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NCRVE is committed to a Professional Outreach Program (formerly the
Professional Development Program) that will assist secondary and postsecondary
educators, offering researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from both
vocational and academic programs the opportunity to develop their professional
capabilities.
The Professional Outreach Program staff continues collaborative efforts
between the NCRVE and other national organizations involved in professional
outreach activities at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. The
activities that follow will extend the cooperative relationships in the
Center's Professional Outreach Program network.
A fall conference on skill standards will be sponsored by NCRVE. This two-day conference, aimed at selective, highly respected members of the larger education community, has two objectives: (1) reassessment of the skill standards movement and (2) an analysis of what works and what stands in the way of broader implementation. This conference seeks to assist in the work of the National Skill Standards Board by showcasing the Center's work as well as others in the field.
This annual summer practitioner conference is cosponsored by NCRVE and Jobs for the Future. The conference audience will consist of 1,500 local policymakers and educators (including superintendents and chancellors, board members, administrators, and vocational and academic faculty). One of the purposes of this conference is to interact with practitioners in a review and discussion of NCRVE work and its relevance to and applications in practice. Another purpose is to pilot the recent NCRVE development product, Education for Work Curriculum Project. The objective of this project is to build on NCRVE's collective knowledge of reforming schools through the integration of vocational and academic education. This project can be used to develop practitioner materials for local level administrators and teachers to use in implementing educational reform in high schools.
AVA pre-sessions are organized and marketed by the Professional Outreach Program staff. Topics are linked with current Center research and development efforts.
AACC pre-sessions are organized and marketed by the Professional Outreach Program staff. Topics are linked with current Center research and development efforts.
Technical assistance activities are combined efforts among all NCRVE
researchers, development personnel, program staff, and practitioner linkages.
Requests for technical assistance are processed through the Professional
Outreach Program office. Center Site Directors furnish the Professional
Outreach Program office staff with names and areas of expertise of individuals
at their institutions as well as the names of practitioners who are available
and have the credentials to provide technical assistance to the field. Those
requesting technical assistance are linked with those who are qualified and
available to provide the technical assistance.
Professional Outreach Program staff will work closely with the OSS in
providing technical assistance to the field. OSS (the former NCRVE Office of
Special Populations) has served as the sole national technical assistance
center for special populations in vocational education. OSS is expanding its
activities to focus on student services which facilitate the transition of all
secondary and postsecondary students from school to work. Requests for
technical assistance related to the OSS's 1995 activities are forwarded to that
staff. Technical assistance efforts by the Professional Outreach Program and
the OSS are marketed through all NCRVE briefs, newsletters, and
brochures.
Professional Outreach Program staff will continue establishing professional
linkages with other organizations (e.g., National Alliance of Business,
National School Boards Association, National Council of State Legislators,
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Northwest Regional
Educational Laboratory, American Home Economics Association, Mathematical
Sciences Education Board, KCET Public Television Station, and the University
Council for Vocational Education). Such organizations assist NCRVE staff by
identifying audiences, providing technical assistance in producing national
satellite teleconferences, and identifying other organizations that might be
interested in collaborating with the Center staff.
The following are deliverables of the Progressive Outreach Program:
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