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1. Improving the Delivery of Guidance and Counseling Services at Metropolitan Center. Final Report.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR.

Abstract

A 3-year project (July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1991) aimed to improve the quality of guidance and counseling services delivered to secondary students eligible to attend the Metropolitan Center, and area vocational center serving students in a four-county area around Little Rock, Arkansas. The focus of the program was to provide supplementary services not available elsewhere in school and in the community. The program had the following objectives: (1) assist and enable students to make realistic educational and career decisions based on their aptitudes, interests, abilities, and values; (2) provide support for program entry and successful program completion; (3) assist students in successful transition to the next step while they are in high school and after graduation; (4) assist students with developing positive interpersonal skills; (5) develop and adopt sex fair counseling policies and practices; and (6) develop counseling policies and practices to help special needs students make the transition from school to work. Some of the positive outcomes of the program included the following: providing career experiences for more than 7,000 students who came to the center; developing a successful marketing plan and raising $5,000 for public relations activities; increasing counseling time spent in direct services to students from 76 percent to 95 percent; increasing the retention rate for the second year of the program despite the effect of strict educational standards that stress basic instead of vocational skills; increasing the number of students who make passing grades at Metropolitan; and providing access nontraditional students and students with disabilities. At the conclusion of the program, 90 percent of the students felt that the center helped them prepare for their future careers. (Appendixes include a list of career courses at the center, information on enrollment procedures, and a marketing plan.) (Author/KC)

Published
1991

2. Creating Student Interest through Bulletin Board Ideas for Career Orientation. Final Report.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR.

Abstract

This booklet provides career orientation teachers in middle/junior high and high school with ideas for bulletin boards because students learn best when ideas are presented visually. Following a brief description of the project that developed it, the bulletin board booklet gives ideas for creating bulletin boards on career exploration, the 15 job clusters, and employability skills. The booklet contains 100 ideas on the following career orientation topics: (1) self-awareness; (2) occupational clusters, general; (3) occupational clusters, specific; (4) planning for success; (5) educational/training alternatives; (6) job acquisition; (7) part-time/summer jobs; and (8) career club. (NLA)

Published
1989

3. The Patriot Company: A Simulated Office. Parkview High School, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR. and Smith, Phyllis W.

Abstract

The document is a student manual and teacher's manual for a simulated office practice class designed to give students training in a business office on school premises. In the simulation, students perform as office personnel and as customers and creditors. The first part of the guide, directed to students, contains: general information on the Patriot Company (a simulated office equipment company), employee information, objectives of the simulation, room layout diagram, company organization chart, descriptions of job duties for 19 company positions, a catalog-price list, simulation customer names, simulation creditor names, and forms for evaluation of employees. The detailed teacher's manual lists: materials to be prepared prior to simulation, steps to simulation, suggestions for obtaining supplies, forms and supplies needed for a 12-week simulation, equipment sources, special suggestions, procedure for distribution of mail, company balance sheet, and additional student and teacher-developed activities. Also included are sample scripts for the simulators to follow, cash sales list, credit limits of customers, inventory list, and instructor evaluation forms for student performance in each of the 19 company positions. A brief description of 50 forms used in the simulation and samples of each form conclude the manual. (MS)

Published
1975

4. Population Problems, Teacher's Guide. Environmental Education Unit, Twelfth Grade Sociology.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR.

Abstract

Human population growth and the implications of increasing population on the well-being of men and nations is examined in this twelfth grade curriculum guide which is part of a series for grades 4 through 12. The primary functions of the unit are to introduce the student to reasons for population growth, results of overextended populations, and solutions to overpopulation. Consideration is also given to political and sociological problems which arise as adjuncts to the question of population. The component parts of this guide are: an overview of the unit, the major concepts in the unit, behavioral objectives, daily schedule, lesson plans for classroom activities, a pretest for the unit, and student and teacher evaluation forms. The unit requires three weeks to complete, and is structured around 15 student-centered activities which include films, survey questionnaires, filmstrips, student readings, discussion activities, data analysis, and role playing. (Author/DE)

Published
1975

5. Environmental Decisions, Teacher's Guide. Environmental Education Unit, Ninth Grade Civics. Revised.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR.

Abstract

Part of a sequential series of curriculum units in environmental education for grades 4 through 12, this curriculum guide for grade 9 focuses on identifying problems, formulating hypotheses, considering alternatives, and making decisions in environmental education. The activities include the showing of films, making environmental decisions, simulations, and an off-campus field trip. The unit includes an overview, major concepts, behavioral objectives, a daily schedule, lesson plans for the classroom activities and the field trip, a pretest, and student and teacher evaluation forms. The unit is three weeks long, multidisciplinary in nature, and structured around student-centered activities in which emphasis is placed upon the study of the local environment. (Author/JR)

Published
1975

6. Man's Effect on the Environment, Teacher's Guide. Environmental Education Unit, Sixth Grade Science.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR.

Abstract

Part of a sequential series of curriculum units in environmental education for grades 4 through 12, this sixth grade curriculum guide focuses on man's effect upon the environment. Extensive classroom activities and field trips introduce the student to population, technology, pollution, natural resources, responsibility, career opportunities, and an urban encounter field trip in which students investigate various types of pollution in their own community. The following components are included in the unit: an overview, major concepts, behavioral objectives, daily schedule, lesson plans for classroom activities and field trips, career opportunities in environmental education, pretest and posttest, and student and teacher evaluation forms. The unit requires three weeks of class time, is multidisciplinary in nature, and is structured around student-centered activities in which emphasis is placed upon the study of the local environment. (Author/JR)

Published
1974

7. Environmental Problems of the United States, Teacher's Guide. Environmental Education Unit, Eleventh Grade American History.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR.

