Materials contained in this curriculum guide are designed for use in carrying out the World of Related Knowledge and Educational Development (WORK-ED) program goal of enabling ninth grade students not enrolled in traditional college prep courses to make career choices based on occupational information. The guide is divided into two major…

This report presents an updated review of employment projection and supply data as related to current job cluster program enrollment in the Portland (Oregon) School District. The methods for gathering the data are described and estimates for future enrollment needs are recommended for eighteen occupational clusters. Three fourths of the report is…

A project was conducted based on the following three objectives: (1) demonstrate a regional plan for the implementation of an open entry-exit (flexible) career development program encompassing career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation; (2) expose each student to a range of career clusters within the context of his educational…

The teaching guide presents a comprehensive description of career opportunities in business and office occupations and of the educational requirements for obtaining business employment. Career opportunities for the following five cycles are described: administration, business ownership, clerical, records systems and control (accounting and…

The career activities guide in social science, part of an Idaho State Department of Vocational Education career exploration series for grades 7, 8, and 9, is designed as supplementary material to enrich the regular curriculum. Any one activity in the guide might be used without involving any other activities. The cross-referenced index indicates…

The career activities guide in mathematics, part of an Idaho State Department of Vocational Education career exploration series for grades 7, 8, and 9, is designed as supplementary material to enrich the regular curriculum. Any one activity in the guide might be used without involving any other activities. The cross-referenced index indicates…

Volume 3 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the economic awareness level of career awareness and aims at developing student economic understanding. The lessons in the volume are divided and color-coded by grade level (primary levels 2 and 3 and intermediate levels 1, 2, and 3 corresponding respectively with…

The seventh annual study of occupational opportunities in Nebraska reflects State manpower needs and trends as revealed by employer listings (number of persons employed, job duties of persons employed, and a projection of future needs). A 5 percent random sample was generated from the revised master list of employers for each of the six State…

One of four teaching guides published by the Houston Independent School District for teacher use in developing career education units in the classroom, this document provides a teaching unit for five career areas: environmental control, public service, health, hospitality/recreation, and personal services. In each area, the behavioral objectives,…

One of 11 guides which can be used as a resource for teachers in implementing the exploration phase of career education in the middle/junior high school, the guide is not intended as an exhaustive in-depth study of the communications and media field. It serves rather as an indication of directions a classroom teacher might take in introducing the…

One of 11 guides intended for use at the junior high school level of career exploration, the primary focus of the teacher's guide is on the many occupational opportunities within the transportation cluster. Four occupational clusters are treated: (1) land transportation, (2) water transportation, (3) air and space transportation, and (4)…

This handbook, for use in a prevocational program providing special education students in high school with occupational skills, provides guidelines and teaching procedures for use in implementing a program at district or school level. An overall description of the program delineates roles and responsibilities of all program participants, and…

Curriculum guides for grades 3, 6, 8, and 10 are contained in this document. The introduction outlines the basic rationale of the program and provides suggestions for its implementation in specific situations. The program was developed under four equity career education related categories: The self, the individual and society, role expectations,…

A sequential 20-step system of career exploration is described in this book. Designed as a basic and complete text for career guidance courses, it may also be used on a do-it-yourself or independent basis. Objectives of the book are to (1) simplify the career search process by providing an effective step-by-step system, (2) individualize the…

This publication contains worker task lists and supplementary information for four occupations in the engineering, trade, and technical cluster: (1) general carpenter, (2) residential electrician, (3) industrial distribution occupations, and (4) residential and commercial maintenance specialist. The task lists were generated through the DACUM…