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Marisa Mission; Brian Robinson; Paul Beach; Nick Lee; Harold Hinds – Bellwether, 2023
Across the country, career pathways programs are a popular bipartisan tool for addressing state workforce shortages and ensuring students graduate high school with workforce-ready skills. Delaware Pathways is one such example, formally established by executive order in 2016 by then-Delaware Gov. Jack Markell. The program consists of state-approved…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Work Experience Programs, Career Development, State Legislation
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Andrews, Joy; Ramji, Karima – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2020
While the fields of work-integrated learning (WIL) and career development share common goals, WIL literature tends to focus on student employability more than students' ability to manage their careers. The Leading Edge program at a Canadian institution, the University of Victoria, brings together these two disciplines as it draws from theory and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Career Development, Experiential Learning
Petersen, Dean A., Ed. – 1985
The manual on work experience programs for special education students focuses on issues of program development and enhancement of existing services. Developed by an Arizona state task force, the manual begins with a rationale to students, employers, and the community. A model conceptualizes the career development process as it relates to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Guerra, Roberto S. – 1976
Of the more than two million seasonal farmworkers in the United States, nearly half are between the ages of 14 and 20 years. Although much has been done recently to meet some of the special needs of these migrant youth, they are still confronted with inadequate educational and training opportunities and limited career aspirations. In the forefront…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Morrow, Cherie Ann; Fredin, Barbara, Ed. – 1999
This guidebook was developed to help businesses provide high-quality worksite learning experiences for students. It combines experiential knowledge from experts with that of mentoring programs across the country to reduce the task of planning and implementing quality worksite learning experiences to a logical process. The book offers guidance for…
Descriptors: Career Development, Mentors, Postsecondary Education, Program Development
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1984
This guide for coordinating the efforts of teachers and administrators provides a framework for setting up and improving work education programs within the parameters of the legislation and definitions that apply in the Province of Manitoba. The first five sections discuss work education. Work education is defined, and programs that use work…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Educational Legislation, Foreign Countries
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1982
An experience-based career education (EBCE) program integrates academic learning, career experiences, and life skill development through direct learning experiences in the community. EBCE enables each student to gain individual attention, both with a teacher and with community members. This increase in individual attention does not mean that EBCE…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Cost Estimates, Educational Finance
Maguire, Louis M.; Connolly, John A. – 1972
Research for Better Schools, Inc., a regional educational laboratory, is proceeding to develop an employer-based career education model in order to provide further definition and meaning to the concept. The model will be a private academic school, the Academy for Career Education, and will serve 100 11th grade students from Philadelphia. It will…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Counseling, Employer Attitudes
Oregon State Board of Education, Salem. – 1972
This manual has been prepared by the Cooperative Work Experience Specialist of the Instructional Services Division of Oregon, with the help of other work experience coordinators, to serve as a guide for teachers, coordinators, counselors, and community leaders who are responsible for establishing secondary and post-secondary cooperative work…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Community Support
Schwartz, Stuart E. – 1977
One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and administrators relate more effectively to handicapped students in their classrooms, this booklet discusses the role of medical, social, educational, and psychological tests in estimating a handicapped student's potential and in designing an appropriate vocational program.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Development, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1974
The purpose of this handbook is to assist Job Corps Training Center staff in developing an instructional system which relates to present day occupational requirements. This is a how-to-do-it handbook which emphasizes and illustrates curriculum development techniques to assist training and management staff in establishing and updating Career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Federal Programs
White, Leslie R. – 1969
This manual outlines concepts, approaches, strategies, and tactics for developing new careers in local government. "The Why and What of New Careers" explains the general concepts of New Careers and discusses the manpower needs of local government agencies. "The How of New Careers" describes the process of designing new careers…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, City Government, Community Colleges
Heitzeg, Howard; Jeter, Kaye – 1976
The Pontiac Adult-Student Learning (PALS) Program's three years of operation are described in this report. (The primary goal of the project was to broaden the career horizons and aspirations of students in Pontiac's (Michigan) two high schools through an instructional program which would include student work experience through cooperative efforts…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Data Analysis, Demonstration Programs
McLawhorn, James E. – 1975
The purpose of this practicum was to develop and test a model work experience program designed to meet the needs of junior high school students identified as educationally disadvantaged and/or potential school dropouts. The model program included occupational orientation, occupational preparation, and on-the-job training experiences. The program…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Meyer, Warren G.; And Others – 1975
Purposes, goals, procedures, and practices of past and present cooperative vocational education programs are discussed. A broad spectrum of areas is covered in the 11 chapters, which are also designed to stand on their own: (1) Purposes of Cooperative Vocational Education; (2) Roles of a Teacher-Coordinator; (3) Tasks of a Teacher-Coordinator; (4)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
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