The summary report is an outgrowth of a 1972 meeting of the National Advisory and Review Committee of the California State Department of Education, Vocational Education Section. The principal intent of the report is to provide project staff and consultants insight into the problems of career development for public service occupations, as well as…

The design of a proposed occupational clustering system for the Comprehensive Career Education Model (CCEM) was to meet three general criteria: (1) encompass most existing jobs, (2) translate into an entire K-12 curriculum, and (3) show clear advantages over other systems. However, upon examination of existing clustering systems for relevance and…

The purpose of this report is to provide local school administrators with information about occupational clusters as well as suggested strategies for implementing a career cluster concept approach at the local level. The techniques and procedures presented in this paper need to be modified and adapted by an administrator to conform with local…