Presents kinds of data that can be used in exploring careers. Focuses on child care occupations and includes information such as educational requirements, hours and earnings, job satisfaction, and costs of the program. (JOW)

Preschools in a secondary school setting can add a dynamic dimension to child development and parenting courses. They serve as laboratories for classes and as a preschool program for children, and they provide a service for parents and the community. (JOW)

Describes the development of a curriculum guide for gifted students enrolled in child development and guidance programs in Virginia Beach City Schools, intended to encourage such students to enter child-related professions. (SK)

Students in the child care occupations course at Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Illinois, gain work experience through a school-operated preschool program and in a local elementary school. Schedules, program activities, grading, and selection processes are described. (Author/MW)

Designed to satisfy paid and unpaid employment needs, the vocational home economics program in the Dallas (Texas) Indpendent School District provides: the comprehensive homemaking program, home economics cooperative education, coordinated vocational academic education, and vocational education for the handicapped. All these home economics programs…