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describes a utility model based upon three possible referents for defining educational needs. (Reports on the needs assessment, _curriculum analvsls, guidance programs, and program management, legaity, Planning, and evaluation are ftesoated in doeumelits CE 019 815-825 .) (JH)

Project: MOBILITY. Introduction and Susimary. Fresno City Coll., Calif. Office of Education (EfEW)1, Washington, C.C. 8 Jun 78

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EDRS PRICE ,MP-$0.83 Plus Postage. HC Not Available from BUS. DESCRIPTORS College Programs; Community Cc laeges; *Curriculum

Development; *Disadvantaged Muth; flow Carts; *Ban'dicapped Students,: *Needs Assessment; Program

. Development; *Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS Presno City College CA; Project MOBILITY

ABSTRACT This report summarizes a project, designe4 tc develop

vocational educatict;a1 programs and services for edtcationally disadvantaged'Ind physically handicapped students at fresnc City 611ege, California. The introduction provides an overvie% of the two Phases of the project: phase /, a needs assessment; and phase II, curriculum. development and coordination of services for five vocatiOal programs (automotive sachinics, electronics, licensed vocatiatl parsing, registered nursing, and office occupations). The second section presents two sets of materials: UM a miSsion profile (flow .chatt) of the major fOctibmsproposed tc be performed during phase //: (2) and the chronicle (specific steps) and sumsary of the functions actually performed during.phie II. It also provides a time-liKe schedule showing the time that was rigured to complete each. function. The thir section identifies problems encountered during Project implementation, how they were Solved, aid recommendations for ,avoiding similar problems in future implementations..Tbe final section curtains an article titled, "Towards Educational Pesponsiveness to Society' s'Needs: A Tentative Model. Achieving the Independent Survival Point". This article

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Mr. Bob- Ada's

'Mr. Ariuro aro Mr.. Walter ks

Ms'. Monica 'town

-Ms.-Betty C'ulter .:Mr .4 Willi Day Mr. GilberOelaLaing 11s._Betty Gadbofs, R.N.

Ms. Celia Gomez Dr. Gary'Graham .Mr. Shaw' Hiroyast

Ms.Josephine Hostetler, R:N: Mr. Robin Hostetler

Ms. ROSQ Howell, R.N. Mr: Charles. King

Mr. laith Lane Mr, Godfrey Leon Ms. Beverly McCombs Ms. Mary McFarland Ms. Mary Miller Ms: VW' Natali, R.N. Ms.- June Pool, R.N. Ms. Lucille-Rash .

Mr. Rueben Scott Mr. Kehinde Solwazi

FRESNO CITY COLLEGE ......

Dr. Mde C. McCully President

Mr. Richard H. Handley Project Director

Assoellte Dean of'Occupational Education

Dr.-Robert E. Corrigan Dr.. Jerry C. Garl Ms.'Betty O. Corrigan *Dr. Roger A. yf Mr.dird L. Corrigan Dr.-R.'Ron

Mr: Joh B rke' Mr. Harry E. Hiraoka Mr: Michael Cardenas Mr..Kenneth.L. Just Msg Cora ei Hallowell Or. Edward,R. Mosley

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'The project director and the project cons'ultadtplqoujd like to commend the -..

,efforts of each war ng participant ,in the project (faculty, counselors, staff, P

students and co nity,members). Collectively, they have invested over 30;090

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hours of labor in the name of disadvantaged and/or h4ndlCippad vdcational

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-would neither. be completed nor on target .without the

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INTRODUCTION

Researcb tnd.Deiign Projectf The Research and Design Project for Disadvantaged aid /or Handicapped Students.

Jegan in 19731 It was undertaken for the purpose of developing vocational ,

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help bring edutatfonally disadvantaged and physically handicapped students 'to a

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competitive ',level with theleneral student population. It is expected to continuet.

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Thi overal 1 project.onsists:of four phases. Phaie I (1974776) involved a com-

prehensive need assessment of select disadvintaged and liandicipped students. . .

,'Phase JO 976-78) involved curriculum development, the coordination of services', a \ ., . . , 64

and the development of student and probl-am audit systems. All of the elements

'developediip 'Phase II were 'directed at.reconciling the needs identified in

phase I.%PhatelII (1178-80) will be the implementation of the changes developed

In Phase II. Phase IV (1981) will'evaluate how well the overall project objectives

hVe been achieved.

The purpose of thd Phase I n e assessment was to determine the'unique needs . 4

and problems doisiadvantaged and/or physically handicapped students l ave relative

to successfully completing voktionl education programs. A team of consultants,

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representatives of disadvantaged anal handicapped groups, educators, psycholygists, .

,. students and - community leaders worked to identify these needs. They gatheredthe

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required data using standardized academic and.psychological tests, existing'

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.district studies and personal interviews.- They were tryfqg to identify any

gekswhich,existed between "what is" concerning these st'ude4s vs. "what

shOdld,be" if they are to succeed in the college's vocational education programs.

All identified.needs were theh prioritized by individual teAm members. This

einformation was combined with the results of research done by the consultants

to form a set of objectives which, whed met, would remove 'the 4dentOied need's._

The desired outcome of .the overall oloject was` to .close .the gapi which exist . -

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betweentthe disadvantaged and/or handicapped, students

,'" at Fresno City College, in each priority area of need.

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designed to enable these students to enter society 'nd mafntain themselves at

and the average rstudent

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their "individual survive point;" i.e., that point where their production of

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resources is at' least eqtia to heir consumption:. The detailed summary of the

implementation of and results from Phase I can be found in'thesection of this ., .

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Phase iF of the,project had three major parts: curriculum development, coor-

dination of services, and development of student and program audit systems.

Teams of leachers, counselors, administrators, and consultants'determined the

mastery tskills/knowledges/attitudes) requiidd for employment in each of five

target vocational education programs.' Tffe.y.translatedthese.pregrams into

criterion referenced instructional courses which definq what the students need

to know, what they need to do,.and what levelof performanc4 is necessary for, .

nem to get and hold:..a job. The five programs under investigation included' /

lutomotive Mechanics,' Electronics; ,Licensed. Ucational NursinilegIstered

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. Each team then closely analyzed all-required mastery (skills/knowledges/ .

attitudes) to identify where problems were being encountered by the students:

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did the'methodsor media of instruction make to creating, the problem? 1

Some major student contributions to the -problems identified included: