The purposes of this study were to determine the impact of a professional development program on the confidence levels and classroom practices of the participants and their attitudes toward the environment. The program had immersed teachers in a watershed study that took them from the headwaters of a 310-mile river to its confluence with the Ohio…

Discusses the transition of Illinois Bell's educational relations department to the career education concept. (SB)

The community and the home can provide invaluable assistance to teachers in developing a meaningful career education program. The author lists nine suggestions concerning sources for people and places which can contribute to a career education program. Several research projects have designed materials which can be used to supplement the program.…

The final document in a series on career education for exceptional students is designed to help educators locate and make use of resources available in the community. Authors include specific strategies, sample letters, and lists of common community resources. A question-answer format is used to address such topics as ways in which community…

The purpose of Career Education Resource Laboratory (CERL) at Eastern Illinois University is to provide services to the 125 schools in the area and to the Division of Vocational and Technical Education at the University. During Phase 2 of the project the laboratory has presented 20 in-service workshops for area school districts; conducted…

The article develops from a general discussion of the utilization of community resources in career education to a discussion of a particular program--the McCormick Plan in Baltimore--and other Maryland programs. Suggestions drawn from those programs are offered for identifying and using such resources. (AG)

To be effective, a community career resource network must anticipate and meet the needs of both business and education. (JOW)

The handbook helps orient teachers at the middle school level to the expected outcomes processes of a career education program. Topics covered are: career education objectives and concepts, classroom implementation, procedures for identifying and obtaining resource speakers, guidelines for use of community resource center, and evaluation…

Steps in developing career education programs for learning disabled adolescents are described, and components of a successful career education program are outlined. (SW)

The booklet, part of a series on Project CAST (Community and School Together), a community-based career education program for special education secondary students, presents information for community resource persons. The resource person's role is explained, and his/her activities in four phases of the project are delineated: career awareness…

The booklet is a directory to the career education resources of Columbia County in central Pennsylvania and was developed by teachers during an inservice institute. It is the fifth volume of the final report of the institute. The resource persons or companies which appear in the directory are grouped by occupational cluster, then listed…

Offered are guidelines for the utilization of community resources to encourage scientific creativity. (DB)

The booklet describes the conceptual approach and operation of the evaluation plan used by Project CAST (Community and School Together), a community-ased career education program for handicapped students. Three levels of evaluation are proposed for providing data for both formative and summative evaluation; these levels are: (1) effort evaluation,…

As part of the Harlandale Independent School District career education program, a resource speaker's guide was compiled to aid the teachers in the discussion of a particular profession. All the businesses listed can be arranged according to work clusters, work areas, and contact persons. The guide breaks down the information into three columns:…