DOCUMENT RESUME ED 099 525 . CB 002 606 TITLE Clothing Services: Coordinated Vocational Academic Education. INSTITUTION Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Ocippational Education and Technology.; Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Instructional Materials Center. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 340p.; For other guides in the series, see CE 002 607-608 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$16.20 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Career Education; *Clothing Instruction; Clothing Maintenance Specialists; *Curriculum Guides; *Disadvantaged Youth; Handicapped Students; Home Economics Education; Laboratory Procedures; Needle Trades; *Occupational Home Economics; Reference Materials; Secondary Education; *Service Occupations; Sewing Instruction; Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS Texas ABSTRACT Designed for junior or senior high school students with academic, socio-economic, or other handicaps, theCoordinated Vocational-Academic Education (CVAE) Clothing Services curriculum guide is also useful in other vocational education programs. Information is presented in three sections. Section one is an overview for teacher preparation; suggestions for planning,teaching, and evaluating CVAE programs; and suggestions for using theguide. Section two includes the following concepts: job opportunitiesin clothing services, sewing tools and equipment, sewingskills, custom clothing construction, assembly line production, alteration and repair, laundering and dry cleaning, and packing andstoring clothes. Section three aids the teacher in planning laboratoryerPeriences which simulate actual job situations. Patterns and directions are included for a number of projects adaptable to assembly line techniques. General suggestions for conducting laboratory experiences are also included. A 14-page annotatedreference list concludes the document and offers student references, books,audiovisual aids, pamphlets and other instructional materials. (Min CLOT "ING Copy,. 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Agency Austin, Texas CLOTHING SERVICES Materials Developed and Distributed by Home Economics Instructional Materials Center Texas Tech University Box 4067 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Directed by In Cooperation with Texas Tech University Texas Education Agency College of Home Economics Department of Occupational Department of Education and Technology Home Economics Education Homemaking Education Lubbock, Texas Austin, Texas DESCRIPTION OF HOME ECONOMICS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER The Home Economics Instructional Materials Centerwas established September 1, 1967, as a continuing project. It is a cooperative project between Homemaking Education in the Texas Education Agency, and theCollege of Home Economics, Home Economics Education Department,Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas. The instructional materials whichare being developed at the Center are intended to assist teachers and coordinators inpromoting and teaching home economics gainful employmentprograms or homemaking education. To provide a background of information for the establishment ofthe Home Economics Instructional Materials Center, a Planning Grant Projectwas approved by the Texas Education Agency for February 1through August 31, 1967. The major purposes of the Planning Grant Projectwere (1) to assemble and catalog an occupational reference library, (2) to developprocedural steps for preparation of instructional materials, and (3) to illustratethe first sequence of these steps, that is, to develop job analyses andto list competencies needed for employability of students. The present major objectives of the Home Economics InstructionalMaterials Center are (1) to develop instructional materials designedfor use by students enrolled in cooperative part-time trainingprograms and in pre- employment laboratory training programs in preparation for employment in occupations requiring home economics knowledge and skills, (2) to develop materials in homemaking education, and (3) to developat a later time materials designed for use in home and community serviceprograms. Acknowledgement is given to: Mrs. Elizabeth F. Smith, Director, Homemaking Education, Texas Education Agency, who conceived the original plan for establishing the Center and continues to determine ways in which the Centercan meet the needs of Homemaking Education in Texas. Dr. Camille G. Bell, Chairman, Department of Home Economics Education, who continues to serve in an advisory capacity. Linda Glosson, Acting Director Betty Robinson, Assistant Director Home Economics Instructional Home Economics Instructional Materials Center Materials Center iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This guide for CVAE Clothing Services, prepared by the Home Economics Instructional Materials Center at Texas Tech University, is the result of the combined efforts and ideas of many people, namely: Mrs. Ruth Gill, San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. Frances Whi taker, Ft. Worth, Texas; and Mrs. Genice Whisenhunt, Dangerfield, Texas, CVAE Teachers who spent a month at the Center helping with the writing of these materials. Mrs. Myra Timmons, Department of Clothing and Textiles, Texas Tech University, who served a subject-matter specialist in clothing services. Mrs. Virginia-Thompson, Lubbock, Texas, who drew the illustrations for the instructional materials and designed the-cover. Mrs. Luella Anderson, Miss Gay Nell McGinnis, Mrs. Peggy Simmons, Mrs. Sharla Becton, Mrs. Linda Ferguson, and Miss Vicki Reid, Graduate Research Assistants, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas who helped with the development of this guide. Mr. John Troeger, Manager, Levi Strauss and Company, Lubbock, Texas, Mr. J.D. Harris, Dotti Dan Inc., Lamesa, Texas, and Mr. Elmer D. Harris, Harris Sewing Machine Company, Lubbock, Texas, who supplied technical information. iv PREFACE "Coordinated Vocational-Academic Education is designed for students with special learning needs. The program is for in-school youth possessing acedemic, socio-economic, or other handicaps which prevent them from succeeding in traditional educational endeavors. The program includes vocational instruction that provides opportunities of achievinga saleable vocational skill and modified academic instruction that provides basic knowledge in the fields of mathematics, science, English, and social studies. The dual-phase approach enables students enrolled to reach maximum personal development, including employment potential, within their abilities in the shortest possible time. The program must be supported by a specialized guidance and counseling program." "Coordinated vocational-academic education is designed for the following purposes: To provide students with education preparing them for gainful employment in jobs requiring semi-skilled knowledge and training. To prepare students, when feasible, for entry intoa regular high school vocational program preparing for gainful employment. To provide students with an academic curriculum, that departs from traditional content and methods of teaching, ata level where students can succeed."' CVAE Clothing Services is designed for use in teaching the clothing phase of General Home and Community Services at the junioror senior high school level or in teaching Commercial Clothing at the high school level. Although the materials were designed specifically for CVAE Programs, they should be equally useful to teachers of Pre-employment Laboratory Training Programs, Vocational Education for the Handicapped, Home Economics Cooperative Ed- ucation, and adult vocational education programs. The following concepts are included: job opportunities in clothing services, sewing tools and equipment, sewing skills, custom clothing construction, assembly line production, alteration and repair, laundering anddry cleaning, and packing and storing clothes. The information included in this publication is presented in three sections. Section One includes an overview fonreparing teachers to teach CVAEstudents; suggestions for planning teaching, and evaluating CVAEprograms; and suggestions for using this guide. Section Two includes the following concepts and subconcepts in clothingservices: Orientation to CVAE ClothinServices introduces the student to CVAE C of nig ery ces throug sp ays and shows relationships between job opportunities in clothing services and students' abilityto perform necessary tasks in those jobs. Homemakin Education Pro ram Standards. Revised May 1973. ust n, Texas: Texas E ucat on Agency, 19 3. pt 29. v Ability to safely use and care for sewintools and equipment qpntributes to the student's employability. Emphasis is placed on learning correct names of tools and equipment and of parts essential in operation of them. The student learns when to use each tool or piece of equipment, how to use it safely and correctly, how to care for it, and where to store it. Basic sewing skills are essential in several jobs in clothing services (alterations, dressmaking, and industrial sewing). Acquiring these basic skills should encourage the student to seek employment in jobs requiring sewing. Basic hand stitches used in clothing construction, domestic machine stitching, commercial machine stitching, and designer techniques are