Abstract

Part of a sequential series of curriculum units in environmental education for grades 4 through 12, this curriculum guide focuses on environmental problems in the United States for eleventh grade students. This unit is designed to make the student aware of how the problems of the past become critical problems of the present. Activities foster an examination of population, technology, pollution, environmental careers, and involvement in an urban encounter field trip. The unit includes an overview, major concepts, behavioral objectives, a daily schedule, lesson plans for classroom activities and the field trip, career opportunities in environmental education, pretest and posttest, and student and teacher evaluation. The unit is three weeks long, multidisciplinary in nature, and structured around student-centered activities in which emphasis is placed upon the study of the local environment. (Author/JR)

Published
1974

8. Little Rock Public Schools Early Childhood Survey.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR. and Smith, Paul

Abstract

This paper reports the results of a survey of kindergarten teachers and principals in the Little Rock Public School System concerning the new kindergarten program begun in Little Rock in 1974. The kindergarten plan examined is a full-day program for 5-year-olds, with a maximum number of 25 students in each class. Nineteen recommendations resulted from a study of the data, which included views of the respondents on facilities, curriculum needs, inservice training, relationships with staff members and parents, major satisfactions and frustrations. Copies of the teacher and principal instruments are included. (Author/SB)

Published
1974

9. Annual and Long-Range Program Planning in Metropolitan Areas in Accordance with the Vocational Education Act Amendments of 1968. Institute X, Final Report.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR., Rush, Ernest L., and Troutman, Frank H.

Abstract

This 2-week institute was held to prepare vocational educators to plan effectively for annual and long-range programs of vocational education for metropolitan areas according to the 1968 amendments. The institute emphasized planning, budgeting, and evaluation, and procedures for effective program planning. Various sources and validity of all data needed for effective planning were explained to the participants. Five guidelines were prepared on strategies and procedures useful to vocational educators in planning, budgeting, and evaluation. (BH)

Published
1971

10. Economic Education for Arkansas Elementary Schools. Teaching Guide.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR., Arkansas State Council on Economic Education, Little Rock., Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock., and Nixon, Ila M.

Abstract

The primary objective of this guide is to set forth goals of learning that will contribute to student achievement of economic literacy, suggest activities, and resources. It is a skeletal structure which teachers can incorporate into a continuous social studies curriculum, and other appropriate studies. The main purpose of economic education is to develop the problem-solving ability of children as it relates to personal and social problems. To accomplish this it is necessary to: 1) develop the child's ability to think analytically; 2) to help the child to relate his everyday experiences to the economic world; and, 3) develop sufficient knowledge of the basic structure of the subject so that a frame of reference can be established. A core of developmental concepts has been selected that can be extended through environmental, chronological, and logical sequences in line with grade progression. The topical areas are: the problem of scarcity, the economic goals of the nation, productive resources, the market economy of the United States, financial institutions, the circular flow, resource extenders, interdependence and trade, and economic analysis. Materials already in use in Arkansas have been drawn upon heavily: Parts I and II of the Joint Council's Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP). (SBE)

Published
1969

11. Development of Instructional Packets Designed to Improve the Communicative Skills of Tenth Grade Students in Vocational-Technical Schools, and Communicative Skills Instructional Packets: Orientation, Reading, and Language. Final Report.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR. and Willis, Lela

Abstract

An experimental program of teaching modules or packets--Orientation, Reading, and Language--was designed to improve the communicative skills of 10th graders in vocational-technical schools. The modules consisted of "Student Exercises" requiring student involvement and thinking and a "Teacher's Manual" with ideas for presenting the materials in a relaxed classroom situation where the student develops self-confidence by independently working on his problems. Use of the modules produced beneficial results in student attitudes and abilities in language usage and independent study. The units were intended to be used in sequence but can be used alone as a sampling of their titles indicates: (1) Becoming a Good Student; (2) Practicing Parliamentary Procedure; (3) Improving Attitudes; (4) Looking Toward a Career; (5) Reading the Newspaper; (6) Improving Reading Techniques; (7) Language Study; and (8) Writing an Autobiography. (An approximately-140-page description of the experimental program--the three instructional modules--comprises the major part of this report. ) (Author/MF)

Published
1969

12. Investigating Career Opportunities. Curriculum Guide.

Author

Little Rock School District, AR.

Abstract

This curriculum guide, developed by a project committee of administrators, supervisors, instructors, and a counselor in the areas of industrial and vocational education, contains three extensive 12-week laboratory units at the junior high school level covering careers in the occupational clusters of business education, home economics, and industrial education. Funded under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, this course is intended to provide an overview of career opportunities, techniques for self-appraisal, and help in choosing courses leading to the students' occupational goals. In a 2-column format, teaching procedures are correlated with resource lists of transparencies and student handouts included with each unit. A course rationale, appended student worksheets, time allotments, and detailed behavioral objectives are provided. Final evaluation questions are given for each unit. (AG)

Published
1972

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