A
Academic
Improvement Trust Fund (AITF) -
The
fund through which private contributions to community colleges can be
matched with state funds to provide additional revenue for the
colleges.
Academic
Skills -
Skills
that provide the basic foundation necessary to benefit from further
training and education and for future employment.
This category encompasses communication, comprehension,
quantitative thinking, critical thinking, and science and technology
skills.
Academic Year
The fall, spring and summer terms of overlapping years. For example,
2005-1 (Fall 2004), 2005-2 (Spring 2005) and 2003-3 or 2003-4 (Summer Terms 2005) comprise
the 2005-06 academic year. This differs slightly from the reporting year
which starts with summer and ends with spring.
Accountability
- Liability for something of value either contractually or because of
one's position of responsibility.
Accreditation
- Certification by an official review board that specific requirements
have been met, such as institutional accreditation by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
ACT
Assessment (ACT) -
An
achievement test from the American College Testing Program used for
placement testing in some community colleges and for admissions
screening in some baccalaureate institutions.
Adult
Basic Education (ABE) - Education
for adults whose inability to speak, read or write the English
language constitutes a substantial impairment of their ability to
procure or retain employment commensurate with their ability; designed
to help less dependent on others; to improve their ability to benefit
from occupational training, increase their opportunities for more
productive and profitable employment and make them better able to meet
their adult responsibilities. Courses
at or below a fifth grade level in the language arts, including
English for Speakers of Other Languages, Mathematics, natural and
social sciences, consumer education and other courses that enable an
adult to attain basic or functional literacy.
Adult
Literacy -
The
level at which an adult must be able to read, write, compute and
otherwise use the skills of schooling in order to operate successfully
in the workplace and society.
Adult
General Education
A comprehensive program of adult basic education, adult secondary
education, general educational development (GED) test instruction,
vocational preparatory instruction, college preparatory instruction,
and lifelong learning programs.
Adult
Secondary Education
- Courses through which a person receives high school credit that
leads to the award of a high school diploma or programs of instruction
through which a student prepares to take the general education test (GED).
Adult
Vocational Education
- Instruction offered day or evening to adults or out-of-school youth
over 16 years of age who are engaged in or preparing to enter an
occupation. Vocational
and applied technology education for adults is chiefly an upgrading
and updating nature, offered on a part-time basis, or of a retraining
nature for persons displaced by automation or technical changes.
Advanced & Professional (A&P)
A program area with courses designed to provide the first two years of
course work leading to an advanced or professional degree (bachelors, first
professional, masters, etc.). It includes both the general education and
specialized lower-division courses necessary to complete a transfer degree
program. It does not include college preparatory or non-credit courses.
Advanced Technical Certificate (ATC)
A program of instruction consisting of at least 9, but less than 45, credit
hours of college-level courses. Students in these programs must have
already received an associate in science degree and be seeking an advanced
specialized program of study to supplement their associate degree.
Allied
Health
- A term for health‑related job preparatory programs, other than
nursing, in community colleges.
Annual
Contract
- A contract for employment for one year without the implication that
another contract will be offered.
Applied Technology Diploma (ATD)
A course of study that is part of an associate in applied science (A.A.S.)
or associate in science (A.S.) degree, is less than 60 credit hours, is
approximately 50% of the technical component (non-general education) and
leads to employment in a specific occupation. These programs may consist of
either vocational credit or college credit.
Apprentice
- A person at least 16 years of age who is engaged in learning a
recognized skilled trade through actual work experience under the
supervision of journeymen craftsmen, which training should be combined
with properly coordinated studies of related technical and
supplementary subjects, and who has entered into a written agreement,
hereinafter called an apprenticeship agreement, with a registered
apprenticeship sponsor who may be either an employer, an association
of employers, or a local joint apprenticeship committee.
Apprenticeship
Training
- Structured vocational skill training in a given job through a
combination of on-the-job training and classroom instruction.
Apprenticeship
A
vocational program of three to five years in length registered with an
approved registration agency in accordance with state and federal laws and
regulations. In this program, a student will receive both classroom and
on-the-job training and will be eligible to take the journeyman exam upon
completion of the program.
