Technical and Adult Education Review.

Overview & Synopsis

This annual review is a synthesis of the West Virginia Division of Technical and Adult Education Services programs and plans at the conclusion of fiscal year 1991. It begins with letters from the State Superintendent of Schools and Assistant State Superintendent. West Virginia Board of Education mission and goals and the division's programmatic and instructional goals follow. A series of 12 exemplary programs are then described. The selection process and rigorous criteria associated with the West Virginia Vocational School of Excellence award is described, and the vocational technical students in the West Virginia Governors' Honors Academy are designated. The next section details instructional programs to help students succeed. These vocational education areas are represented: agricultural, business, consumer and homemaking/occupational home economics, marketing, diversified cooperative training, technology, health occupations, and industrial and technical. The following and largest section describes special programs, projects, and services to help students succeed, including personnel development activities. The concluding component of the review is an item-by-item depiction of vocational enrollments and vocational placements. (YLB)