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Finn, Peter – 1998
This document profiles the job placement program for ex-offenders that the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York City has implemented successfully since 1992. The document begins by describing the program's main components, which are as follows: (1) a 1-day recruitment and orientation program; (2) a 4-day life skills course; (3) an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling
Nyyssola, Kari, Ed. – 1999
This document contains the papers from plenary sessions, forums, and panels conducted at a conference on the new forms of vocational education needed for the world economy of the 21st century. After introductory remarks and opening addresses by the Minister of Education and Science of Finland and the Acting Director of the European Commission, the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Delivery Systems, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Connecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. – 2001
These Connecticut vocational and technical performance standards and competencies are a guide for overall quality attainment in these seven vocational and technical program areas: agricultural science technology education; business and finance technology education; cooperative work education; family and consumer sciences education; marketing…
Descriptors: Accounting, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy
Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA. – 1998
ProTech is the Boston Public Schools' longest-standing and most developed school-to-career (STC) initiative. It is a collaboration of the Boston Public Schools, 75 employers, and the Boston Private Industry Council. ProTech combines rigorous academic instruction, a sequence of worksite learning experiences in seven major industrial clusters for…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Miller, Marc S.; Fleegler, Robert – 2000
Venture capital provided under the School to Work Opportunities Act 1994 (STWOA) has promoted significant state and local innovation. STWOA's 7-year lifespan assumed that states made a commitment to building sustainable systems when they applied for funds. As STWOA approaches the end of its lifespan, many states are examining and assessing their…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making
Hughes, Maria – 2000
The provision of work-based training in the United Kingdom was studied to identify strategies for developing and improving the work-based sector. Data were collected from the following sources: a literature review; a postal survey completed by 245 work-based training providers; follow-up interviews; and regional meetings. More than 64% of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Certification, Change Strategies
National Employer Leadership Council, Washington, DC. – 2001
This document highlights the school-to-careers (STC) partnerships connecting workplace experiences to classroom learning to prepare students for successful employment in the automotive industry. First, the current state of the automotive industry is reviewed and the role of STC in addressing automotive service needs is explained. Next, the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Auto Mechanics, Career Awareness, Career Education
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 2000
This guide is designed to help Canadian educators, in partnership with their communities, organize and operate off-campus education programs that provide meaningful experiences for students. It outlines required and recommended procedures to guide school authorities as they implement off-campus education programs in both core and optional subject…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Developed Nations
Rodriguez, Esther M.; Ruppert, Sandra S. – 1996
This report is intended to provide a framework for state-level policy and planning in relationship to postsecondary education's role in workforce development. Underlying the report is a set of principles and priorities designed to reflect and shape current policy agendas, and which will address the needs of college-bound high school graduates,…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Bound Students, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning
Patton, Bob; Harp, Keith – 1984
These course materials are designed to provide a foundation of basic knowledge in production agriculture as a prelude to further education in vocational agriculture. The guide contains 6 sections and 22 units of instruction. Each unit includes all or most of eight basic components: performance objectives, suggested activities for the teacher,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Production
Rist, Ray C.; And Others – 1980
The four programmatic school-to-work transition models being developed and implemented by Youthwork, Inc. are assessed. The thrust is both to distinguish these strategies, one from another, and to clarify the variations that occur within each of these four models: academic credit for work experience, expanded private sector involvement, career…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Coordination, Credits
Lopez-Valadez, Jeanne, Ed.; And Others – 1985
The four chapters in this compilation highlight the issues and strategies used to prepare limited English proficient (LEP) adults for employment. In the first chapter, Joan Friedenberg discusses the development of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching, including general ESL, English for special purposes, and prevocational and vocational ESL…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Cross Cultural Training
Judson Independent School District, Converse, TX. – 1984
This guide was developed to help teachers conduct a cooperative work experience internship program in high technology and related industry for high school students. The curriculum guide provides an overview of the high-technology internship program, lists goals and objectives of the program, and provides a course outline containing 13 units. Each…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Course Content
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
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1977
The first year of a demonstration experience-based career education (EBCE) project implemented to provide realistic career information to J.L. Mann High School (South Carolina) students was evaluated. The project was intended to provide the EBCE students with community-based career experiences structured to reinforce academic instruction, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
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