The preliminary work on three main projects is reported on, covering the period between March and June, 1973. The projects are: (1) development of an institutional behavioral management regimen for incarcerated male youths between the ages of 15 and 18 at the Alabama Industrial School at Mount Meigs, Alabama; (2) development of a community-based…

The purpose of this handbook is to assist Job Corps Training Center staff in developing an instructional system which relates to present day occupational requirements. This is a how-to-do-it handbook which emphasizes and illustrates curriculum development techniques to assist training and management staff in establishing and updating Career…

A model program of occupational exploration was conducted for students enrolled in a two-year college and unsure of their vocational goals. The heart of the academic program was a six-credit sociology of work course invoving the psycho-socio-economic aspects of work. Supplementing this course were three other courses. Three components…

The rapid industrialization of agriculture has necessitated the implementation of programs which more effectively coordinate state supervision activities, industry participation, and teacher education. In order to meet this need, a structured occupational experience was designed to provide beginning teachers with agricultural industry-related…

For a variety of reasons, vocational education has not made it in America. Our high schools have not been able to make sure that every young man and woman who receives a diploma is qualified either for immediate employment or further education. To solve the problems of this situation, the Office of Education is giving major emphasis to the design…

The second year report of this exemplary project describes the problems, objectives, and programs for the development of a comprehensive and sequentially planned effort for career education. Most of the document consists of the project evaluation and the appendixes of materials relating to the project. Evaluation outlined the need for more…

Correlations between the Enrollee Test Battery (ETB) and performance on more conventional tests were examined to determine the ETB validity, in addition to a small-Scale study of predictive validity of both ETB and the conventional tests. Three types of paper and pencil measures were utilized: the ETB, conventional cognitive skills tests, and…

Designed to aid the teacher coordinator in finding current and readily available resource materials relating to program operation and instruction in cooperative education programs, this guide lists over 500 items with abstracts intended to assist the reader who may be looking for ideas, information, or instructional aids. The guide is organized…

Educators have long recognized the need for schools to train students adequately for the world of work. This training includes both the necessary technical skills and employability skills. This document, the Employability Skills Guide, is Duval County Schools' part of such a plan to meet this need. The performance objectives utilized in this guide…

Underemployment is the focus of this transcript of a radio series published as an electronic weekly magazine concerned with issues in education. The first of a 2-part series, this program incorporates studio interviews with: James O'Toole of the Center for the Study of the Future; a ceramics college graduate working as a shipping clerk; various…

This article considers the impact of employment trends on Gallaudet University's deaf graduates and describes programs Gallaudet has developed to create career opportunities, such as Experiential Programs Off Campus. It is recommended that job seekers should be adaptable and flexible and have problem-solving skills, practical coursework, and…

This guide was developed for Ohio's Work SITE Learning Model, a national demonstration project for the integration of academic and vocational learning. The guide is designed to assist schools in conducting effective teacher worksite externship programs that allow teachers to observe workplace practices in order to glean information about academic…

A survey assessed the extent to which Arizona 10th-grade students selected career majors, planned a course of study for high school and beyond, and received adult guidance related to careers through the school. In total, 2,131 tenth grade students participated in the survey administered in spring 1997 after one full year of school-to-work (STW)…

This booklet describes the success of tech prep under the federal school-to-work (STW) initiative and provides case studies showing how schools and businesses are using tech prep to create the world's best work force for the new millennium. The first section discusses the payoff from STW, and the second section describes tech prep. Section 3…

The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…