Any Apprenticeship
Training
program need sto be registered with the Department of Labor & Employment
Security (DLES) or the state apprenticeship agency in accordance with
the National Apprenticeship Act of 8/16/37 which is conducted or
sponsored by an employer, group of employers, and a union.
It contains all terms and conditions for qualifications,
recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices.
Area
Vocational Education School
- A vocational school operated by a community college.
Area Vocational-Technical Center
- A vocational school operated by a public school system.
Articulation
- The bringing together of the various parts (levels) of the
educational system to facilitate the smooth transition of students
through the system.
Articulation
Agreement
- The State Board of Education rule that establishes provisions that
facilitate the smooth transition of students through the various
levels of the educational system.
Articulation
Coordinating Committee
(ACC) - A committee of
institutional personnel and Department of Education personnel to
coordinate matters associated with the transition of students through
the various levels of education.
Associate in Arts (AA)
A
program of instruction consisting of courses offered to freshmen and
sophomores in baccalaureate programs. This degree will transfer to the
State University System and is awarded when a student completes 60 hours of
college credit as well as specified performance requirements.
Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
A
program of instruction consisting of college-level courses to prepare a
student for entry into employment. The degree is awarded when a student
completes at least 60 hours of college credit as well as specified
performance requirements. The program may include courses that will not
typically apply to a baccalaureate program. This allows for general
education courses designed to more closely tie to the occupational area.
Associate in Science (AS)
A
program of instruction consisting of college-level courses to prepare a
student for entry into employment. The degree is awarded when a student
completes at least 60 hours of college credit as well as attainment of
specified performance requirements. Generally, courses taken are more
likely to be transferable in the A.S. program than in the A.A.S.
At-Risk
Students
- Any identifiable student who is at risk of not meeting the goals of
an educational program, completing a high school education, or
becoming a productive worker.
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Basic
Skills
Skills
in reading, writing, math, speaking, listening and problem solving
that are necessary for individuals to succeed in vocational and
applied training programs.
Board
of Trustees
- The corporate body of persons appointed by the governor as the
operating board for a community college.
Bridge
Program
- A postsecondary program that provides entering students who have not
been in Tech Prep with the same academics and basic technology that
have been taught to high school Tech Prep graduates.
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Campus
- An instructional and administrative unit of a community college,
consisting of college-owned facilities and staffed primarily by
full-time personnel, housing a full range of instructional and support
services sufficient to accommodate at least 1,000 Full Time Equivalent
(FTE) students.
Career
Decision-Making
- A process in which a student learns about him/herself, the world of
work, and the relationship between the two.
Career planning includes career awareness for K-6, career
exploration at the middle level, and career preparation beginning in
the 9th grade and carried through grade 14.
Center
- An instructional and administrative unit of a community college,
consisting of college-owned or unowned facilities and staffed
primarily by full‑time personnel, housing a limited range of
instructional and support services.
Coherent
Sequence of Courses
- A series of courses in which vocational and academic education are
integrated and which directly relate to, both academic and
occupational competencies. The
term includes competency-based education, academic education, and
adult training or retraining that meets these requirements.
College
Credit
- The type of credit assigned to courses or course-equivalent learning
that is part of an organized and specified college degree and/or
program.
College
Preparatory
Instruction
(Prep) Courses through which vocational and academic
education are integrated and which directly relate to, both academic
and occupational competencies. The
term includes competency-based education, and adult training or
retraining that meets these requirements.
At PCC: courses providing instruction for the development of college-entry
competencies in reading, writing, mathematical reasoning and logical
thinking and English as a second language (ESL/EAP).
College Reach-Out Program (CROP)
- A program to strengthen the educational motivation and preparation
of low income or educationally disadvantaged students who otherwise
would be unlikely to seek admission to a community college or
university.
Competency
- A learned skill performed in a knowledge and/or attitudinal area
that can be accurately repeated or measured; an activity (cluster of
skills and knowledge) that a person performs in an occupation that is
both observable and measurable and that forms the basis for
competency-based criteria.
