An experience-based career education project for gifted and talented high school students was implemented in three pilot schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. The model was adapted from an existing model, which was designed for the regular school population and based on a prototype model developed by Northwest Regional Education Laboratory.…

The California Association of Work Experience Educators (CAWEE) Career Intern Program, funded by a federal grant, sought to demonstrate that experience-based career education was a viable and needed alternative to existing learning experiences. Selecting three schools from three districts in the greater Los Angeles area, the program maintained a…

This document contains the Alabama state plan for the administration and implementation of career education in kindergarten through postsecondary grades for 1978-83. Following 35 pages of introductory materials (including a state plan profile), the 16-section state plan is presented. Section 1 contains the state's career education conceptual base…

Project EPIC (Educational Preparation for Involvement in Careers) was designed for the needs of low income, inner city students (K-12). The curriculum was divided into three phases: awareness (focusing on a basic foundation in the areas of academics, work, self concept, decision making, and community for grades K-6); exploration (focusing on…

To reduce the narrowing effects of sex-role stereotyping on the career options of secondary students, a project was conducted using curriculum activities and experiences with nontraditional role models in school and community settings. The vehicle for meeting this goal was the existing Jefferson County (Colorado) experience-based career education…

This description of career education activities in Prince George's County, Maryland, was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of this…

This document contains two reports on the Classrooms beyond Walls Career Education Project conducted by the Mamaroneck Union Free School District and the Sound Consortium for grades K-12 in the 1975-76 school year. The final report summarizes the project's major objectives (increasing self-awareness and decision-making skills, training teachers in…

This description of career education activities in Ontario-Montclair School District (California), was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final…