Locating Vocational Education Materials. ERIC Digest No. 213.

Finding curriculum materials, lesson plans, classroom activities, and other instructional materials in vocational education can be complex and time consuming. This Digest updates earlier ones (Wagner 1994, 1996) and includes a variety of sources--commercial, nonprofit, state, and Web based--for instructional materials. It includes information about finding materials in ERIC and through networking and lists some sources for borrowing and buying materials.

ERIC

NETWORKING AND LISTSERVS

WORLD WIDE WEB

The following list of agencies that offer materials for loan and/or sale is by no means exhaustive. Rather, it is intended to help educators get started in their search for resources. It includes commercial publishers, curriculum laboratories, curriculum consortia, and state and national resource centers.

COMMERCIAL PUBLISHERS

American Association for Vocational Instructional Materials

220 Smithonia Rd

Winterville GA 30683

800/228-4689; fax: 706/742-7005

www.aavim.com

Communication skills, agriscience, construction, electricity, engines, performance-based teacher education, consumer & life science, technology and industrial education. Print, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and multimedia.

American Technical Publishers

1155 W 17th St

Homewood IL 60430-4600

800/323-3471; fax: 708/957-1137

www.americantech.org/main.cfm

Boilers, building trades, culinary arts, electrical trades, graphics, maintenance, math, metal trades, power/energy, teacher education, Chilton repair manuals. Print, videotape, workbooks, resource guides, CD-ROMs, transparencies.

Educational Activities Inc

PO Box 392

Freeport NY 11520

800/645-3739; fax: 516/623-9282

www.edact.com/homepage.cfm

Math, reading and vocabulary, life skills, Internet training, maps and globes, biology and earth science, health. Computer-based materials, activity cards, CD-ROMs, multimedia, videos.

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

Customer Service Dept.

PO Box 544

Blacklick OH 43004-0544

800-334-7344 fax: 614-755-5682

www.glencoe.com/

Computer education, allied health, criminal justice, trade/technical education, business communication, student success, business, office technology, adult basic education.

Interstate Publishers Inc

PO Box 50

Danville IL 61834

800/843-4774; 217/446-9706

www.ippinc.com/~info-ipp/

Agriscience, technology education articulated curriculum, florist, aquaculture, turf management, horsemanship, animal science, farm management, soils, farm animals.

The School Co.

Dept W99

PO Box 9117

Jackson WY 83002

800/543-0998; fax: 800/518-2514

www.schoolco.com/

Career pathway assessment, tech prep, job search, applied math, successful work habits, entrepreneurship, communication, safety, critical thinking and problem solving. Multimedia, CD-ROM, posters, videos, software

ShopWare

PO Box 2708 Dept F2

Charleston WV 25330

800/487-3392; fax: 800/900-5172

Engines, aerodynamics, aeronautics, food service.

Multimedia, CD-ROM.

South-Western Educational Publishing

7625 Empire Dr

Florence KY 41042

800/354-9706; fax: 800/487-8488

www.swep.com/

Webmaster training, business, career development, computer education, school-to-careers, health, office technology. Software, workbooks, videos, self-study modules.

Technomic Publishing Co

851 New Holland Ave

PO Box 3535

Lancaster PA 17602

800/233-9936; 717/291-5609

fax: 717/295-4538

www.techpub.com

Education reform, decision making, administration, technology, leadership, finance, assessment, school-to-work, at-risk, professional development. Print, videotapes, handbooks.

CURRICULUM LABS

Curriculum Materials Service (CMS)

254 Agricultural Administration Building

2120 Fyffe Rd

Columbus OH 43210-1067

614/292-4848; fax: 800/292-4919

ad254-5.ag.ohio-state.edu/OCMS/OCMS.html

All aspects of agricultural education. Software, videos, slides.

Curriculum Publications Clearinghouse

Western Illinois University

46 Horrabin Hall

Macomb IL 61455

800/322-3905; fax: 309/298-2869

www.wiu.edu/users/micpc/

Applied technology, agriculture, business, marketing & management, health, family and consumer sciences, tech prep workplace skills & career development, administration & supervision, special needs.

Instructional Materials Laboratory

University of Missouri-Columbia

2316 Industrial Dr

Columbia MO 65202

800/669-2465; fax: 573/882-1992

www.iml.coe.missouri.edu/

Academics, agriculture, business education, career guidance and school-to-work, family and consumer sciences, health occupations, industrial education, marketing and cooperative education, special populations, teacher resources, technology. Instructor guides, student workbooks, reference materials, CD-ROMs, videotapes.

Instructional Materials Service

Texas A&M University

Mail Stop 2588

College Station TX 77843-2588

409/845-6601; fax: 409/845-6608

www-ims.tamu.edu/

All aspects of agriculture and trade and industrial education.

