Several career exploration workshops for nine teams of junior high school teachers, counselors, and administrators were held to: (1) provide an opportunity to learn about and develop skills applicable to the career exploration process, (2) assist the teams in the creation of career exploration program plans for their own schools, and (3) supervise…

Prepared to assist school staff in the development of community resources in the career education process, the document provides suggestions and guidelines for the recruitment of community resource personnel to help orient students to the world of work. The program implemented by Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland, serves as the basis…

This document provides guidelines for career development in Maryland that are intended to get all of Maryland's high school graduates prepared for employment and the pursuit of further education by the year 2002. The guide covers the following six topics: (1) career development and school reform; (2) career development--a foundation for achieving…

The guide for an inservice course in career education is presented in 14 units designed to be used together as a complete course or selectively as learning modules for developing new skills or reviewing previously learned concepts. The course covers: definitions and concepts, historical antecedents and rationale, career development theories,…

This first phase of an exemplary career development project in Maryland included the following seven action programs, each with general and specific goals and objectives: (1) a team approach at selected junior high schools involving counselors, home economics, and industrial arts teachers, (2) use of a full-time resource consultant in five…

Objectives of a career education research and development program were to reduce student absenteeism and dropout rates in seven Baltimore schools (four elementary, two junior high, and one high school) by initiating and developing career awareness at the elementary level; providing occupational information, personal development, and career…

The Maryland State Department of Education is actively involved in the development of a five-year state plan for career education. The plan is based upon data derived from a student needs assessment, a survey of LEAs, a survey of counselor competencies, and the AIR Survey of Career Education in the public schools which sampled ten districts in…

This description of career education activities in Prince George's County, Maryland, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this…