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Clare Buckley Flack; John Sludden; James J. Kemple – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2024
There is currently a heavy emphasis on career-connected learning for high school students in New York City. ExpandED Schools' science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Options (ES Options) program predates the newest of these initiatives. Launched in 2019, ES Options combines a credit-bearing STEM apprenticeship in the spring with a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Work Experience Programs, STEM Education, Student Participation
Linnea Harvey; Audrey E. H. King; J. Shane Robinson; Tyson E. Ochsner; Paul Weckler; Mark Woodring – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Rural communities face incredible challenges and emerging opportunities. Land-grant universities are well-positioned to assist by developing new approaches to inspire university students to become civically engaged, rural community members. With this aim, the Rural Scholars program at Oklahoma State University was developed as an opportunity for…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, College Students, School Community Relationship, Land Grant Universities
Myers, Cassidy; Cox, Carol – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: A small group of transition-aged students with intellectual disabilities participated in a short-term summer work experience programme under the mentorship of a job coach. Methods: Dyadic interview technique was used to identify student and mentor participants' perceptions of student participant work motivation pre- and post-programme.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Summer Programs, Work Experience Programs
Wattanavorakijkul, Nitchaya – rEFLections, 2020
As we are now approaching the first quarter of the 21st century, the impact of globalisation has increased the importance of intercultural competence. This study aims to measure the degree of intercultural sensitivity of 30 English major students who have participated in the US Work Travel program. In this study, an online survey adopted from Chen…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Language Proficiency, Work Experience Programs
Bowen, Bradley; Shume, Teresa – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
This study investigates how participating in a teacher externship program increases the awareness of how effective communication plays a critical role in an industry-based environment. It also studies the teacher participants' commitment to changing their classroom practices as a result of acquiring this awareness. The program of focus, the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Summer Programs, Work Experience Programs, Elementary School Teachers
Cmar, Jennifer L.; McDonnall, Michele C. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
Early work experiences predict future employment for youth with visual impairments, particularly when youth find jobs independently, but research has not supported the efficacy of sponsored work for this population. The most effective work experience programs include additional components such as job search assistance, and job search interventions…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Program Effectiveness, Youth, Visual Impairments
Hickman, M.; Collins, D. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2014
Outdoor practitioners widely embed reflective practice (RP) into the delivery of experiential education, but its contribution to their continued professional development remains under developed; by default, claims of its worth to the experiential education, they deliver must be approached with caution. Although the value of RP has been established…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Outdoor Education, Vocational Education, Experiential Learning
La Sala, Vincent J; Picarelli, Henry E. – 1975
Known also as the Summer Minimal Achiever Rehabilitation Training Program (SMART), the Nassau County work-experience program was designed to motivate minimal achieving students toward more positively directed goals. Of the more than 300 students referred to the program, 142 were accepted as enrollees. Program objectives were: (1) to provide…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling, Potential Dropouts, Records (Forms)

Mitchell, Patrick J. – RE:view, 2001
This article describes the establishment of Individual Development through Employment, Assessment, and Learning (IDEAL), a summer transition program for adolescents with blindness or visual impairments in Pennsylvania. The program emphasizes independence, work exploration, and social skills development. Data from participants, parents, and staff…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Career Exploration, Participant Satisfaction

Ellard, Charles John – 1974
This study investigates the post-high school influence of the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) on the earning capacity of participatns in Houston, Texas. The influence of NYC participation is investigated employing a methodology of a control group design together with data analyses using multiple regression and analysis of covariance. The…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Graduation, High School Students, Income
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1997
This report profiles programs conducted in 19 cities during the summer of 1996 to employ youth in the private sector. In most of the programs, the youth served were disadvantaged; the programs were created or enhanced in order to replace funds that were cut under Title IIB of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The report contains 20…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Business, Disadvantaged Youth, Employer Attitudes
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The High School Redirection Program was designed to maintain 240 potential dropouts in an educational-vocational setting while assisting them to progress toward a high school diploma. Students were admitted from 13 high schools in Brooklyn and from Andrew Jackson in Queens. They were to follow a work-study program through the summer and regular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Brown, Nina W.
Four hundred and forty-six poor black urban and rural adolescents ages 15-18 enrolled in a summer poverty-work program are administered Gough's Adjective Checklist (ACL) and Holland's Vocatonal Preference Inventory (VPI) to determine their personality profile, to ascertain differences between this gorup and blacks attending colleges, and to study…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, College Students, Comparative Analysis