Background: The field of collaborative biostatistics plays a critical role in translating scientific discoveries into practical applications by providing sound statistical analysis, ensuring data integrity, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration in translational science and decision-making in healthcare. The role of a collaborative…

This document provides information about the process a school-level team will use to complete the Predictor Implementation School/District Self-Assessment (PISA) (ED629041). This process involves four major steps including (1) identifying team members, (2) establishing a location and time for the meeting, (3) preparing for the meeting, and (4)…

In traditional preservice teacher education programs, education courses are "add-ons" to science content courses. As a result, future teachers are taught the importance of authentic inquiry and constructivism, but they may never learn science in the way they are expected to teach it. University of California San Diego's California Teach…

An interdisciplinary approach to STEM has huge benefits in terms of engaging young people and increasing their awareness of the opportunities that STEM skills can provide. However, planning a whole-school approach to STEM education can be challenging. This article gives case studies of two recent projects in STEM education and introduces two…

A brief discussion of a school/life model of career development, designed to provide for elimination of curriculum overlap, consistent evolution and integration of the career education concept, and understanding and communication with participating staff, is presented in this document. Eight elements are listed representing the main factors…

A career/vocational assessment program with four participating high schools was developed. The major goal was to provide students the opportunity to identify and explore their specific vocational interests and opportunities. The target population consisted of 222 ninth-graders who were prevocational students or who had expressed an interest in…

Career Resource Centers (CRCs) are a logical outgrowth of vocational development theory which views career development as a continuous process with a lifelong series of career decisions made at various transition points over time. After starting in high schools, CRCs have spread to all arenas of formal education as well as to community agencies,…

The North Carolina Plan for a life career development model provides a statewide framework on which to build meaningful local programs based on local situations and populations. The three domains of career education (learning to live, learning to learn, and learning to make a living) form the North Carolina Career Education Task Force's rationale,…

This publication provides a description of the Phillips Community College (Arkansas) multipurpose career fair as well as a step-by-step planning and implementation guide for putting on a career fair. The Phillips career fair provides an exchange of information and interaction for persons seeking employment, career awareness and employment, and…

Presents a definition of career education/CETA coordination and its components (statement of purpose, relationship of career education to the total education system, impact produced, needs of clients, and support of the schools); and describes stages of the coordination process (awareness, exploration, and preparation). (CT)

This project was developed from an overall need in Humacao, Puerto Rico, for an occupation information program at all levels of the educational system to provide more knowledge about the new employment opportunities resulting from Humacao's changing labor market. Since prior to project implementation, schools were characterized by no activities…

A four-stage career development model is described encompassing career awareness in grades prekindergarten to 6; career survey, 7-8; career exploration, 9-10; and career preparation, 11-12. The model is based upon teacher commitment, administrator support, staff development, curriculm research and development, guidance, and community involvement.…

Recommendations are presented for developing career guidance centers in community colleges which would enable their clients to explore, prepare for, select, and progress in an occupation in line with their individual needs, interests, and abilities, and in a job with occupational opportunities. The following areas are outlined: (1) career guidance…

This final report of a 3-year project to introduce career education concepts into the schools of rural southeast Arkansas includes background information, descriptions of program variables, the third-party evaluation, and a followup study in vocational guidance. The report notes that program activities in grades K-7 focused on increasing students'…

This packet includes four publications of a project to develop and pilot a K-12 career awareness and development sequence (CADS) for education-to-careers. The K-12 CADS sequence presents a pyramid of the recommended CADS by grade level; recommended career-cluster focus for grades K-8; suggestions for implementation with this information for each…