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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THEODORE H. ZIMMERMAN
RESTRICTIONS, LITERARY RIGHTS, QUOTATIONS
PREFACE
INTERVIEW HISTORY
INTERVIEW December 13, 1992
[Tape 1, Side A]
Characteristics of the "golden years" of adult education in the 1960's—Shift
in curricular priorities in adult education during the 1960's—Regional Adult
Vocational Education Councils (RAVEC's)Delineation of function between
community colleges and school districts regarding adult education
programs—Efforts of adult educators to gain respect—Development of adult
education from night school concept to round-the-clock comprehensive
programs—Importance of administrator associations including Association of
California School Administrators (ACSA) Adult Education Committee and the
preceding California Association of Adult Education
Administrators—Establishment of Tri-Community Adult Education in Covina, West
Covina, and Charter Oak—adult education finance—Development of Regional
Occupation Centers and Programs (ROC/Ps)—start of Valley Vocational Center in
La Puente.
[Tape 1, Side B]
The ROP program in Garden Grove—Benefits of ROP's—Governance of
ROP's—Effects of federal Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act (VEA)
funding—Changes in VEA guidelines over the years—Adult education in the La
Puente Union High School District in the 1960's—Adult education in the Simi
Valley Unified School District in the 1960's—The carousel concept of
vocational training courses—The California Bureau of Adult Education in the
1960's—The beginnings of the migrant student program—Tri-Community Adult
Education in the 1960's—Garden Grove Adult Education in the 1970's—The influx
of Vietnamese refugees into Garden Grove—Changing demographics in Garden
Grove.
[Tape 2, Side A]
Restructuring the Regional Occupational Centers at the Los Angeles Unified
School District in the 1980's—Establishment of Alternative Education Work
Centers at Los Angeles Unified School District—Concurrent enrollment
programs—Establishment of the adult education Executive Development Program
(EDP)—The outgrowth of EDP, the Professional Resources Outreach System.
INDEX
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