Resource Book for CTE Instructors TOC : Abris Automotive Curriculum

Ideas to Help Instructors Plan and Manage
An Exceptional CTE Program

This book is full of strategies and ideas for making your program the envy of peers. Using these strategies will improve student performance and get the attention to your administrators.

Table of Contents

Chapter     1     General Thoughts on Teaching
           Random Thoughts (Introduction)
           Our Most Challenging Tasks
           Document, Document, Document

Chapter    2     Teaching Strategies
           Integrating Academics
           Getting the Day Started
           Program Standards
           What to Teach
           The Role of Computers
           New Technology
           Job Shadowing
           Employment for Students
           Rewards
           Work Journals
           Inspection Forms
           Information Sheets (handouts)
           Teaching Wiring Diagrams
           Organizing Teaching Aids
           Tracking Poor Performance
           Maintaining Classroom Order

Chapter     3     Parents
           Parent Meetings
           Contacting Parents
           Dealing with Difficult Parents

Chapter     4     Mental Illness in the Classroom
           What is Mental Illness
           Recognizing Mental Illness
           Dealing With Mentally Ill Students

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Chapter    5     Substance Abuse
           What is Substance Abuse
           Abuse of Legal Substances
           Illegal Substances
           What to Do for Abusers

Chapter    6     Support Organizations
           National Program Certification
           AYES
           SkillsUSA
           HOSA
           FBLA
           ACTE

Chapter    7     Exit Testing
           Exit Testing Fundamentals
           The Next Level (Raising the Bar)

Chapter    8     Business & Education Councils
           Advisory Committees
           Recruiting
           The First Meeting
           Making the Council Useful

Chapter    9     Technology for the Classroom
           Purchasing Equipment
           Learning Styles
           Classroom Equipment

Appendix
           Resources
           About the Author