The Archway School in Brooklyn, New York, has developed a work study program for non-college-potential learning disabled students 17-years-old and older which stresses development of readily employable office and industrial skills. (DB)

The final report of the 3 year Project CAST (an Appalachia Educational Laboratory adaptation of the Experience Based Career Education Model) in Charles County, Maryland, reviews accomplishments in the areas of student appraisal, individual educational programming (IEP), joint coordination and continuing education, and dissemination and…

The Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) Program was adopted and implemented to replace the traditional work experience program for senior year educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students at a public high school. The EBCE program had two major priorities--to create a set of learning experiences which were uniquely…

The publication contains reports of six career education programs for handicapped adolescents and young adults. Described is the Career Development Center, an alternative high school program in Syosset, New York, which offers academic and vocational learning opportunities to students (15 to 21 year old) who have difficulty adjusting to public…

This manual describes the cooperative work experience program for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS). The first of three sections included in the guide provides a definition and philosophy of the DoDDS cooperative work experience program. The second part of the manual provides a one-paragraph description of the cooperative work…

This volume describes and discusses numerous educational programs for minorities and women conducted and/or supported by academic and nonacademic institutions and organizations. Included are general assistance programs conducted at black, minority, and women's colleges and specific/career oriented programs supported by corporations. Information is…

Two conference reports focus on career education programs for handicapped high school students. Described is a work study program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) senior high students with goals such as decreasing the incidence of school dropouts, improving basic work skills, teaching positive work attitudes, teaching money and time management…

At Egbert Junior High School on Staten Island a pilot project--the Cooperative Education program--has managed to survive the rash of program cutbacks and elimination occurring in New York City public schools. Describes the reasons for its success by evaluating two very distinctive characteristics--its cooperative work program on a junior high…

The final report reviews a public service administration internship program for 33 gifted and talented Montgomery County (Maryland) high school juniors and seniors. Learner and process objectives, minor changes, and the dissemination plan are presented for the program which utilizes the internship model developed by Executive High School…

This issue--an international overview of cooperative/work experience education--contains ten case studies and four student viewpoints. It begins with an article discussing types of cooperative/work experience programs, including those focused on in the case studies. A second article previews the Second World Conference on Cooperative Education.…

A selection of 26 operational linkage programs are described in the supplemental document, providing career education practitioners with examples of program development and operation in the area of school-work relationships. The programs are grouped under four categories and in terms of their relationship between education and work: (1)…

Intended as a source of information and guide for educators and business people, this report describes a variety of successful cooperative programs between businesses and schools, explains how they operate, and provides some advice from those experienced with programs about how to estabilsh and operate cooperative endeavors. Chapter 1 focuses on…

During the 1979-80 academic year the Vocational Guidance Program at Halstead High School, a rural school with an enrollment of 225 students, placed over half the juniors and seniors in work-study positions, helped 24 seniors secure $38,000 in scholarship awards, and provided some type of career materials and information to students in all grades…

This document contains evaluations of the thirty vocational/career education programs funded during the 1979-80 school year in the School District of Philadelphia. The first section consists of a brief summary of the conclusions and recommendations concerning each program. The remainder of the document consists of the complete evaluation reports…