The Storefront School for mentally disabled youth in Ottawa (Ontario) serves as both a classroom and a headquarters for students who are assigned work in the shopping mall. Visibility of the program makes the public more aware of the potential of the mentally handicapped. (MLF)

Provides a brief description of a number of federal jobs available and the education and/or experience requirements for each. Gives references for further information and application forms. Discusses job classifications, wages and benefits and provides addresses for information on federal jobs. (MVL)

A sabbatical spent doing social work in a family and children's agency is described. Emphasis is given to conceptualizing the evolution of practice skill from observing one's work, the enhancement of teaching competence, the opportunity for scholarly achievements and the fostering of school-agency relationships. (Author/MLW)

Suggests several ways that schools can help potential high school dropouts or students with no job skills to succeed. Indicates that programs should include monitored work experiences, community and neighborhood involvement, redirected vocational training, and career information and counseling. (JOW)

Interviews with students and teachers at two Sheffield high schools and employers involved in work experience placements revealed clear differences in the value and outcomes of work experience. The primary gap was between the rhetoric of the benefits of work experience, its effect on curriculum, and the actual experience. (SK)

Carter reviews changes in the workplace and in campus recruitment procedures that affect student job placement and describes the University of Missouri's job development program (cooperative education, internships, part-time work, work study, service learning, and volunteering). Franta expands on service learning's effect on career development.…

Tech prep is a series of courses and work experiences that prepare students for postsecondary education or work; often, two years of secondary and two years of postsecondary education are involved. Existing programs show increases in achievement, lower dropout rates, and higher enrollment in community colleges. (SK)

A blind individual offers career education guidelines concerning helping blind children make realistic vocational choices, providing job awareness, setting up work-experience programs, and developing special job-seeking skills. (DB)

A school business official with 14 years of experience in three Michigan districts agreed to join East Grand Rapids School District to help pass a $32 million bond issue for school renovations. To establish credibility in his new district, this official worked hard to communicate effectively, manage competently, and develop a clear vision.…

Discusses the impact of work experience and career interests in the college student internship placement process. Explores how this two-part framework can benefit employers and university career service staff. Defines the following as the types of student interns: explorers, idealists, career changers, and professionals. (MKA)

Describes results of a survey that measured business educators' attitudes toward distance education at both the baccalaureate and masters levels of instruction. Two simultaneous equation models were developed, and key influential factors were found to be the experience of the respondent and their perception of difficulties with and appropriateness…

Interviews with 14 Australian students and 6 graduates of a vocational college showed that, although 5 of the graduates felt their learning transferred to the workplace, there was a distinction between school-based and workplace learning. Transfer was enhanced when they were given meaningful tasks and encouraged to use learning at work. (SK)

This paper reviews and analyzes law and litigation concerning the legal parameters within which schools can provide nonpaid instructional work experiences to students with disabilities. It covers the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938), recent federal appellate and district court cases, and recent guidelines of the Departments of Education and Labor.…

Describes a variety of programs which provide youth with visual impairments with work experiences. These include transition programs which may rotate students in various positions such as cooperative programs with nonprofit agencies, internships for blind college graduates, employment in rehabilitation businesses, and National Industries for the…

Little is known about field placement experiences of growing subgroups of students, particularly older, part-time, and field employment-based. Because of the centrality of field placements within MSW education, these student subgroups in field placements at one northeastern school were surveyed (N=779). A MANOVA analysis examined students'…