Opportunities and Directions of the Vocational Home Economics Programs as Perceived by Louisiana School Superintendents and Supervisors. Final Report.

Autor/in	Knickerbocker, Addie H.
Institution	Louisiana Tech Univ., Ruston. Coll. of Home Economics.
Titel	Opportunities and Directions of the Vocational Home Economics Programs as Perceived by Louisiana School Superintendents and Supervisors. Final Report.
Quelle	(1977), (70 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administrator Attitudes; Educational Administration; Educational Planning; High Schools; Higher Education; Home Economics; Home Economics Education; Home Economics Teachers; Inservice Teacher Education; Occupational Home Economics; Preservice Teacher Education; Program Improvement; School Supervision; Secondary Education; Superintendents; Teacher Certification; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher Supply and Demand; Vocational Education; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bildungsplanung; High school; Oberschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hauswirtschaft; Hauswirtschaftslehre; Hauswirtschaftsunterricht; Lehrerfortbildung; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Schulaufsicht; Sekundarbereich; Schulrat; Lehrqualifikation; Lehrerbedarf; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	General objectives of a research study were (1) to gather information from superintendents in the public school systems concerning their opinions regarding the image and purpose of vocational home economics programs in Louisiana; (2) to obtain statistics on the number of vacancies for vocational home economics teachers occurring in the 1976-77 school year, why they occurred, and the factors considered in filling them; (3) to collect data from school administrators concerning teacher certification and desirable secondary teaching fields; and (4) to utilize data collected from surveys and interviews to improve the preservice and inservice education of home economics teachers. Questionnaires were mailed to superintendents of the 66 public school systems, and from the 57 (86%) usable responses, eighteen administrators were randomly selected for interviews. Findings from the computer-analyzed data and the interviews follow: (1) Certification in a second teaching field was strongly suggested; (2) one or less vacancy per system was considered typical and the three top factors considered very important in hiring a teacher were personality, recommendation of the principal, and appearance; and (3) superintendents identified inservice training as a responsibility of state department and county educators. Recommendations included informing home economics majors of the projected supply and demand for teachers, and a reliable method of gathering data about graduates be developed. (BL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC