Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, February 13, 1978 Page: 3 of 16
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Burleson Star, Monday, February 13, 1978-3A
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
Real quick, now. What program in
the Burleson, schools involves almost 50
percent of the students in grades 8-12?
Athletics? Music department? Deten-
tion Hall? All of the above? None of the
above?
The correct answer is the vocational
programs offered in the secondary
schools with a total enrollment of 877
students, exclusive of Occupational
Investigation. That’s 46 percent of the
1906 students enrolled in grades 8-12.
Include Occupational Investi-
gation into the figures and the total
enrollment climbs to 1304, or almost 70
percent of all secondary students.
Some two dozen vocational oriented
courses plus various laboratories are
taught by 20 teachers at Burleson High
School. At Pauline G. Hughes Middle
School, David Buffington teaches Oc-
cupational Investigation to all eighth
graders during the course of the school
year and CVAE classes in Home and
Community Living and General Mech-
anics are taught by Jean Young and
Robert Evitt.
Classes at the high school include
instruction in agriculture, .auto mech-
anics, building trades, cosmetology,
printing, general mechanics, office
skills, home economics, homemaking,
child development, home management,
housing, home and family living and
home management.
SEVERAL COOP PROGRAMS,
such as VAC, ICT, VOCT, DE, agricul-
ture and homemaking also offer on the
job training for a portion of the school
day as well as classroom instruction.
With such a varied selection of
classes labeled “vocational”, it’s not
quite as cut and dried as it once was
decerning the vocational from the
academic classes.
Vocational Placement Director Max
McRaney offered this set of guidelines
on just what makes vocational educat-
ional Education is vocational when
-it is designed specifically to im-
prove the efficiency of an individual in
a specific occupation (either as prepar-
ation for employment or supplement-
ary to the duties of employed workers).
-it is taught and learned in its
relations and applications to the actual
work of a specific occupation.
-it is of more value to one who will
pursue or is pursuing a specific
occupation, than to anyone else.
-it is so timed that the learner needs
it, wants it and will apply it to useful
and productive work in a specific
occupation at the time it is learned.
-it can be clearly shown that the
learner needs, at the time, that being
taught to be an efficient worker in a
specific occupation.
-the necessary skills and knowledge
of a specific occupation are being
taught and/or learned in their practical
and proper relationships.
THE MODERN CONCEPT of
vocational education has been general-
ly accepted as having the specific
purpose of fitting individuals for useful
employment, continued McRaney. It
has been recognized, he said, that
vocational education is intended to
prepare people for initial employment,
provide training supplementary to
the daily work ot employed workers
and provide initial instruction and
training to build onto careers requiring
further training through college or
technical schools.
“All students, whether they attend
college or not, must be prepared for the
world of work, commented Will Wat-
son, vocational administrator for the
Burleson schools.
“With the mobility of our society and
the changing interest of.people involv-
ed in employment, our young people
must be ready to meet the challenge,”
he added.
ACCORDING TO STATISTICS
from the national labor board, the
average person changes jobs six times
during his lifetime.
Many opportunities are provided in
Burleson schools for students to make
career decisions, Watson said, includ-
ing opportunities for those students
who might have otherwise dropped out
of school with no saleable skill or would
have been unsure of a career or which
direction they wanted to go.
For many students, vocational educ-
ation is also a means for earning money
while still in school. The main aim,
though, is to provide them with a
marketable skill and prior work exper-
ience while still in school is generally a
valuable asset.
Watson said there is more competi-
tion for employment now than ever
before and whether a student goes to
work after high school or attends other
schools of higher learning, the end
activity is employment in a personally
satisfying field.
“All students must be skilled in
saleable trades or skills in order to
compete in our technical society or face
the probability of unemployment, he
said.
Will Watson [sitting left] and presidents of various
vocational clubs on the Burleson High school campus
look on while Mayor Bob Ables signs the proclamation
declaring this Vocational Education Week in Burleson.
Almost half the students enrolled in secondary schools
are involved with the vocational programs, said
Watson.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION class
es teach the skills and techniques of a
certain career or professional and also
bring in on-the-job information by
means of speakers who introduce the
students to various phases of a profes-
sion.
“Youth leadership is the major issue
in the vocational programs in the
Burleson Public Schools,” Watson con-
cluded.
Burleson
Proclamation
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has
recognized the growing and imperative need for Vocational
Education and has provided broader concepts of career
education to prepare individuals for the world of work; and
WHEREAS, through the increased emphasis on prepar-
ing individuals to enter employment, many new programs
are now available to assist individuals in reaching their
occupational goals; and
WHEREAS, the ultimate success of this endeavor rests
with each and every individual who is concerned with
providing training opportunities through a comprehensive
educational curriculum for all students; and
WHEREAS, Vocational Education serves high school
youth as well as adults in preparing them for occupations in
Agriculture, Business and Office, Marketing and Distribut-
ion, Home Economics and Homemaking, Trade and
Industries, Health Occupations, Industrial Arts, Technical
Education and through the efforts of Vocational Counseling
by assisting individuals to reach their occupational goals;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert E. Ables, Mayor of the
City of Burleson, Texas, do hereby proclaim February 12
through February 18, 1978 as VOCATIONAL EDUCAT
ION WEEK in the City of Burleson, Texas and urge al)
citizens of this great community to visit their local
Vocational Education Schools and programs thereby making
themselves better acquainted with the services offered by
these dedicated institutions to the extent that each citizen
can benefit from these services.
SIGNED:
Robert E. Ables
Mayor
ATTEST:
Jean Phillips
City Secretary
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Abston Income Tax Service
& Bookkeeping
Airco Mechanical
Arnold Plumbing Company
Art Emporium, Bill & Alish
Crews
Atha’s Hair Care
Audria’s
Bill Cobb & Family
Bill Martin’s Fourth Edition
Seafood Restaurant
Bill Rice Fina
Bingham’s Exxon
Bransom Grocery & Western Auto
Burleson Auto Mart
Burleson Cleaners
Burleson Heating & Cooling
Burleson Nursing Home
Burleson Pawn Shop
Burleson School of Dance
Burleson Star
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Burleson Tire Center
Burleson Wrecking Yard
Busy B Kindergarten & Nursery
C & S Western Wear & Mexican
Import
Carl Basden, REALTORS*
Century Appliance Service Co.,
Keith Bilbrey, Owner
CENTURY 21, Curt Apel &
Associates, Inc.
Chapman’s Garage
Charles R. Moncrief, Used Cars
City Paint & Body Shop &
Wrecking Service
Clay’s TV Service
Corona-South Plumbing &
Electrical Supplies
Country Salon
Dickson’s Furniture & Appliance
Co.
Don’s Barber Shop
F & M State Bank
First Land Title Company
Flowers By Fran
Gandy’s Fried Chicken \
Gene Harris Butane & Mobil Oil
Company
Gibson’s Discount Center
Gina’s Family Style Center
Gina’s Pizzaria
Haskew & Gamble True Value
Hardware
Hill’s Gulf Service
Hogan Acres Realty
Ivy Mobil
J.A. Schumacher and Co.
J & L Auto Supply
Jerry Boone Ford
Johnson County Title Company
Jones Funeral Home
KWH Electric, Bill Henshaw,
Owner
Kyle’s Garage
Lackey Electric Company
Lynn Hoffman Mobil
M.G. Madden, Taxidermist
Mr. Quick
Mac’s Drive-In Grocery
Mitchell Sapp Insurance
Myer’s Department Store
Noe’s Auto Parts & Machine Shop
Pizza Hut of Burleson
Pollye’s Ceramics & Gifts
Redi-Mix Repair Service
Rigney Real Estate
Roland’s Gulf Service
Roper Electric
Sam’s Drive-In Grocery
Silver Haven Care Center
Sims Rental Centers, Inc.
Star Printing
Taco Plaza
Ted Whitley Insurance Agency
Town & Country Real Estate
Vernon Davault Plumbing
Walker Carpet Company
Wall Feed Store
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, February 13, 1978, newspaper, February 13, 1978; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1212155/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.