Administrative Needs for Career Education.

Overview & Synopsis

This study for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has been tailored to fit the local plan for overall staff reorganization, with several organizational charts reflecting impending changes in career education and vocational education staffing patterns. The numerous recommendations fall into three categories: (1) a general overview of the county's education program, emphasizing career and vocational education as priorities for meeting educational needs, (2) suggestions for specific division of administrative responsibilities, and (3) outlines of administrative tasks for each administrative position. An appended interim evaluation report presents, in condensed form, the conclusions reached by outside consultants after interviews with local and state staff members. These conclusions are that six career education areas need administrative reorganization: (1) non-instructional support personnel, (2) research and evaluation support, (3) guidance area, (4) developmental task forces and program supervisors under the Director of Instructional Programs, (5) the Director of Vocational Education and Cooperative Education, and (6) program implementation, through Area Directors and principals. (Author/AG)