The purpose of this Handbook is to stimulate discussion among senior managers, managers, practitioners, administrative staff, collaborating partners, and stakeholders about how staff members can make the most effective use of their time in implementing changes in the design and delivery of career interventions for adolescents and adults who need…

The "Colorado School Counselor Toolbox: Tools and Resources to Promote the Education Profession" is a comprehensive resource designed to help school counselors provide career advising support to students who possess the skills for and/or interest in a career in education. The toolbox outlines five steps for counselors to support students…

Jobs for the Future (JFF) and BigFuture want all students to have the sense of agency and purpose that comes with feeling hopeful, motivated, excited, confident. An essential step in achieving this is to ensure that high school students and their families receive a timely and abundant flow of information, resources, and advising in order to…

The career planning program for the secondary grades outlines basic concepts, general and specific objectives, and methods of implementing and evaluating career programs. A six-item pretest, three-item posttest, four-item teacher evaluation form, and an occupational clusters wheel complete the document. (MW)

Details five career guidance activities designed to capture the interest of elementary school children. Attempts to make Holland's six personality types and occupational groups interesting and fun for children. Offers stimulus statements and questions for productive group discussion and interaction. Describes use of family members in homework…

The resources necessary to operate a complete career guidance program are considerable. This handbook maps the territory of funding resources for those working in the field of career guidance. Following two brief introductory sections, the first part of the handbook deals with defining program needs. The needs that are identified can serve as the…

This booklet has been prepared to guide the implementation, operation, and evaluation of the field tests of the Creating a Career program. This field test guide describes the preparation needed for a field test, (acquiring materials, choosing the instructor, registration, scheduling the field test, preparing the classroom, orientation of other…

This position paper on quality career guidance programs outlines basic assumptions, guidelines, a comprehensive program development model, and recommended uses. Highlights of the program development model include management questions, information, and program standards. This represents NVGA/AVA Guidance Divisions efforts to establish standards for…

This program is designed to help adolescents make responsible choices, take control of their lives, and learn their true interests. The ultimate goal of the program is to make the participant more employable and to direct thinking toward building a personal resume. The program is divided into 14 weekly sessions. Some parts require the student to…

Presents guidelines for preparation and evaluation of career information literature for use by publishers and consumers of such literature. Guidelines form the basis for rating current literature. (Author)

This guide was designed to be responsive to societal changes and to help young people learn how to live, learn, and make a living. The first chapter contains an introduction to and overview of the total guide and was written for a broad audience, including parents, school board members, administrators, and teachers. It emphasizes that quality…

This document presents guidelines developed by the Association of Computer-Based Systems for Career Information (ACSCI) for integrating computer-based career information systems into the larger guidance or career development program. This guide is intended for counselors and others who assist students and clients at a user site. For purposes of…

Intended for the individual providing vocational guidance to the blind student, the publication is based on a conference on attitudes toward blindness and occupations the blind are pursuing. Section I deals with past and present attitudes toward blindness; the second section discusses alternative techniques used by the blind; and the final section…

The Career Assessment Program (CAP) is described as a uniform system by which students, with the aid of their counselor, will be able to assess the status of their post-high school educational and/or career plans. Included in the document is the career assessment form for high school seniors, guidelines for its administration and interpretation of…

This booklet was devised to help Hispanic teenagers develop a life plan. It provides information for making decisions, and is written in both English and Spanish. Tips are provided for setting goals. A sentence-completion task helps the teenager focus on specific issues, and use concrete language when talking about the goals. Specific goals are…