Gives an overview of the U.S. Department of Education's career clusters initiative and a rationale for preparing career and technical education (CTE) teachers with counseling skills. Presents the career development facilitator curriculum model and suggests ways to infuse it into CTE teacher education. (Contains 39 references.) (SK)

Tennessee business/industry employees completed the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (2,260 usable of 3,600). Self-rated perception of work ethic (working with others, striving for achievement, being dependable, accepting duty) differed by occupation among six groups: professional, clerical, service, agricultural, crafts, and general labor. (SK)

Students in a multi-occupational (cluster) metals program scored higher on tests covering three metals areas than students in single-occupational programs, suggesting that, at the secondary level, general rather than special instruction in metal trades has considerable value as far as pencil and paper tests of cognitive outcomes can reveal.…