Briefly describes currently existing guidance services in the province of Ontario, as well as outlining some trends for the future. (HMV)

With youth unemployment very high in the province of Nova Scotia, guidance programs in the province focus on career education. A Youth Careers Committee was formed to spearhead the guidance movement in Nova Scotia. (HMV)

Describes how education can encourage adaptive behavior in those life-career management skills which enable people to explore, choose, and direct their careers. Includes a (1) brief description of the Career Skills Assessment Program being planned by the College Examination Entrance Board in a consortium with five states and (2) bibliography of…

Based on a model placement service developed in southern Indiana, a checklist for assessing a comprehensive high school placement service and the utilization of its available resources is presented. (BM)

Describes a high school peer-helping program that involves students in implementing the educational, social, and philosophical goals of the school. The program has three major functions: peer tutoring, peer counseling, and articulation. (ABB)

Outlines an innovative prevention program developed for a junior high school in the state of Washington. The program teaches life skills and develops appropriate attitude and behavior in students. (Author/ABB)

Proposes a model for a peer group facilitator program which stresses the need for assimilating attempts to understand the self and others as opposed to focusing exclusively on student competencies, intellectual gains, and competitive cognitive processes. (Author/ABB)

This issue of Policy Insights draws on findings from WICHE's report Accelerated Learning Options: Moving the Needle on Access and Success, to lay out some of the important policy issues that decision makers might consider when adopting new state policy related to accelerated learning or modifying policies already in existence. The publication…

The purpose of this chapter is to envision how the era of technological revolution will affect the guidance, counseling, and student support programs of the future. Advances in computer science, telecommunications, and biotechnology are discussed. These advances have the potential to affect dramatically the services of guidance programs of the…

BCTransfer TIPS is a user friendly document outlining how transfer between British Columbia (BC) post-secondary institutions works. It includes tips, student quotes, scenarios, a personal plan and checklist. Information in this document can only be reproduced with permission from the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT.)

The most important responsibility of any Board of Education is the selection of its Superintendent of Schools. The Council of the Great City Schools compiled this document to assist its member school boards in beginning the search for a new superintendent. Many models exist for conducting a search in urban schools: a basic and generic one is…

Comprehensive developmental guidance programs systematically address students' personal/social, learning, and career development needs. The evolution and implementation of a comprehensive guidance program in Wisconsin is presented in this booklet. The volume's purpose is not to define the role of individuals, but rather to keep the focus on…

Attending to students' employability within a more student-driven higher education system is high on the policy agenda in Britain. Career services have a key contribution to make to this agenda. Higher education career services have moved away from the one-to-one interview to a widely adopted open-access model, in which students have access to a…

These guidebooks present classroom and small group activities for Pre-K-12 and beyond. Volume I includes over 250 activities and activity sheets (where appropriate) in the strand areas of Self and Decision Making/Problem Solving. Volume II includes over 250 activities and activity sheets (where appropriate) in the strand areas of Other Awareness,…

This publication provides information about the 1998 exemplary career guidance and counseling programs named by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. An introduction describes the search for excellent career development programs and lists components of exemplary programs. The next section…