Competency-Based
Education
- An educational approach based on a predetermined set of knowledge,
skills, and abilities that the student is expected to accomplish.
Competency-Based
Vocational Education
- Instruction for employment that is based on current job tasks which
are made known to each student before instruction and that, after
appropriate instruction is provided, are to be performed by the
student under pre-specified conditions and according to pre-specified
standards.
Community Instructional Services
Non-credit instructional courses designed to meet community needs or to
provide recreational or leisure-time activities.
Completer
-
In general, a student who receives a degree, diploma, certificate or other formal award.
More specifically, a student with job preparatory intent who finishes a planned
sequence of courses or competencies designed to meet a vocational
occupational objective and has met all of the requirements of the
institution for program completion.
Continuing
Contract
- A contract for full-time employment for one year in a position
classified as instructional with the implication that the contract
will be renewed each year as long as the position is needed and the
employee continues to perform satisfactorily.
Continuing
Workforce Education (CWE) -
The classification of instruction designed to improve the job skills
of employed persons. It
may be tailored to a given employer and job (customized) or it may
have broader applicability. While
CWE courses are designed for the purpose of upgrading skills of persons who
are currently employed or who have been previously employed in an
occupational field, this should not include courses that are organized as a
unit of a preparatory program of studies. (Formerly known as
Supplemental Vocational.)
Cooperative
Education
- A program for persons who are enrolled in an educational program and
who, through a cooperative arrangement between the institution and the
employer receive part-time vocational instruction in the institution
and on-the-job training through part-time employment.
Core
Abilities
- The transferable skills essential to an individuals success
regardless of occupation or community setting.
These skills are regularly identified by employers, employees
and educators as essentials to lifelong learning.
They include: 1)
work productivity, 2) critical thinking, 3) acting responsibly, 4)
clear communication, 5) learn effectively, 6) value self positively,
and 7) work cooperatively.
Council
of Business Affairs
- An organization of the chief business officers in the community
colleges.
Council
of Presidents (COP)
- An organization of the community college presidents, which also is
designated as a special task force of the State Board of Community
Colleges.
Credit
- A unit of measure assigned to courses or course-equivalent learning.
Credit
by Examination
-- The award of credit based on the demonstration of learning as
assessed on an examination.
Credit Course
A course in which college credit is awarded that can be applied toward a
degree.
Credit Hour Equivalent (CHE)
Non-credit courses (Postsecondary Adult Vocational, Supplemental,
Apprenticeship, and Recreation and Leisure) are measured in terms of CHE.
Thirty contact hours of classroom time = 1 CHE.
Cut
Scores
- A term referring to scores that mark a cutoff point; for example, a
student whose score on a placement test falls below the cutoff point
(cut score) must take prerequisite instruction.
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Direct
Support Organization
- A Florida nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively
to receive, hold, invest, and administer property and to make
expenditures to or for a community college or the State Community
College System.
Disabled
Student
- A Student with a physical or mental impairment:
hearing, visual, physical, speech, or specific learning
disability (psychological or neurological).
District
- The geographical area served by a community college, which ranges
from one to six counties.
Dual
Enrollment
- Enrollment in two institutions at the same time, such as a college
and a high school whereby a student can earn both high school and
college credit simultaneously.
Dual
Enrollment Course
A course in which the credits or college credit equivalents earned by a
secondary (high school) student are applicable to both secondary and
postsecondary programs.
Duplicated Headcount
A
headcount measure by which students may be counted in more than one
category. All categories totaled will add up to more than 100% of the grand
total. It usually described the number of seats taken across the sections of
a particular program type
or course category.
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Early
Admission
- Enrollment full-time in a college before graduating from high
school.
Economic
Development Center
- A program of providing community college liaison with business and
industry to provide education for economic development.
Employability
Skills
- Skills relating to choosing a career, getting and keeping a job,
making job and career changes, and career advancement.
Employment,
Instruction-Related
- Employment which has been determined to be related to the academic
and vocational education received by the former student, including
basic skills, employability skills and technical skills.
End-of-term Enrollment Headcount at the end of a given
term.
