The objective of this paper is to examine the perceptions of community elders and parents on their roles regarding support to their children's education. Data come from the qualitative component of a baseline survey conducted in Korogocho and Viwandani, two urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Data were collected in April-May 2016 through…

Functions of guidance groups, the guidance counselor, the Advocacy Program, and the Guidance Committee of the High School in the Community (HSC), New Haven, Connecticut, are described. HSC, designed to provide a choice of learning environments within the public school system, serves students dissatisfied with their previous school experience.…

This brief guide describes the Career Planning Support System (CPSS), a career guidance management system designed to be integrated into a high school's operations and also designed for district or state application. The guide covers the following aspects of CPSS: (1) the CPSS perspective and five skill categories (self-awareness, social…

A new program to assist students and counselors in learning about themselves and career opportunities has been developed from a follow-up of 400,000 students who participated in Project TALENT. (Author)

Transcripts for each of four audiovisual presentations, components of the Career Planning Support System (CPSS), are contained in this package. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide information for local high schools to design, implement, and evaluate an upgraded career guidance program. CPSS describes how…

This information analysis paper, based on a search of the ERIC data base, presents an in-depth analysis of current topics in group guidance. A variety of group guidance models are discussed, then issues and trends resulting from their implementation are analyzed. Implications are stated for further development of group approaches to guidance…

The students' needs and the parents' concern for their children's growth and development, as well as parents' desire for more effective communication skills and better relationships in their families, brought a realization that parent education, an important new dimension, could be added to the guidance program at Westwood Junior High. (Author)

Discusses advantages and disadvantages of utilizing computer information systems in making career and educational alternatives decisions, describes three types of computer-based guidance systems currently available, and describes three direct inquiry systems with monitoring--Educational and Career Exploration System, System of Interactive Guidance…

This paper describes a career development program designed to meet the needs of secondary school students. The course was designed to involve the individual in the process of influencing his future. The program seemed highly successful the first year but encountered numerous problems the second year. Implications are discussed. (NG)

This document consists of two manuals prepared for staff members and guidance counselors in the Learning Community (LC) program, as practiced in New Jersey's North Hunterdon Regional High School District. The staff members are described as teachers performing in multiple roles. Teachers help establish LCs around educational interests and are…

This document contains an overview of the Research for Better Schools (RBS) model for experience-based career education (EBCE). (Descriptions of two other EBCE models are included in ERIC documents CE 018 446 and CE 018 447.) Divided into eight sections, this document highlights some of the important features of the model and includes excerpts of…

The Job Placement Center project implements those job placement services outlined in the "School-Based Job Placement Model" (ED 077 959), developed in 1972 by the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education. The project's purpose was to assimilate and extend this model to meet the job placement needs of 46 suburban…

A vocation week program is described in which teachers, counselors and community resource people coordinated their activities to provide a comprehensive view to graduating high school students about various job opportunities. Films, seminars and discussions were used to achieve this purpose. A questionnaire answered by students indicated benefits…

The Career Action for Youth Centre (CAY) was established to develop suitable vocational counseling resources for high school students in Vancouver, Canada. It develops career guidance programs individually tailored to the needs of Vancouver's secondary schools. (Author)

This project was designed to use group process techniques in meeting the career development needs of girls and in dealing with the limiting aspects of female stereotyping. The project consisted of 10 one-hours sessions. The objectives were to give high-school girls an opportunity to get to know themselves better, develop an understanding of the…