Education for Work:
A Practitioner Guide Toward New Curriculum and Teaching

Project Director:

• Gary Hoachlander, MPR Associates, Inc. (Year 2 of 2)

Keywords:

• school-based learning
• school to work
• curriculum/training material

The purpose of this project is to develop practitioner materials which focus on the role of the school in school-to-work transition with an emphasis on developing integrated curriculum. The content will build on NCRVE's collective knowledge of reforming schools through the integration of vocational and academic education. The target audience for these practitioner materials are administrators, principals, or lead teachers working with groups of teachers attempting to integrate vocational and academic education at schools.

This project will consist of the following three major tasks:

Task 1--Literature Review/Synthesis

The focus of this literature review is on what NCRVE has learned in the last seven years. This literature review/synthesis will serve as the basis for the practitioner materials to be developed.

Task 2--Practitioner Guide/Workbook

The Practitioner Guide/Workbook will include at least five dividers/sections. Each of the first four sections will contain four parts: (1) conceptual framework, (2) lessons learned/"how to," (3) worksheets/exercises/role plays, and (4) examples of concepts in action from real schools or programs. The following is a list of the five sections:

• Section 1--The Delivery System (school/program structure and management)
• Section 2--Integrating Vocational and Academic Curriculum at the Instructor Level
• Section 3--Bringing Industry to the Classroom
• Section 4--Standards and Alternative Assessment
• Section 5--Checklist and Resources for the Different Players in School-to-Work Transition

Task 3--Train-the-Trainer Materials

MPR Associates, Inc., will develop materials to allow a local or state administrator or lead teacher to use the information contained in the Practitioner Guide/Workbook in a staff develop/training setting.

Deliverables

The project will produce two major products:

1. Practitioner Guide/Workbook on integrating vocational and academic education
2. Train-the-trainer materials such as overheads, wall charts, and facilitation materials

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