Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education, this curriculum guide is the third in a series describing current, successful career education practices. Intended for teachers in middle schools, this monograph: (1) provides a definition of career education, its…

The report describes a K-6 career awareness project designed to: describe the major goals of an elementary career education program; assimilate the career education concepts into the curriculum; provide inservice training for administrators, teachers, and staff; and identify community resources of use in career education programs. A 40-page…

Materials for a career development program for infusing career education concepts into elementary or high school curriculum are presented in this staff development guide. The text is arranged around four phases involved in implementing a career education. Phase 1 (Why) contains excerpts of four documents relating to change in education and career…

Developed as part of a New Hampshire project entitled "Curriculum Activity Planning for Schools," this guide provides an overview to creating a format and the appropriate components for a competency-based vocational secondary school curriculum. First, the curriculum components are identified, and directions are provided for their…

Developed as part of a New Hampshire project entitled "Curriculum Activity Planning for Schools," this manual supplements the project guide (CE 021 833) on how to establish components for a competency-based vocational secondary school curriculum. The essential components for curriculum development are classified in an introductory…

One of seven similar project reports dealing with program development in career education for teacher, counselor, and administrator preparation, this report presents information on infusing career education content into educational personnel preparation programs. The information describes the results of work done by the Career Clusters Task Force,…

Guidelines for designing, implementing, and conducting occupational exploration programs for grades 7-9 are contained in this document, which was developed for use with public schools in North Carolina. Discussion covers the philosophy of occupational exploration, mission statement, continuing objectives for grades 7-9, program description of…

This curriculum guide provides a model for organizing vocational instructional content from which secondary level instructors can extract an electronics cluster curriculum that meets local program needs. Primarily oriented towards classroom use, the guide may also assist administrators, counselors, and lay people involved in local school systems.…

This guide is designed to help elementary teachers to incorporate career education into their classrooms. It contains background information about career education as well as suggested activities to use with the children. The guide is organized into five chapters. Each chapter contains information about career education topics, a summary, and…

Intended to assist vocational teachers in developing and implementing a cluster program in food service occupations, this guide contains sections on cluster organization and implementation and instructional emphasis areas. The cluster organization and implementation section covers goal-based planning and includes a proposed cluster curriculum, a…

This document is one in a set of eight staff development training manuals developed to facilitate the efforts of educators in the planning and implementation of comprehensive career guidance programs on the secondary level (7-12). This series is based on the goals and developmental objectives identified by the Georgia Comprehensive Career Guidance…

This curriculum guide deals with electrical occupations clusters. The first section of the guide introduces vocational and career education in general, and electrical occupational education in particular; provides definitions of commonly used terms; and lists guidelines for establishing acceptable secondary vocational programs in Oregon. In the…

Materials contained in this guide are designed to be used in planning a comprehensive career education program and for developing individual career education units for grades 6-9. Section 1 is the planning guide and contains strategies for organizing, planning, and implementing a program, developing staff inservice, conducting a needs assessment,…

This curriculum guide provides a model for organizing vocational instructional content from which secondary level instructors can extract a construction cluster curriculum that meets local needs. Primarily oriented towards classroom use, this guide may also assist administrators, counselors, and lay people involved in local school systems.…

This handbook is designed to serve as a tool to assist school and agency staff in implementing the Career Information System (CIS), a model interagency consortium designed to provide means of direct access to current career and labor market information, based in Oregon. The first section of the handbook discusses what is known about CIS and…