This seven section guide, written for state and local career education coordinators, dissemination specialists, and representatives of labor, business, industry, and government, describes the Northwest Connection (NWC), a demonstration, regional, career education, peer assistance model. Section 1 presents an overview of the NWC, describing the…

Postsecondary institutions have developed expanded, comprehensive career education programs. Needs and problems that should be addressed when developing such programs include assisting students with educational-vocational planning, providing faculty inservice training, improving student support programs, developing work skills related to career…

A five-step method of instructional program evaluation is described, which helps insure educators that their graduates will continue to gain employment and that courses will continue to teach skills sought by employers. The steps are self-identification, target groups, requirements, data reduction, and program development. (CT)

Described is the career education approach used in the Savona, New York, school system, which includes a five-part career education planning model. Broader-based community efforts in career education provide the framework within which school programs are developed. (CT)

The results of surveys on adult basic education (ABE) student characteristics and program goals are presented in this digest along with recommendations on career development in ABE. Topics include: (1) results of a survey of directors of ABE projects which ranked the importance of 10 goals of ABE (Young and others 1980); (2) statistics from a…

This document, which is designed for individuals developing local career and technology education (CTE) program proposals and/or designing new CTE facilities in Maryland, presents the CTE program specifications that were developed to ensure the quality of CTE programs in public schools in Maryland. The document is divided into four sections. The…

This document provides guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating the effectiveness of a district-specific career education program for special education students. Part I lists 10 activities to design, implement, and evaluate a cost-effective career education program. Examples are included of the outcome of each activity. Activities…

Finland's traditionally closed system of higher education, in which continuing education has been segregated into special centers, must address the reality of reduced resources and consider incorporating continuing education into the university. Establishment of a separate vocational higher education institution could further diversify the system.…

This interim guide develops a new high school option, Lifestyles 205 and provides teachers with a curriculum for a lifestyles studies course for grade 11 or 12. The course includes several major components that emphasize the roles of the developing individual as a producer and consumer and as a family and community member. Major functions of the…

This monograph synthesizes information gathered during pilot tests and presents material relevant to developing and implementing a comprehensive career development program. It provides valuable information for those wishing to improve their career guidance and counseling programs. Discussed in chapter 1 are the following topics: the role of…

These guide notes for training and operational staff set out Great Britain's Electricity Supply Industry Training Committee (ESITC) policy on craft on-the-job training (OJT). They are complementary to ESITC recommendations on Craft Training and of equal status to them. Section 1 is an introduction. Sections 2 through 5 outline the aims of…

A career education program is described which infuses the elementary level curriculum with self- and career-awareness concepts. Teacher guides and student workbooks were developed and later followed by career awareness booklets. Program elements include family attitudes and values, self-concept, role models, pupil-created activities, and community…

The editors of "The American School Board Journal" and "The Executive Educator" magazines recently invited school leaders from across North America to send in curriculum ideas that work. From among the 1,026 entries that were submitted, a panel of judges selected 100, which are published in this special report. Criteria for selection included (1)…

This booklet is a description of a model program developed to improve the status of transitional black women in the southeastern United States. These women are defined as under- or unemployed, poor, undereducated, migrant, or household heads, unaware of specialized educational and occupational opportunities available to them, and/or unable to take…

This planning guide begins with an overview of school-to-work transition. Section 1 also provides an overview of federal and Georgia state legislation and describes current school-to-work transition efforts, such as tech prep education, youth apprenticeship, cooperative education, entrepreneurial ventures and school-based enterprises,…