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Green, Kimberly – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
This article provides an overview of the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium's (NASDCTEc) Common Career Technical Core (CCTC), a state-led initiative that was created to ensure that career and technical education (CTE) programs are consistent and high quality across the United States. Forty-two states,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Business
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Stone, James R., III; Kotamraju, Pradeep; Steuernagel, Bruce; Green, Kimberly A. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
This report presents data on job opportunities and skill requirements through 2018 arranged by the 16 career clusters in the Carl D. Perkins Act of 2006. The data are arranged state-by-state and the District of Columbia, from 2008 through 2018. Skill requirements are reflected in the length and extent of educational preparation and training…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Occupational Information, Job Skills, Occupational Clusters
PETERSON, CLARENCE E. – 1964
THIS IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AID TO STATES IN ORGANIZING AND OPERATING PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE VIII OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT, PUBLIC LAW 85-864. IT FURNISHES--(1) GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT A TECHNOLOGY OR BROAD FIELD OF WORK, (2) COMPOSITE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE OCCUPATIONS IN THAT FIELD OF WORK, (3) A…
Descriptors: Design, Drafting, Educational Needs, Engineering Drawing
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 7, the document is devoted to the occupational clusters "Agri-business, Natural Resources, and Marine Science." It is divided into five units: natural resources, ecology, landscaping, conservation, oceanography. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's purpose, main ideas, quests, and a…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Career Education, Curriculum Guides, Ecology
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Hospitality, Recreation, and Personal Service Occupations." It is divided into four units: recreational resources for education, employment, and professional opportunities; barbering and cosmetology; mortuary science; hotel-motel management. Each unit is…
Descriptors: Administration, Barbers, Career Education, Cosmetology
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Transportation." It is divided into five units: surface transportation, interstate transportation, air transportation, water transportation, and subterranean transportation (the Metro). Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Bicycling, Bus Transportation, Career Education
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for Grade 7, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Fine Arts and Humanities." It is divided into five units: drama and literature, music, dance, art, and crafts. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's purpose, main ideas, quests, and a list of career opportunities…
Descriptors: Art, Career Education, Curriculum Guides, Dance
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 7, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Construction and Environment." It is divided into four units: urban renewal and development, urban and suburban construction and planning, megalopolis, and demography. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's purpose, main ideas,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Construction Industry, Curriculum Guides, Demography
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 7, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Communications and Media." It is divided into six units: advertising, film and photography, radio and television, journalism and publishing, library and periodicals, and transocean communications. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communications, Curriculum Guides, Films
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Public Service Occupations." It is divided into six units: education, public utilities, community social and health services, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and the postal system. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Health Services, Curriculum Guides, Education
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 7, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Consumer and Homemaking." It is divided into six units: buying, child care, nutrition, clothing, family relations, and housing and household management. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's purpose, main ideas, quests, and a…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Care, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Education
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Health Occupations." It is divided into four units: the hospital, preventive medicine, drug use and abuse, and alcohol and tobacco. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's purpose, main ideas, quests, and a list of career…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Alcoholism, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Education
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
To help teachers make effective use of ten curriculum guides in career education for the seventh and eighth grade levels, the manual comments upon several topics: the career development philosophy, the basic ingredients of the D.C. program, the roles of the classroom teacher and the guidance counselor in the program, and the setting for the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Class Activities, Community Resources