ARIZONA for full-time educational programing during the coming academic year. It is anticipated that an aviation technology program will be included at Cochise College next year. Four of the 6 junior colleges will offer some classes in adult family living and/or wage earning programs. Adult A class for home health aides will be offered. Development of materials for such specialized areas as legal secretary will be pursued. The family health assistant program will be continued and expanded on a State-wide basis. The three universities and the State Department of Vocational Education are cooperating in this program. Approximately 13 additional instructors for part-time and full-time adult classes will be needed to handle the expanded and diversified offerings. Persons with Special Needs - Arizona's Department of Vocational Education is planning 4 new demonstration programs to be conducted in the public schools for the educable mentally retarded and border-line students. One program for wayward or unwanted girls is to be conducted by the Phoenix College. Plans call for 15 new vocational education teachers to serve 1,620 students in a variety of occupational areas. An agricultural program to upgrade the proficiency of 23 trainees on the Gila Indian Reservation will continue into next year. Approximately 4 nurse aide programs will be conducted in cooperation with the State Department of Public Welfare for approximately 60 people. The "College" will develop educational programs of an occupational nature that will qualify the student for employment. 4. Construction of Area Vocational Schools Arizona has no projected plans for the construction of area vocational education schools since it is believed that better use can be made of the funds available in tooling up present facilities; making new programs possible by providing adequate equipment; and increasing the offerings available through institutions currently offering vocational and technical education programs. 5. Ancillary Services Staffing at the State administrative and supervisory level has been accomplished. State supervisory personnel will continue to conduct and/or participate in leadership development institutes, training seminars, programs of State development, workshops, and conferences. 6. Transfer of Funds State transferred funds allotted under the Smith-Hughes and GeorgeBarden Acts, except home economics and fisheries funds, to the ARKANSAS Summary of Projected Program Activities 1. Manpower Needs and Employment Opportunities FY 1968 An extensive study of the State's projected manpower needs to 1980, using 1966 as a base year, was made by the Industrial Research and Extension Center, University of Arkansas. It is estimated that nearly 154,000 new jobs will develop by 1980, with the greatest demand being in the clerical occupations. Demand for workers in the distributive field is expected to increase moderately. The growing metals industry will place heavy demands for manpower in both the craftsmen and operatives occupational categories. The greatest number of service workers will be those employed by the health services, principally hospital attendants and practical nurses. A continued decline for farm workers is expected due to advances in farm technology. 2. Program Offerings Ten of the 75 counties offer instructional programs in each of the 7 vocational areas. Approximately 27 percent of all the counties offer instruction in all or all but one of the vocational areas. Eighteen area vocational schools (including community colleges) will be in operation in 1968. Five of these are new institutions. Eleven schools serve the population on a Statewide basis. In all, some 480 new teaching positions, both full-time and part-time, will need to be filled during the coming year. 3. Program Priorities High School - Approximately 135 new and replacement teachers will be needed for programs in all vocational areas except technical. Some of the new or expanded programs include orientation to data processing (4 schools), service station operation (1 school), cosmetology (1 school), marketing (8 schools), and dental assistance (1 school). Funds are not available for instructional equipment this year. Post-High School A total of 77 new teaching positions will exist. Of this number, 42 teachers will be needed at four new vocational technical schools and 20 will be employed at the technical institute which will open at East Camden. Program expansion will include instruction in advertising, art, agri-chemicals, data processing, aviation mechanics, building construction technology, chemical technology, instrumentation and mechanical technology. The two community colleges will be actively engaged in new and expanded programs. Equipment will be purchased for dental hygienist and data processing programs and for the technical division at a community college and a technical institute. Adult - New teaching requirements by vocational field are as follows: agriculture (27), distributive education (3), office occupations (110), ARKANSAS of the teachers needed will be used to teach short courses. Expanded and new programs include law enforcement and fireman training, tourist service, nurse aides, child day care, water and sewage treatment, executive housekeeping, hotel-motel management, banking, and stenoscript. Equipment and facilities will be provided for training in water and sewage treatment, fireman training, and law enforcement training. Persons with Special Needs - Fifty of the 70 additional teachers needed to serve this program will be employed part-time. The additional teachers will work in the following areas: agriculture (54), home economics (1), distributive education (2), office occupations (2), and basic adult education (11). Except for a greenhouse and related facilities needed for the horticulture program at the Arkansas School for the Deaf, vocational programs for persons with special needs will be provided with existing equipment and facilities. 4. Construction of Area Schools Although Federal funds will not be available, two area high schools with vocational departments are planned at Blytheville and Texarkana. These schools will offer training at the secondary level. Construction at Phillips County Community College and the remodeling of buildings for Southwest Vocational-Technical Institute will be completed. Funds for these projects were obligated in fiscal year 1967. Post-secondary and adult programs will be offered. 5. Ancillary Services Seventeen new administrative positions are to be filled in the area schools. One coordinator will be employed for the machine trades and electrical apprenticeship programs in Little Rock. Teacher educators in agriculture (2), distributive (1), and office occupations (1) will be employed. In-service teacher education is planned for teachers and coordinators in all vocational services. Area vocational education staff work with high school counselors to acquaint them with vocational education. Counselors will conducted at the post-secondary level! attend out-of-State workshops course outlines are being developed for secondary programs. Studies were made of the manpower needs and job opportunities and the feasibility of using mobile units for vocational training. State plans to make a comprehensive study of vocational education under the title of "An Evaluative Study of Training Programs in Relation to the Economic Development of Arkansas." 6. Transfer of Funds Request was made to transfer all Smith-Hughes, George-Barden Title I fisheries, George-Barden Titles II and III funds totaling $408,034 to |