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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 101 263 95 CG 009 555 AUTHOR Leland, Arthur L.; And Others TITLE Paraprofessionals in Occupational Resource Centers. INSTITUTION Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW /OE), Washington, D.C. PUB ;ATE Jul 74 NOTE 101p. AVAILABLE PROM Keynotes, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Massachusetts State Department of Education, 182 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$5.70 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Career Education; Educational Programs;Elementary Secondary Education; Guidelines; *Information Dissemination; *Nonprofessional Personnel; *Occupational Information; *Resource Centers; Resources IDENTIFIERS *Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III; ESEA Title III ABSTRACT This report is intended to serve as a basic information source for those who seek to establish anOccupational Resource Center, are seeking informationconcerning paraprofessionel training programs, or simply wish to expandtheir awareness of the programs and materialsavailable in the career education field. This report is intended as a guideline forinterested individuals, through a description of onetraining program which, has proved successful and through a description and directory ofoccupational resource centers which serve as models for institutionsimplementing their own occupational resource center programs. (Author) PARAPROFESSIONALS IN OCCUPATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS: A training program whichSecondaryDepartment was established Educationof Education. Act in of1972 1965, under in Titlecooperation III of withthe ElementarytheMassachusettsand seekingPREFACE:for those information whoThis seek report to concerning establishis intended paraprofessionalan toOccupational cerve as a Pesourcetrainingbasic information Center,programs, are: sourceor simplyguidelineavailable wish infor tothe interestedexpand career their education individuals, awareness field. ofthrough theThis programs areport description andis intendedmaterials of one as a andtrainingfor directoryinstitutions program of occupationalwhichimplementing has proved resourcetheir successful own centers occupational and which through serveresource a descriptionas modelscenter THEprograms. COVER: The Career Education logos of the H.E.W. superimposed on aUnstatedthe success. outline but ofunderstood Massachusetts is the symbolizes human involvement two dimensions which ofmade this this program. program ARTHUR L. LELAND U S.EOUCATION DEPARTMENTOF WELFARE HEALTH, VIRGINIACHARLESMARILYN C. E.G. SIDDALL STEVENSSINGER THEDUCEDTHIS PERSON DOCUMENT NATIONALEXACTLY OREDUCATION ORGANIZATION INSTITUTEAS HAS RECEIvED BEEN OF REPROORIGIN FROM JULY 1974 EDUCATIONSENTSTATEDATING OFFICIAL IT DOPOINTS POSITIONNOT NATIONAL OFNECESSARILY VIEW OR POLICYINSTITUTEOR OPINIONS REPRE OF ArthurPROJECT L. STAFF: Leland, Director Billie M. Howes AssistantCharlesAmherstGuidance E.Regional Counselor toStevens Director High School GuidanceMarilynAmherstDirector RegionalG.Counselorof SingerResource Schools Centers StaffVirginiaAmherst, Assistant MassachusettsC. Siddall WildwoodAmherstGuidanceLeo P. Vigneault RegionalElementaryCounselor High School-Amherst School UniversityDr.Amherst,Professor Ronald Massachusetts ofofH. EducationMassachusetts-AmherstFredrickson continuedToACKNCZiILEVGEMEWTS: Ellen Butterfield,strong support Massachusetts throughout theDepartment durationof ofEducation,this project. who provided Toandfacilities allthe whose theAmherst-Pelham effortsparaprofessionalsand administrative contributed Regional and greatlyspace.Schools, supervisors to for the providingsuccesswith whom ofall wethis traininghave program. worked TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTIONINTRODUCTION.. I 1 A.C.B. The TrainingParaprofessionalCccupational Program Resource Center 29214 SECTIONA. IIIntroduction to Section II 44 B. CcatersResourceAdams.... in Guide Massachusetts to Existing45 OccupationalHolyoke Resource70 45 BostonAttleboroAmherst ...464551 HyannisHuntingtonLexington 797370 FalmouthEastonConcord 555451 NorthamptonMilfordMedford 848381 GreenfieldGloucesterFramingham 635856 Westfield.TownsendSpringfield 898735 HoldenHadleyGreat Barrington.656765 WorcesterWilbraham........9194 BEST COPY AVAILAR!.E In the past three years, 1972INTRODUCTION through 1974, thisproject, which has been funded 5 undertionaltablish Titleinstitution-, Occupational III of the throughoutResource Elementary Centers Massachusetts. and inSecondary schools, InEducation corn cooperationpity Act, agencies withhas workedthe and Massachu- correc-to es- BACKGROUND) settsprograminstitutions Department on the to establishment developof Education the Resource andthe operationProject Centers stimulated of by an providing:Occupational andencouraged1) ResourceA free the training Center various 10 waspurchasefor a oneparaprofessional of year the programnecessary thatof materialstheirprovided choosing and seed equipment andmoney 2) tomatching for local th? institutionsfundsCenter. toassistIn essence,and in train- the it 15 yeartionaling tothe Resourceparaprofessionals involvement Center of approach thein orderproject to toCareer withinitiate eachEducation. thelocalestablishment institutionAt the end ofterminatedof thethe Occupa-school and Intinuedthe addition program, out ofto if thethe it participatingtraininghad proved program beneficial institution's and the to seedthe budget. institution'smoney,the projectclients, also was pro- con- 20 videdThetional Project, various newsletters officiallyfollow-up and in-service andtitled support PARAPROFESSIONALS training services workshops. such INas OCC( on-site PATIONALvisits, RESOURCE informa- CEN- 25 amountenteenTERS, trainedparaprofessionalsoffederal twenty-two funds forparaprofessionalsavailable, the school 100% year matching for 1973-74. the fundsschoolDue were yearto providedvariations 1972-73 toand ininstitutions sev-the 5 1 BEST COPY AVAILABLEparticipating during 1973-74. 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