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FastTrack
PCC's accelerated
terms; typically the
first or last eight weeks of the fall or spring terms, which are
referred to as Session 1 (first eight weeks) or Session 2 (last
eight weeks).
First
Time in College
(FTIC) - A student attending a college for the first time with no credit
toward a degree or formal award from any other institution who is
enrolled in a course in an instructional area that leads to a degree
or certificate.
Florida
Academic Improvement Trust Fund
- A fund through which private contributions to community colleges can
be matched with state funds to provide additional revenue for the
colleges.
Full-time A student who is registered for 12 or more credit hours
in the fall and spring terms or 4 or more credit hours in the summer
term.
Full-time
Equivalent (FTE) A standardized measurement of course hours. The formulae that convert
Student Semester hours (SSH) and Credit Hour Equivalents (CHE)
to FTE are as follows: 30 SSH=1 FTE; 30 CHE=1 FTE (or 900 Clock
Hours = 1FTE).
Functional
Literacy
- The demonstration of academic competence at an eligible grade level.
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General
Education
- Basic liberal education in communications, mathematics, natural
sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
General
Education Development (GED) Test Instruction -
Noncredit courses through which persons prepare to take the GED
test.
Gordon Rule
- The State Board of Education rule that Senator Gordon recommended
that establishes mathematics and writing requirements for the
associate in arts and the baccalaureate.
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Incubator
Facility
- A community college facility in which small businesses share
space, equipment, and support personnel and have access to technical
and business consultants.
Information Classification Structure (ICS)
A classification system used by the state to assign courses to
clusters, programs and funding categories.
Institutional
Accreditation
- Accreditation of the institution as a whole. All community
colleges are accredited by the Southern Association of Community
Colleges and Schools.
Institutional
Site
- An instructional unit of a community college, consisting of
unowned facilities leased for no more than one year, housing very
limited instructional services and no support services.
Integrated
Academic and Vocational Education -
The process for combining skills and competencies, for reinforcement
and subject area content, of academic and vocational course work
through collaboration between two or more teachers for the
correlation of instructional materials and sequencing of learning
activities.
Integrated
Curriculum -
The act or
process of blending or forming a whole.
In Tech Prep, applied academic and technical curricula are
integrated into a single curriculum.
Inter-institutional Agreement -
A signed agreement between the superintendent of each cooperating
high school and the president of the community college outlining the
overall terms of coordination between institutions.
Internship -
Refers to a postsecondary work-based learning in which a partnership
is established between the schools, and employer or business, and
the student for the purpose of providing practical education to the
student through productive work opportunities.
A signed agreement between all parties outlining a student's
cooperative learning plan is a necessary component of an internship.
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Job Preparatory
Instruction -
Instruction through which students attain the job-specific,
academic, and employability competencies necessary to enter specific
occupations.
Job Preparatory
Program -
Job preparatory instruction about the minimum competencies necessary
for effective entry into an occupation, including diversified
cooperative education, and job entry programs that coordinate
directed study and on-the-job training.
Job Readiness -
Refers to the point at which an individual is prepared for
employment based upon possession of necessary work skills, social
competence, job seeking and interview skills, etc.
Conceptually, job readiness fits with a traditional "first you
train - then you place" approach to employment.
Joint-Use Facility - The cooperative
development and use of a facility by two or more educational boards.
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Leaver with
Marketable Skills -
A student with job preparatory intent enrolled in a program of
vocational education and has left the program with marketable skills
without completing the program.
Lifelong
Learning
- The classification for noncredit instruction of a community
service nature other than recreational and leisure time, now
referred to as Community Instructional Services.
Limited Access
Program
- A community college vocational program or university upper
division program in which student enrollment is limited due to
space, equipment, or faculty limitations or other limitations.
Linkage
Institute
- A joint program of a designated community college and university
with a designated foreign country or region to develop economic and
social ties between Florida and the country or region through
interaction.
Literacy
-
Preparation required to successfully enter the workforce and/or
postsecondary education, function in a global economy, and make
well-reasoned thoughtful and healthy lifelong decisions.
Lower Division
- College freshman and sophomore level.
