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La Sala, Vincent J; Picarelli, Henry E. – 1975
Known also as the Summer Minimal Achiever Rehabilitation Training Program (SMART), the Nassau County work-experience program was designed to motivate minimal achieving students toward more positively directed goals. Of the more than 300 students referred to the program, 142 were accepted as enrollees. Program objectives were: (1) to provide…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling, Potential Dropouts, Records (Forms)

Dykeman, Bruce F. – Education, 1983
Explains the methodology used to correlate the scores of dropout-prone students on a measurement of vocational maturity with their scores and work-effectiveness rating scale. Notes that vocational maturity, decision making abilities, and career information are significantly related to work effectiveness. (SB)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Decision Making, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
SAVITZKY, CHARLES – 1962
THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED TO AID SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SLOW LEARNERS AND POTENTIAL HIGH DROPOUTS. THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC EDUCATION, ENCOURAGE A SUCCESSFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORLD OF WORK. APPROACHES AND METHODS ARE GEARED TO THE SLOW LEARNER, AND MATERIAL IS PRESENTED WHICH WILL BE FUNCTIONAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Dropout Prevention, Instructional Materials, Part Time Employment
Illinois State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation, Springfield. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1974
WECEP, a cooperative education program for 14- and 15-year-old potential dropouts in either elementary or high school grades, provides work experience in jobs approved by Federal and State laws. The guide is intended for use as a resource for teacher-coordinators of local WECEP programs and supplements another Illinois Division of Vocational and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Education, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Guides
Hamovitch, Bram A. – 1994
This paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study of a state-run and state-funded remediation program for economically disadvantaged adolescents. The program's main purpose was to reintegrate students defined as "at risk" of dropping out back into their schools. The program, the Ordered School Reinforcement Program (OSRP), was implemented…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Education, Critical Theory, Economically Disadvantaged
Glaser, Roberta E.; Kley, Raymond C. – 1982
Ohio's Occupational Work Adjustment (OWA) program is a one- to two-year ungraded vocational program for fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds who have been identified as potential dropouts from the regular educational program. Begun on a pilot basis in 1967, OWA served over 80,000 students in 499 programs during the 1981-82 school year. The goal of OWA,…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1991
The New Horizons Program provides supportive services such as counseling, attendance monitoring, career-related instruction, and work experience to dropout-prone students and their families in order to improve students' academic achievement and increase their graduation rate. Work experience, a major component of the program, helps students focus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Kerka, Sandra – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) requires Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) to establish Youth Councils as a sub-group focused on low-income youth at risk, ages 14-21, who face barriers to school completion. Youth Councils present an opportunity to develop a comprehensive employment and training system. The WIA's vision of a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educationally Disadvantaged
Sipe, Cynthia L. – 1986
The performance of Hispanic participants in the Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) was examined in detail because findings about short-term outcomes for the first year of STEP operation were more promising for Hispanics than for members of other ethnic groups. In addition, Hispanic performance was examined because of the relatively poor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood, Family Planning
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 1998
The Transition Services program of the Onondaga-Dortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (New York) has been identified as an exemplary school-to-work program that includes students with disabilities. The program serves students aged 13-21, most with disabilities; the majority have mental retardation, serious emotional…
Descriptors: College Students, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Instructional Development and Services. – 1991
This program guide identifies primary considerations in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a work experience program designed for the potential school leaver. The program philosophy is set forth. Program content is then presented. A curriculum framework specifies the exact course title, course number, levels of instruction, major…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Dropout Prevention, Employer Employee Relationship
New York State Dept. of Labor, Albany. – 1991
The School to Employment Program (STEP) provided job placement, training, counseling, and remediation for economically disadvantaged youth aged 14-21 who were at risk of dropping out of school or who had dropped out and were unprepared for employment. Its two major components were in-school and out-of-school programs. Youth in both programs were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Counseling Services
Langsdorf, Michael; Gibboney, Richard A. – 1977
Efforts of the Career Intern Program (CIP) to help urban youth get a basic education and further training or a paying job, are described in this report, written for the educator or school board member interested in a program combining basic and career education for high school youth who are not succeeding in regular schools (dropouts or those…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Career Development, Career Education