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VOC-TIES & Career Development Plan

The Vocational Training Interest & Exploration Survey and Career Development Plan (VOC-TIES; Scott & Gilbreath, 2012) is an individually or group-administered computer-based assessment designed to measure an individual’s interest in career/technical pathways for students ages 14-17 years.

Available from Piney Mountain Press, Inc.

Overview

The Vocational Training Interest & Exploration Survey and Career Development Plan (VOC-TIES) (Scott & Gilbreath, 2012) is an individually or group-administered computer assessment designed to measure an individual’s interest in career/technical pathways. The VOC-TIES is a reading-free multimedia career transition assessment program designed for eighth- and ninth- graders. Sixteen vocational training programs (agriculture, automotive, business and office, construction, cosmetology, drafting, family, food, graphic communications, health, hospitality, marketing, mechanical and electrical, metals, public safety, and technology) are described, along with training requirements, work characteristics, and job descriptions. Students indicate their level of interest in each area. The results are reported in the form of an individualized career development plan that is generated in an individualized education program (IEP) format. The VOC-TIES includes a parent/student option, which meets IDEA 2004 requirements related to transition planning.

Summary

Age: 14-17 years

Time to Administer: 45 minutes

Method of Administration: eighth- and ninth-grade students and at-risk students; 16 vocational training programs are described, including training requirements, work characteristics and job descriptions
Yields a career development plan in IEP format

Subscales: Vocational Areas: Agriculture, Automotive, Business and Office, Construction, Cosmetology, Drafting, Family, Foods, Graphic Communications, Health, Hospitality, Marketing, Mechanical and Electrical, Metals, Public Safety, Technology

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