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Technical Assistance

There is definitely help available for program planning. You may wish to access expertise from local agencies, business partners and advisory committees.

The Florida Department of Education, Division of Workforce Development, Bureau of Program Improvement and Accountability, Standards, Benchmarks and Frameworks Unit also provides technical assistance through:

• Preparing a Directory of VPI Centers and Personnel
• Assisting LEAs (Local Education Agencies) in planning and establishing new programs or modernizing existing programs
• Conducting VPI staff training workshops
• Preparing revisions of prescribing catalogs and bibliographies
• Disseminating relevant materials as needed
• Identifying critical problem areas and recommending solutions

It is also recommended that a program advisory committee be established to assist with vocational program planning and evaluation.  Members of a VPI program advisory committee should be chosen to represent the different functions and linkages of the VPI program.

You may wish to include:

• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Division of Blind Services, and Adult Education
• Library and Media Center
• Local and State Staff Development Agencies
• Local Community Agencies
• Local Advisory Committees
• Business Linkages
• Marketing and Public Relations Groups
• ESE Agencies - Single Parent Programs
• JTPA
• Workforce Development Boards

Having an advisory committee composed of people with diverse expertise will help you in planning for a VPI lab that meets the needs of both the vocational programs that you serve as well as the workforce and community partners with whom you will collaborate.

This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.

Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.