The third report of the greater Milwaukee area career education project documents the phase 3 activities and accomplishments of the project, from October 1974 to July 1975. The following objectives were accomplished. Contact persons have been established in each district to promote career education. Three one-week workshops, two adult career…

The document presents information pertaining to the program in career education at the Danbury (Connecticut) public schools. The system's organizational chart and policy statement precede descriptions of the elementary, junior high, and senior high programs. Also included are descriptions of inservice teacher training activities, specialized…

The report is designed primarily for internal use by administrators and staff members of the Guided Occupational Orientation Project in Syracuse, New York, and contains a summary evaluation for the 1972-73 school year activities associated with the project. One section of the report discusses and displays specific outcomes compared with goals…

The document provides the model delivery system for an exemplary career education program developed for the Seaford School District and a curriculum guide for grades five-nine developed by teachers. The model briefly discusses career awareness and preparation but stresses career exploration. The school district's comprehensive exploratory program…

The report provides a summary of the independent, third party evaluation of the 1972-73 funding year of the Guided Occupational Orientation Project of the Syracuse City School District. A systems approach to evaluation was utilized in this effort. The funded project involved all three grade populations--elementary, junior high school, and senior…

The Elkhart Career Education Planning Program (ELCEP), a K-12 component of Indiana's career education effort, and its first three years of operation are described in the document. A general discussion of the definition of career education, program goals, administration, funding, and facilities provides background material on the program. Several…

Project goals for the year ending June 30, 1974 were to complete development of the model initiated in Sand Springs Public Schools during the 1972-73 school year, to provide dissemination of the model across the State, and to demonstrate the model in operation. Major efforts concerned instructional material revisions or development from the first…

The final report of the Bridgeport Career Education Project covers the period from August 1, 1971 to August 31, 1974. The project has as its major goal the development of a comprehensive career education and development program beginning at the elementary level and continuing through high school. The initial phase of the project centered on…

A four-month study undertaken by the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce with the cooperation of various educational and vocational institutions and business organizations is reported. Discussed are planning and organization for career education, philosophy and roles, financing activities and business-educator relationships. Course offerings are…

This report is a statistical summary of raw data on the success of City-As-School (CAS), an experience-based New York City independent alternative high school. A brief description of CAS, its objectives, resource use, staffing, student population, financing, and processes is provided. Data from the Career Maturity Inventory Competence Test, the…

During the 1974-75 school year, the major thrust of the second year of the exemplary project was the integration of career education into the curriculum at all levels of instruction. Career education was taught by the regular classroom teacher in all elementary grade schools. Detailed unit plans were developed and published as a guide for…

The Buffalo career education project is presented in two parts, the final report and the summary evaluation. The components of the program described and analyzed in the report are: (1) infusion of career concepts into the existing curriculum; (2) vocational skill training for entry jobs; (3) business, labor, and industry contribution to career…

The second year of the city-wide K-12 Bristol (Connecticut) Career Education Project is evaluated in the final report. The third party evaluator utilized an evaluation strategy identified as Information Based Evaluation (IBE). Rather than focusing on program objectives as the sole criteria for evaluation, the design also uses a series of research…

The methods used during 1975-76 in the career education program in Norwalk (Connecticut) were designed for each grade level--elementary, middle school, and high school. (The program began with a Federally funded pilot program in the spring of 1972 in three schools and has expanded, over a four and one-half year period, to a total program in all 25…

The handbook is intended as a guide for career education specialists and includes a wide variety of materials, most of which are reproduced directly from the Warren, Ohio, city schools' World of Work project office. Following an overview of the city's program, the document emphasizes policies, procedures, and organizational functions. Three…