d. federal for equipment used in the area vocational schools since this is where the post secondary programs are offered. In event programs are offered at the extension centers, equipment secured for secondary programs will be utilized. Plans for improving facilities In Agriculture at the Jeffersontown Area Vocational School, a building has been leased and will be renovated to house a horticulture program. Also, two green houses will be constructed. In Home Economics, space will be provided for programs in the area of child care, food service, and garment construction and alteration at Northern Kentucky, Harlan, and Somerset. The Business and Office Division will help to implement change in facilities where needed such as more adequate wiring, more efficient layouts, designing modern office laboratories, and other facility improvements that will improve the condition for providing advanced business training. Distributive Education will make provisions to include adequate classroom and office space as well as a sales display room for each school. Health Occupations plan for improvement in eight of the area vocational schools through expansion of existing facilities or construction of a new facility. In Trade and Industrial and Technical Education, additions to three of the area vocational schools will soon be under con struction for complete new facilities. Six other area vocational schools will be expanded to more adequately take care of post high 3. Vocational and technical education for persons who have already entered the labor market a. New teaching personnel requirements (replacements not included) b. C. Plans for replacement or purchase of new equipment In most instances, programs of adult education use the equipment 4. d. This is true both in the comprehensive high schools and the area vocational schools and extension centers. In event adequate equipment is not available from the high school and post high school programs, it will be purchased with 50 per cent state and 50 per cent federal funds. Plans for improving facilities There are no plans for the construction of facilities to be used solely for the adult education programs. Facilities for high school and post high school programs will be used for the adult programs. Vocational and technical education for persons with special needs A state supervisor for persons with special needs has been on the job one full year. Most of the time of this supervisor has been that of getting oriented on: a. (1) What constitutes a special needs program (2) Identifying special needs students (3) Interpreting the program of special needs students to vocational education personnel and others (4) Attending national, regional, and other meetings dealing with the special needs students (5) Preparing for a national seminar for persons with special New teaching personnel requirements (replacements not included) Two teachers for pilot program in Northern Kentucky the area vocational schools Five teachers at LaGrange Correctional Institution A program in School of the Deaf at Danville, Kentucky, will b. c. New or additional fields to be provided (1) Pilot program in Covington Plans are to employ vocational agriculture and home economics teachers to set up a pilot program for 20 students who are slow learners in the Covington area. These individuals will have approximately an 80 IQ. They will be taught some occupational skills in the service areas such as hotel and motel maids, food service helpers, service station helpers, construction worker helpers, and aides in ornamental horticulture. (2) Consideration is being given to the employment of a person for each of the 13 area vocational schools. These individuals are not employed necessarily to teach students with special needs but to help other teachers in identifying and working with special needs students. The state supervisor has designed a reporting form both for a class which may be conducted for persons with special needs and also to identify individuals who may be identified in specific classes. (3) Vocational Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Department of Corrections are conducting a joint program at the LaGrange Reformatory for persons who have been sentenced to a short term in order that they can be given vocational training that will help them get and hold a job after they have been released. It is anticipated that five new teachers will be needed to conduct this program. Occupational offerings offered at the Reformatory will be auto mechanics, electricity, building trades, auto body, and printing. Plans for replacement or purchase of new equipment 5. d. demonstration program and also for the LaGrange Reformatory project. State and federal funds will be used on a 50-50 matching basis. Plans for improving facilities The Bureau of Vocational Education will enter into an agreement with the Covington Independent District for the implementation of the pilot program at Covington. The Covington district will provide the fiscal facility to house the program. Two foundation units will be issued the Covington district, and in these units $3,000 is included for capital outlay and current expenses. This amount can be used to renovate the facility so it can be used for the pilot program. State's plan for construction of area vocational schools and extension centers a. Number and types of schools b. Educational level of programs to be offered C. Occupation fields to be provided The above a, b, and c items are answered below in table form. |