Knowledge development goals were built into the Illinois Migrant Council (IMC) Midwest Youth Employment Training Program (MYETP) to gain information and insights on the status and conditions of the migrant and seasonal farmworker (MSFW) youth, and to assist in the design and content of programs to improve their economic, educational, and social…

This manual describes the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) as a model for community colleges interested in implementing a community-based career exploration program. The first sections of the manual present background information on the program and HJC. Next, the components of the EBCE program are…

This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. The report focuses on the young school drop-out portion only of the supported work experiment, which also included offenders, ex-addicts, and welfare recipients. The goal of supported…

An exemplary project was initiated in March of 1977 as a jointly operated project with Arrowhead Area Education Agency 5 and Iowa Central Community College. The purpose of the effort was to analyze the potential and demonstrate the components of the Experience-Based Career Education--Appalachia Education Laboratory (EBCE-AEL) model for mildly…

This guide describes the types of instruments to be used in the evaluation of Iowa's experience-based career education (EBCE-MD) project for mildly mentally disabled secondary students. Part 1 provides an overview of the formative evaluation data required for project operation. Copies of various instruments are included (instructor questionnaire,…

Provided are samples of three experience-based career education (EBCE) experience-site learning guides. Each sample is organized into four basic parts. The first part describes the nature of the site (e.g., name of site, address, lunch arrangements, special regulations). The second part gives a brief description of the different sections of the…

The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing the attitudes of former agricultural students who are preparing to be vocational agricultural teachers toward supervised occupational experience (SOE) program record keeping. Agricultural education majors at Iowa State University during winter quarter, 1978, who had vocational…

This program provides supervised vocational personnel with work experience opportunities. The primary function and purpose of this program is the development and/or refinement of vocational competencies in occupational careers. In the introduction, the first of seventeen sections, course options and requirements are outlined. Criteria for the…

A comparative case study of education and work programs was conducted from an anthropological frame of reference to determine how each sets up a program culture for learners to achieve program goals. Three variables structured into the original research design of the project were (1) the length of the program; (2) the type of community served, and…

Operation MEDIHC's (Military Experience Directed into Health Careers) program to help veterans trained in health skills while in military service capitalize on those skills when they return to civilian life is examined. The goal of the program was to help find civilian career opportunities and to provide free counseling and vocational guidance to…

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…

THE PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW METHODS OF EMPLOYING YOUTHS FROM LOW- AND MARGINAL-INCOME FAMILIES, EMPLOYED 170 YOUTHS AGED 16 TO 21 IN IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING VACANT AREAS FOR RECREATION IN DECLINING NEIGHBORHOODS. THE LONGER RANGE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUTHS TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR SKILLED EMPLOYMENT AND TO…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS THROUGH COOPERATION WITH LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LED TO THE CREATION OF THE POSITION OF BUSINESS-INDUSTRY-SCHOOL COORDINATOR (BISC). THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS POSITION IS TRACED. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE COORDINATOR ARE GIVEN, AND BISC DUTIES ARE OUTLINED. SPECIAL…

THIS STUDY PROVIDED INFORMATION ON PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING LEARNING STATIONS TO PROVIDE THE MENTALLY RETARDED WITH WORK-EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES. SUBJECTS WERE 14 STUDENTS, AGE RANGE 16.2 TO 19 YEARS, WITH IQ SCORES OF 50 TO 79. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES WERE USED AS LEARNING STATIONS. THE SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN COURSE…

This document is the full text of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 to Public Law 90-222. These amendments authorize funds for continuation of programs begun under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which established the Job Corps and the work and training program for youth and adults, the special impact programs, and the urban and…