To accomplish these aims, NCRVE's dissemination and training program will emphasize three main strategies:

First, we will devote substantially more resources to translating the results of NCRVE research into a small number of synthesized, targeted, carefully designed products that highlight and focus NCRVE findings and recommendations.

Second, we will undertake a major redesign and upgrading of the NCRVE materials that are widely distributed. These materials include CenterWork, CenterFocus, brochures, and marketing materials.

Third, we will plan and conduct a series of public presentations, including national conferences and policy briefings, designed to highlight NCRVE work and engage a variety of research, practitioner, and policy audiences in discussions about the Center's work.

To help realize these objectives, the Dissemination and Training agenda for 1995 through 1997 will consist of three major programs:

• Dissemination
• Student Services
• Professional Outreach

Together these programs combine a wide range of activities mandated by the Perkins Act, including the following:

• teacher and administrator training and leadership development
• technical assistance to improve the effectiveness of programs serving special populations
• needs assessment, design, and implementation of new and revised programs with related curriculum material to facilitate vocational-academic integration
• evaluation and follow-through to maintain and extend quality programs
• assistance to programs and states on the use of accountability indicators, including appropriate and innovative performance standards
• delivery of information and services using advanced technology
• development of processes for synthesis of research
• dissemination of exemplary curriculum and instructional materials
• technical assistance in recruiting, hiring, and advancing minorities in vocational education

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