Vocational Instructional Materials Lab (VIML)

Center on Education and Training for Employment

1900 Kenny Rd

Columbus OH 43210-1090

800/848-4815 ext. 28300

fax: 614/292-1260

www.cete.org/products/main/index.html

Integration, family and consumer science, professional development, career cluster instructional support materials, technical assistance/training. Computer-assisted materials, CD-ROM, multimedia.

CURRICULUM CONSORTIA

Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center (CIMC)

Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education

1500 W Seventh St

Stillwater OK 74074-4364

800/654-4502; fax: 405/743-5154

www.okvotech.org/cimc/

Workplace skills, agricultural education, business education, career information, school-to-work, technology education, family and consumer sciences, and health occupations. Software, videotapes, teacher and student guides.

Multistate Academic and Vocational Curriculum Consortium

1500 W Seventh Ave

Stillwater OK 74074

800/654-3988

www.mavcc.org/

Agricultural education, business/marketing, cosmetology, family and consumer science, health occupations, technology education, trade and industrial education, science. CD-ROMs, videotapes, print.

Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS)

1866 Southern Lane

Decatur GA 30033-4097

800/248-7701 ext. 543

www.mindspring.com/~vtecs/products.htm

Competency-based outcome standards, curriculum materials, and assessment instruments. Print, software.

OTHER CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS

Agency for Instructional Technology

Box A

Bloomington IN 47402-0120

800/457-4509; 812/339-2203

fax: 812/333-4278; www.ait.net/

Math, workplace readiness, communication, technology education, employability skills, school-to-work. Videotapes, videodiscs, software, print.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

1250 N Pitt St

Alexandria VA 22314

800/933-2723; fax: 703/299-8631

www.ascd.org

Problem-based learning, curriculum integration, performance-based assessment, multiple intelligences, educational management. Print, CD-ROMs, videotapes, audiotapes.

Center on Education and Work

University of Wisconsin

964 Educational Sciences Building

1025 W Johnson St

Madison WI 53701-1796

800/446-0399; fax: 608/262-9197

www.cew.wisc.edu

School-to-work, career education, employability skills, integration. Print, videotapes, CD-ROMs.

CORD

PO Box 21206

Waco TX 76702-1206

800/972-2766; www.cord.org

Applied academics, math, automotive service technology, laser/electro-optics, computer technology certification. Print materials.

STATE/REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS

Center on Education and Training for Employment

1900 Kenny Rd

Columbus OH 43210-1090

800/848-4815 ext. 26991

fax: 614/292-1260; cete.org/

Houses the Ohio tech prep, sex equity, and work force education libraries. Materials loaned to teachers within Ohio.

Curriculum Materials Library

Mason Library MS 3201

Keene State College

229 Main St

Keene NH 03435-3201

603/358-2750; fax: 603/358-2745

www.keene.edu/library/depts/cml.asp

Agriculture, business education, child care occupations; family and consumer sciences, health occupations, marketing and tourism, technology education, trade and industry. Lends materials to New Hampshire educators.

Illinois State Curriculum Center

Parkway Tech Centre

3430 Constitution Dr Ste 113-114

Springfield IL 62707

800/252-4822; fax: 217/206.6036

otel.uis.edu/iscc/index.htm

Lends task lists, resources on all aspects of vocational/technical/career education to anyone.

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Resource Center

333 Market St, 11th Fl

Harrisburg PA 17126-0333

800/992-2283; TTY: 717/783-8445 fax: 717/783-5420

www.pde.psu.edu/pderecr.html

Provides vocational education and professional development materials to educators in the state.

Virginia Vocational Curriculum Resource Center

2002 Bremo Rd

Richmond VA 23226

804/673-3778; fax: 804/673-3798

sun.vvcrc.tec.va.us/ordering.html

Provides a variety of products and services to vocational-technical education programs in Virginia.

Western Curriculum Coordination Center

University of Hawaii Manoa

1776 University Ave, UA 2-7

Honolulu HI 96844-0001

808/956-7834

www2.hawaii.edu/wccc/wccc.html

A fee-based information service

MISCELLANEOUS

Oklahoma Trade and Industrial Educationodvtews1.okvotech.org/ti/links.htm

Links to many websites offering resources.

Putnam Valley Central Schools

putwest.boces.org/standards.html

Provides links to K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks.

Vocational Education Resources

pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~sorg/vocation.html

Offers links to many vocational education resources.

Workforce Preparation Curriculum Database

www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/workprep/welcome.html

Sponsored by the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, this database identifies materials developed by a variety of agencies.

REFERENCES

Wagner, Judith O. LOCATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. ERIC DIGEST NO. 169. Columbus: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Center on Education and Training for Employment, the Ohio State University, 1996. (ED 395 215)