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Selecting Furniture and Equipment

The VPI Lab, including furniture and equipment, must meet specific requirements to maintain the program.  If you are planning for a new lab, you may wish to visit existing VPI centers to become familiar with the types of equipment and materials available. DWD staff will also provide you with technical assistance in selecting equipment and materials.  Always get more than one bid for items.  Costs do vary.

Let's look at the items necessary for the basic VPI lab. You will need:

• Basic furniture, equipment and non-consumable supplies
• Developmental education materials
• Complementary skills materials
• Workplace readiness skills materials
• Staff training materials
• Testing and other assessment (aptitude, interest, abilities) materials
• Learning styles assessment materials
• Occupational exploratory materials (optional)
• Textbooks for each vocational class offered at the site
• Latest technological equipment
• Current materials promoting the integration of academic and vocational education

You may want to look at a more inclusive list of materials.  Click on the following file folders to review the different materials that should be included in your "start-up" budget and "annual" budget.

Start Up Budget

Annual Budget

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.