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 1.62-5 Department Head of Business, Distributive and
 Cooperative Education (school-wide). The depart-
 ment head shall have the same preparation and
 experience as the local coordinator of business,
 distributive or cooperative education.


2.0 PROGRAMS) OF INSTRUCTION

 2.1 Procedures Ensuring that Instructional Content is Functionally
 Applicable to the Field of Distribution. Business, distributive
 and cooperative education may include training in manipulative,
 technical, and related vocational subjects for persons either
 employed or about to be employed in an office occupation; in
 distributive occupational subjects such as merchandising, buying
 and selling, and wholesaling for persons either engaged in or about
 to be engaged in distributive occupations. Cooperative training
 education may include specialized in-school training on a cooper-
 ative basis for high school students who wish to become employed
 in distributive occupations, office occupations or diversified
 occupations while still attending high school.

 Assurance that the distributive cooperative, and business education
 programs will provide instruction applicable to the respective
 fields will be provided by the approval of teaching content by the
 state supervisor, by area supervisory visits, analysis of local
 needs through occupational studies for the various areas,
 coordination by local personnel, and, where applicable, research
 projects.

 2.11 Assurance that Instruction is Based Upon Occupational Need.
 To assure that the nature and content of instruction is based
 upon occupational needs, methods to be used for evening or
 part-time extension classes and the cooperative program will
 include vocational counseling, analysis of the nature and
 function of business and distributive occupations, consultation
 with area supervisory personnel, and findings of teacher-
 coordinators as a result of conferences with proprietors,
 managers, supervisors, educators, and others directly
 associated with the education of the enrollees. In addition,
 for the cooperative program the career objective of the
 student as well as his present occupation will serve as
 a guide in using the methods listed.

 2.2 Enrollment and Organization.

 2.21 Evening or Part-Time Extension Enrollees. Persons enrolled
 in evening or part-time extension classes in either business