This self-study guide provides state and local education agencies and schools with a tool to assess implementation of career readiness practices across a district or secondary school and to plan improvements. It is arranged by implementation areas that have been found to be important to career readiness efforts based on a review of the literature…

The informally organized Career Education Work Experience Packet consists of an operational procedures manual for work experience education, including an outline of the program, a Work Experience Education brochure, and three related instruction packets: How to Find and Apply for a Job, Guidelines for Work Experience Programs, and a Career…

This guide is designed for people in the community who volunteer their time and work places for experience-based career education programs for mildly mentally disabled secondary students. The first section provides explanations of experience-based learning, resource persons, community explorations, student projects, and task analysis. The second…

The document presents suggested guidelines for planning and establishing vocational agriculture programs in South Dakota involving off-farm cooperative occupational experiences. Off-farm cooperative occupational experience programs are defined as utilizing actual on-the-job training in cooperation with an employer and supplementing the job…

The document provides guidelines for the teacher-coordinator in the establishment of an internship program in distributive education. The objectives of an internship program in distributive education are enumerated and procedures are suggested for its initiation. The duties of a teacher-coordinator are listed and guidelines are presented for…

This paper provides a description of, and the guidelines for, the field work and internship programs of the Department of Educational Psychology at Arizona State University. The following topics are covered: (1) Introduction; (2) Duration and Academic Credit; (3) Applied Project (internship program only); (4) Assignment to Settings and University…

This plan is designed to serve during 1976-77 and 1977-78 as a general guide and framework for the administration of the cooperative education program of the Los Angeles Community College District. The plan sets forth the objectives of the program and the general requirements and responsibilities of the parties to the plan, including the college,…

Developed for teachers, coordinators, and administrators in Manitoba Public Schools, the guide provides ready access to information concerning work education. Information is organized into three major areas, differentiated by page color. Part 1, Emerging Trends in Preparing for the World of Work, discusses the philosophy and objectives, and…

This manual is designed to help in the development of community training programs modeled after Project Bridges of the Somersworth, New Hampshire, school system. An introduction briefly describes the program in which high school students spend ten hours per week at community training sites where they work directly with a training site supervisor…

Intended for supervisors involved in the work study program at Berea College, this manual describes techniques and philosophies inherent in the supervisor-student relationship. Work-learning is defined and the supervisor's role and responsibilities are examined. Student manpower characteristics (including inaccurate expectations, desire for…

Guidelines that will help people in the business world together with teachers in marketing and distribution are presented in the document. It offers suggestionsf for implementing a program in cooperative work experience in Oregon. The following topics related to the program are discussed: (1) background of the school, (2) distributive education…

These guidelines for development of local programs of work experience are the result of a workshop which incorporated input from professionals in the areas of counseling, vocational education, social work, school psychology, administration, organized labor, and state labor regulations. Content briefly covers the following areas of work experience…

This guide is designed for college students who are involved in college-sponsored, off campus work experience programs, to help them meaningfully integrate these experiences into their ongoing educational programs. It would also be useful to anyone entering their first working situation. Basic steps which are outlined include selecting and…

Designed to serve as a guide for job placement personnel, this handbook is written from the point of view of a school or job preparation facility, based on methodology applicable to the placement function in any setting. Factors identified as critical to a successful placement operation are utilization of a systems approach, establishment of…

This handbook is designed for college faculty concerned with developing effective off-campus experiential learning programs, and with assessing the outcomes of these programs. The theoretical background of experiential learning is discussed, and the practical and implementation issues are emphasized: definition of educational objectives,…