A panoramic view of Guidance Division general sessions and workshops covering some exemplary career guidance programs, as well as such topics as career choice, leadership, evaluation, and program development and management. Presented at the Guidance division session of the American Vocational Association 1971 annual meeting. (Editor/MU)

A sense of approaisal of the guidance position was evident in new policies adopted, concerns expressed, programs presented, and planning conducted in the activities of the Guidance Division of the American Vocational Association at the Association's 1975 Convention. (Author/AJ)

A model shows how learning strands from the core subjects in grades K-9 can be woven into a strong career plan based on effective career guidance and counseling, enabling students to eventually establish an occupational objective and distinguish among educational alternatives leading to that objective. (AG)

Seven observations made by a career education team (a counselor, an occupational specialist, and classroom teachers) provided the basis for establishing career guidance goals. The goals were devoloped around the accepted elements of career education and implemented in a teacher-counselor shared accountability effort in Florida's Pinellas County.…

Vocational counselors go to the unemployed in California depressed area. (Editor)

Counselors, counselor educators, and guidance administrators are not demonstarting a great deal of interest or expertise in career guidance. A connection between this statement and a study conducted to determine what, if any, limitaiions on vocational guidance were the result of the guidance administrators' occupational interests is drawn. (AG)

Reports on a study made by the Conservation of Human Resources Project which sought to learn how guidance functions, how well it meets society's needs, and what changes need to be made to improve present programs. (SB)

William Pierce, Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner of Education, is heartened by the definition of industrial arts in the new legislation. It opens a broad role for industrial arts (IA) in guidance and counseling, he tells members of the industrial arts division of the American Vocational Association convention. (Editor/HD)

The article describes a model for bringing decision making into the vocational education classroom. (MW)

The goal of the elementary school guidance program is to develop each child's self-understanding and to enable him to observe and analyze his surroundings with increasing sophistication. Urban schools have built-in obstacles to overcome bureaucracy budgets, more apparent responsibilities, and teacher and administrator uncertainty. (AG)

The American Vocational Association's Guidance Division Interest Group on Placement and Development's past three years' activities are summarized; placement services should be cooperative and comprehensive, relative to an employment region, and eliminate multiple employer contacts. A new national model, "Placement Services Training Curriculum…