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Persons with Special Needs More emphasis is planned on helping individuals and groups to improve their educational base so they can profit from ongoing vocational programs. Types of persons receiving attention include school leavers, potential high school dropouts and minority groups in urban and Spanish speaking areas.

Construction of Area Schools

No new construction is planned during fiscal year 1968.

5. Ancillary Services

Administration and supervision will be affected by the restructuring of educational administration in the State. It is anticipated that modifications in the Division of Vocational Education will focus on coordination in traditional programs and functions that lend themselves to standardization. The goal of having vocational education as an integral part of the training for school administrators and guidance personnel is being realized at Washington State University where the position, professor of vocational education, has been established. An institutional attachment for trade and industrial teacher education is within realization. In-service education for all guidance personnel will be emphasized. Budget approval has been given for a curriculum laboratory which will be established when space can be found. Emphasis in research will be on the design of experimental programs and their implementation locally. Curriculum designs for uncommitted students will continue as a major effort.

The population which is largely rural, is declining due to out migration of population in the age brackets 5 years to 44 years. Acceleration of technological change requires a more highly educated work force, the preparation of which is the objective of the vocational-technical education program of the State.

2. Program Offerings

Vocational programs are available in all of the 55 counties. Some populous counties have programs in most occupational categories and at the secondary, post secondary, and adult levels and for persons with special needs.

There are 11 county and 3 State-wide area vocational schools in the State. In addition 13 State colleges or branches of State colleges and universities provide occupational education in technical, health, agriculture, office, and distributive programs, mostly of 2-year duration for which an associate degree is granted. One-year programs are offered in accounting and typing in one institution, and a special one-semester evening class in auctioneering is taught in another. The area vocational school programs and the college and university 2-year post-high school program compliment each other.

3. Program Priorities

High School - Seventy-nine new teachers are to be added, 40 in office education. Fifteen additional programs are planned in wage-earning home economics (3), industrial (7), technical (2), and agricultural education (3). Equipment purchases are planned in 29 counties. or improved facilities are planned for eleven institutions.

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Post-High School A total of 25 new full-time and one part-time teacher will be required for technical, distributive, office and business, health occupations, and trade and industrial education. Among the new programs projected will be two programs to provide special training for the coal mining industry. Purchase of equipment is planned for 8 new technical and 2 new health occupations laboratory. New and improved facilities are planned.

Adult Fifty-four new full-time and 34 part-time teachers will be required for office, distributive, trades and industry, and agriculture programs. Instruction is planned in 22 new or additional Occupational areas. Replacement or new eeuipment required will be provided according to the needs of the specific programs.

Persons with Special Needs

Ten new teachers will be needed. Among the occupational fields to be provided are occupational shop, building maintenance and construction, and woodworking machine operator.

Construction is progressing on some projects and others are in the planning stages in nine counties. Five of the projects are beginning major construction and four others are completing projects started earlier, which will open for operations in September 1967.

5. Ancillary Services

Organized in-service training for State and local supervisors and administrators is planned. Selected State and local personnel will participate in national leadership conferences. Similar programs are projected for teacher training, vocational guidance, curriculum development, research, and program evaluation.

The most significant labor demand has regularly occurred in the processing and machine trades occupations, Over 50 percent of the full-time openings of WSES were in this area and over 59 percent (33,210) placements. Service occupations of fered the next largest number of employment opportunities with 10,370 placements. Clerical Occupations accounted for 8 to 14 percent of the unfilled openings and 14 percent of the placements.

1. Program Offerings

Agricultural education is offered in all 72 counties; distributive education in 31 counties; home economics in 61; office occupations in 50; technical in 18; trades and industry in 48; and health occupations in 15 counties. Nineteen area vocational schools are in operation serving mainly the post secondary and adult levels, in each of the Occupational areas except agriculture. Six of the 19 schools provide programs in agriculture.

1. Program Priorities

High School Thirty to 40 new teachers will be needed for agriculture programs. Special emphasis will be given to identification of occupations which may be filled by students of low ability. Needed equipment will be purchased.

Post-High School About 400 full-time teachers will be needed to meet the demands of new and expanded programs. Specialization will include, in the secretarial field: medical, legal, engineering, and insurance; in accounting: governmental and institutional; in marketing: industrial, wholesale and retail, hotel and motel; transportation and distribution; advertising and display. One and two year programs include graphic communications, aeronautics technology, dental hygienist, metalurgical technology and chemical technology.

Adult Part-time teachers as well as a corps of full-time teachers are used for adult classes. Instruction in almost any field is available on a demand basis. Classes are run as needed in facilities as needed wherever they may be found.

Special Needs Occupations are identified for which persons with special needs can be trained at the secondary level.

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is made to reach these people to provide the necessary training. Equipment for other programs will be used. Special equipment needs are reimbursable.

Construction of Area Vocational Schools

Construction will be started on new buildings in Marathon County, and at West Ben and Ashland. Building programs will be completed

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5. Ancillary Services

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New staff positions have been created in health, agri-business, and technical education. A full-time supervisor has been employed in the area of women's wage earning occupations. Personnel are available to provide guidance services, In-service training will be provided. Emphasis is placed on providing specialization as well as workshops for teachers and administrators. A new undergraduate distributive education program will be offered. A Research Coordination Unit will stimulate the promotion of research activities. Evaluation of programs is a continuing staff activity.

Transfer of Funds

State is transferring a part of the Smith-Hughes trade and industrial, home economics, and teacher education funds, as well as George-Barden Titles I and III to the 1963 Act in the amount of $822,504.

7. Estimated Expenditures

Estimated Total Expenditures under all the Vocational Education Acts (in thousands)