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Maintenance of
Effort
- The fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate
expenditures of the State, from State sources, for vocational
education for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which
the determination is made, must at least equal its effort or
expenditures for vocational education for the second preceding
fiscal year.
Mission
- As part of the needs assessment process, each institution includes
its mission or reason for existence within the community.
Matriculation
Fee
- The instructional fee paid by both resident and non resident
students per credit or credit equivalent.
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Native Student
- A student who started as a freshman and remained in the same
institution, as opposed to a transfer student.
Non-credit Course A course that does not award college
credit to be applied toward a degree.
Nursing
Education Challenge Grant Fund
- A fund through which private contributions to increase enrollment
in nursing and other health‑related programs in community colleges
can be matched with state funds.
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Occupational
Completion Point
- A group of competencies/skills that are needed in order to obtain
proficiency in a specific occupation as identified by an OES, DOT,
or industry title.
On-the Job
Training
- An
instructional methodology designed to provide students and other
trainees with realistic on-the-job training experiences to acquire
and apply knowledge, skills and attitudes in an occupational field;
a planned experience in a work situation through which the
individuals, under supervision, learn to perform the job tasks.
Open Entry/Open
Exit Courses or Programs
- A program or course which enables the student to enter and/or exit
at a point in time other than the term start and end dates specified
on the academic calendar.
Opening Enrollment Credit and college preparatory
headcount at the end of the Drop & Add period for a given term.
Included only credit students prior to 1999-2000.
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Part-time Student A student who is registered for fewer than 12 credit
hours in the fall and spring terms or fewer than 4 credit hours
in the summer term.
Parliamentary
Authority
- The parliamentary authority for the State Board of Community
Colleges is the 8th edition of Robert's Rules of Order.
Perkins Act
- The federal vocational education funding act.
Placement and
Follow-Up - The system for tracking
vocational program graduates to determine their placement
(employment) and job performance in order to evaluate the job
preparatory programs from which they graduated.
Placement Rate
- The percentage of job preparatory program graduates who find jobs
that use the skills acquired in the job preparatory programs, who
enter the military, or who continue postsecondary education.
Planning Region
- The 28 vocational planning regions that were established by
Sections 228.073 and 228.074, F.S. for the purpose of planning for
vocational education, adult general education.
Postsecondary
Adult Vocational Program (PSAV)
-
(Certificate Career Education) Job preparatory programs, excluding
supplemental vocational instruction, through which a student
receives a vocational certificate upon completion of instruction.
Participation in these programs shall not earn credit toward an
associate or higher degree.
Postsecondary Vocational (PSV)
Vocational education for persons
who have completed or left high school and who are enrolled in
organized programs of study for which credit is given toward an
associate degree. Such programs shall include certificate
programs which award credit that can be applied toward an
associate degree.
Potential Supply
- The number of vocational and applied technical job preparatory
program completers and leavers with marketable skills.
Practicum
Instruction provided as part of a planned job preparatory program
whereby the student is placed on the job for selected occupational
experiences under the direct supervision of the teacher or job
representative.
Preparatory
Credit
- The type of credit assigned to preparatory instruction.
Preparatory
Instruction
- Instruction to remedy deficiencies in knowledge and skills
necessary upon entry into a degree or certificate program.
Program
- An entire vocational, adult and/or community education system
including activities supported by federal and non-federal funds.
Program Progression Point
Pay point threshold (by hours) for AS, AAS, PSVC, ATD, and other
credit situations.
Program Review
- The periodic review of community college instructional programs. One level is the annual review of program-specific data by
the individual colleges and the State Board of Community Colleges.
A second level is a more extensive review by the individual
colleges. A third level
is a statewide review by the State Board of Community Colleges based
on statewide issues.
Program/Course
Structure
- The manner in which the content of the program of study or course
is structured, e.g., separate subjects, broad fields, integrated,
and so forth.
Project
Independence
- A federally funded state program to train and place welfare
recipients in jobs.
Project Priority
List
- A community college's priority listing of needed construction
projects to be funded with capital outlay and debt service funds as
approved by the State Board of Education.
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Recreation and Leisure (R&L)
Non-credit instructional
activities designed to develop recreational or leisure time
skills.
