Preparing Local Plans for Administering Vocational Education. Competency-Based Administrator Education Module.

Overview & Synopsis

This module, one of a set of seven instructional materials designed for competency-based vocational education administrator education, focuses on program planning. Both state and local level planning processes are reviewed with the overall purpose of helping the learner (1) understand the planning process, (2) develop organizational skills for planning, (3) understand the systems concept and its application to the planning process, (4) develop skill in using available data for planning, and (5) develop ability to translate demographic data into an actual plan. Major content is comprised of three sequential learning experiences. Each experience includes an explanation of the activity, a self-check, and model answers to serve as feedback. The final learning experience is designed to allow application of learning in an applied setting. The module concludes with module assessment and administrator performance forms designed to test the exit competence of the learner. (SH)