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PDF pending restorationMinnesota Department of Education, 2004
This document provides a brief compilation of descriptions of agricultural education programs linked to Career and Technical Education (CTE) initiative in Minnesota. Agriculture Exploration courses focus on the animal sciences, plant sciences, natural resource sciences, agricultural business and marketing, and leadership development. Agribusiness…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Natural Resources, Marketing, Leadership
Peer reviewedMoore, Barbara A. – Roeper Review, 1979
The article describes a model career exploration program, the Professional Career Exploration Program for Minority and/or Low Income Gifted and Talented Students, which was created as a tenth-grade community exploration program. Sections address the multistage process used to identify disadvantaged gifted students, the inclass seminars for student…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Herren, Ray – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1976
The beef farm at Gaylesville High School, Gaylesville, Alabama, has provided an opportunity for students to gain work experience in a variety of areas including construction, animal care, and packing plant procedures. (LH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Exploration, Educational Programs, Livestock
Tech, Harold C. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1976
The junior high school and senior high school students in Seymour, Wisconsin, have an opportunity to explore the world of work through a six-year program of career education, with an on-the-job training program for seniors. Only the agricultural program is described at the 9-12 grade levels. (LH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, On the Job Training
Ticknor, Duane; Lesher, Connie – 1978
The career/vocational education section of the Oregon Department of Education developed a project to cope with exploratory work experience problems. Three school district models were selected: an urban/semiurban model, a semiurban/rural model, and a rural model. Problems and solutions were presented in three handbooks, and the urban model also…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Demonstration Programs, Models
Shry, Carroll L., Jr. – Agricultural Education, 1976
A listing of the elements that helped make a strong career studies program at Linganore Junior-Senior High School, Frederick County, Maryland. (HD)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Rural Student Vocational Program, Wasilla, AK. – 1983
The purpose of the Rural Student Vocational Program (RSVP) is to provide rural high school vocational students with work and other experiences related to their career objective. Students from outlying schools travel to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau (Alaska) to participate in two weeks of work experience with cooperating agencies and businesses.…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Guidelines, High Schools, Pamphlets
Download full textPima County Developmental Career Guidance Project, Tucson, AZ. – 1975
Information for prospective employers of students involved in a work education program sponsored by the Pima County Developmental Career Guidance Project is presented in the document. Two of the project's programs are described: (1) Work Exposure, aimed at providing seventh through twelfth grade students with an opportunity to observe on a job…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Program Descriptions
Ayres, Mary Ellen – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1978
About 200,000 postsecondary/secondary students participate in cooperative programs. Generally, programs switch students from school to job each quarter/semester, or require several months work yearly. Students earn money, gain work experience, and explore careers. "Undergraduate Programs of Cooperative Education in the United States and Canada"…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Employment Opportunities, Job Training
Peer reviewedWardle, Francis – Children Today, 1988
Describes the Work Experience Study Program in Adams County, Colorado, where special education high school students provide enthusiastic and willing assistance in Head Start classrooms and, in return, learn new skills and career possibilities. (BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Exploration, Child Care Occupations, Disabilities
Peer reviewedPolansky, Daniel W. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
The Vocational Exploration Program was an 8 week summer employment and education program which gave 14 deaf students an opportunity to study the attitudes of employers and students in work situations and some ideas on how to better prepare for jobs in the labor market. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Deafness, Employer Attitudes, Hearing Impairments
Walker, Bonnie L.; And Others – 1980
The manual describes the development and implementation of the Career Development Program at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). The program is said to provide a step-by-step introduction to the world of work. Nine courses are offered, with a focus on five goals: increased awareness of the world of work; exploration of a variety of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Charles County Board of Education, La Plata, MD. – 1982
Project CAST serves educationally handicapped students, ages 14-21, who are receiving special education services for more than half of their school day. The program focuses upon the students' development of skills necessary to foster independent living, wise career decision-making, and successful entry into the world of work. The model uses a…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Community Involvement, Disabilities
Pooley, Richard C. – 1980
The activities of the first 6 months of a project designed to help 27 emotionally disturbed and learning disabled adolescent boys (ages 14 to 16) overcome the handicapping conditions which render them unemployable are reported. Successful aspects of the program were the career education, community based career development, and volunteer work…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Career Exploration, Dropouts
Tehle, Dave; Kortan, Jim – 1976
The Fargo area schools work experience program, "Mission Possible," was designed to help students explore career-related activities in three phases: (1) Students Seeking Insight (SSI), the observation-visitation-interview approach in which a student is matched with an employer in the career area of interest; (2) Participate in a Career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Opportunities, Cooperative Education
