SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CAN USE THIS HANDBOOK IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS FOR WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION. INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) WHAT IS WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION, (2) WHAT FACTORS MUST BE CONSIDERED BEFORE STARTING A WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, (3) WHAT STEPS SHOULD…

THIS DOCUMENT DEFINES WORK EXPERIENCE, DESCRIBES SOME TYPICAL PROGRAMS IN OPERATION, AND PRESENTS METHODS OF ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION. MATERIAL WAS OBTAINED THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL PERSONNEL, BY LETTER FROM DISTRICTS IN OTHER STATES, AND FROM RELATED LITERATURE. WORK EXPERIENCE IS DEFINED AS EMBRACING BOTH VOCATIONAL AND…

PROCEDURES WHICH LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST FOLLOW FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTS ARE PRESENTED. THE GUIDELINES COVER (1) STATE ORGANIZATION, (2) PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION, (3) ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES, (4) CONSTRUCTION WITH SPECIFIC APPLICATION TO AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, (5) A…

The project described in this document was designed as an experiment in career education in the health field. The 3-year program offered students in three Los Angeles high schools and one Long Beach high school an introduction to health careers in the first year, work experience in the second, and cooperative or work-study education in the third.…