Registration
Fees
- All instructional and other fees collected during the registration
process.
Related Subjects
Classroom and lab courses designed to increase
knowledge, understanding, and ability to solve technical and
theoretical problems concerned with a particular occupation.
Reporting Year The summer, fall and spring terms of overlapping
years. For example, 2004-3 (Summer 2004), 2005-1 (Fall 2004) and
2005-2 (Spring 2005) terms comprise the 2004-05 reporting year.
This is time frame used by the Florida Community College System for
official reporting purposes. It is also used by the PCC Office of
Institutional Research for most internal reporting purposes,
including this report.
Resident for
Tuition Purposes
- A student who is a Florida resident and has maintained that
residency for at least one year, thereby avoiding the payment of
tuition fees.
Retraining
Programs
Courses that
provide an occupational changing type of instruction to prepare
persons for entrance into a new occupation or to instruct workers in
new and different skills demanded by technological changes.
Returning Students
Students enrolled for the current major
term who were also enrolled in a prior term at the College.
Rule
- A state agency statement of general applicability that implements,
interprets, or prescribes law or describes the organization,
procedure, or practice requirements of a state agency, such as a
State Board of Education rule.
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School-to-Work
Continuum
- Programs designed to provide a bridge between school and the work
place. Through these
programs, students and workers in Florida are prepared to order the
workforce, attend technical training programs, enroll in other
postsecondary programs, or upgrade their skills on the job.
Special Purpose
Center
- A unit of a community college consisting of college‑owned
facilities or unowned facilities leased for more than one year,
housing a limited number of special, clearly defined services.
Specialized
Accreditation
- Accreditation of a given program within an institution.
Specific Job
Training
- Means training and education for skills required by the employer
that provides the individual student with the ability to obtain
employment and to adapt to the changing demands of the work place.
Statute
- A law enacted by the legislature.
State Agency
- A unit of state government such as a state department.
The Department of Education and the Executive Office of the
Governor are examples.
Student Semester Hour (SSH)
Credit courses (Advanced &
Professional, Postsecondary Vocational and College Preparatory) are
measured in terms of SSH. One credit hour = 1 SSH.
Supplemental
Vocational
See
Continuing Workforce Education.
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Technology
Transfer Center
- A program of providing community college support to local
business, industry, and government in the application of new
research in technology.
Transfer Student
- A student who attended one or more colleges as a regular student
in addition to the one in which currently enrolled, as opposed to a
native student.
Typically a student whose last college attendance was at any other
regionally accredited college or university, regardless of the
amount of time spent in attendance or credit earned.
Tuition Fee
- The instructional fee paid by nonresident students per credit or
credit equivalent in addition to the matriculation fee.
Twelve-week Term
The last twelve weeks of the fall or spring terms.
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Unduplicated
Headcount
A headcount
measure by which students are placed in one category. Totaled,
it will equal 100% of the grand total within category, but can
be above 100% across categories.
Upgrading or
Updating Training
- Supplemental or extension training for the purpose of
advancement of improving a workers efficiency.
Upper Division
- Baccalaureate junior and senior level.
Vocational
Advisory Committee
- A committee of representative employers to advise regarding a
given job preparatory instructional program or a cluster of
programs.
Vocational Certificate
The award for satisfactory completion of a program of study designed to prepare
students for entry into an occupation. This type of program does
not award a degree.
Vocational
Credit
- The type of credit assigned to courses or course-equivalent
learning that is part of an organized and specified vocational
certificate program.
Vocational
Curriculum
- A carefully selected group of courses or a sequence of subjects
the content of which will provide the necessary skill and knowledge
for success in a specific occupation.
Vocational
Preparatory
- Preparatory instruction for students to enroll in vocational
credit instruction.
(See Preparatory Instruction)
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Workforce
Education Program
- Training and retraining for adults who are out of school and
already in the workforce.
Classes using job-related materials are offered at the work site to
provide training ranging from basic literacy to GED.
Workforce
Literacy Program
- A program to support economic development through instruction in
communication and computation skills to improve the literacy of the
workforce.
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