Career clusters represent a nationwide effort to help learners obtain the knowledge and skills they need for career success, mobility and advancement by aligning what is taught in the classroom to business and industry expectations. In this article, the authors, education department officials from Nebraska, Virginia, and Alabama, outline the…

The author describes the major features and background related to implementing a career education program within an established educational program, which were involved in the establishment of a national demonstration site at the Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Center Project at Cumberland School District No. 77, Toledo, Illinois.…

A three-part evaluation plan is presented for the occupational clusters approach to career orientation project, which attempted to design and field-test a two-semester curriculum package for orienting junior high students to the world of work. Project effectiveness will be estimated at three points in its development. In the laboratory setting…

The purpose of the study was to develop a model for evaluation of the distributive education program in Arizona. The project involved the design of survey instruments, the collection and analysis of data, and recommendations for program modification based on the findings. Surveys were made of students, teacher-coordinators, national leaders, and…

The Skyline Career Development Center was conceived as an opportunity for upper secondary students in the Dallas school district to accomplish educational goals beyond the conventional curriculum, especially in the area of career education. A flexible curriculum was developed to offer courses not available elsewhere and to enable students to…

A project conducted by Tarboro City Schools (North Carolina) involved the development of an individualized curriculum, suitable for students in grades 7, 8, and 9. Emphasis for the project was on using the most effective components of different approaches from across the State to meet the State's goals for occupational exploration, while providing…

This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Cleveland's Developmental Vocational Education Programs (DVEP) in meeting the project objectives: (1) The program would result in greater knowledge of occupations within an array of occupational clusters, and (2) The program would result in more positive attitudes toward specific jobs and the…

The interdisciplinary career assessment program is an experiment in curriculum revision begun in 1969 at Stamford High School, Stamford, Connecticut, for the purpose of providing instruction relevant to the needs of 86 slow learners and disadvantaged youth. The cluster concept and correlation of classroom materials to occupational assessment and…

An assessment of the Exemplary Program for Occupational Preparation (EPOP), this report addresses itself to an identification of the project's present status, and outlines goals and objectives toward which project efforts should be directed during the final operational year. Comprehensive in scope, the program involved students at the elementary,…

The cluster concept in vocational education addresses itself to issues of: job-entry preparation; geographic and occupational mobility; optimum employability for young adults; the processes by which occupational or career decisions are made; worker adaptability in a rapidly changing labor market; and the effects of continuous education on career…

The elementary INFOE (Information Needed For Occupational Exploration) study for grades 4-6 was conducted to assess the feasibility of establishing an articulated program of career information for students at the elementary school level. Background for the study and the development of the materials is discussed. The major guideline for the INFOE…

Secondary INFOE (Information Needed for Occupational Entry) is a service which enables counselors to provide localized career and educational infomation to students. The key to the INFOE service is the INFOEscript, a career brief developed for student use in the form of a microfilm aperture card. Each brief describes a specific job title. An…

Covering the Burlington school district's career education project for its first year from July 1975 through June 1976, the report describes a secondary program career education program emphasizing a combination of career clusters with student development plans. A sample population of 300 students from grades 7, 9, and 11 kept career folders and…

A project was conducted based on the following three objectives: (1) demonstrate a regional plan for the implementation of an open entry-exit (flexible) career development program encompassing career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation; (2) expose each student to a range of career clusters within the context of his educational…

This handbook, for use in a prevocational program providing special education students in high school with occupational skills, provides guidelines and teaching procedures for use in implementing a program at district or school level. An overall description of the program delineates roles and responsibilities of all program participants, and…