CAREERS IN THE AREAS OF DENTISTRY, DIETETICS, MEDICAL RECORD LIBRARY SCIENCE, MEDICAL LABORATORY WORK, MEDICINE, NURSING, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, OPTOMETRY, PHARMACY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, PODIATRY, PUBLIC HEALTH, RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, VETERINARY MEDICINE, HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHER HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF THE…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on keypunch are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of office occupations. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home economics,…

This booklet describes the role and activities of the board of directors prior to the opening of a new Lutheran high school. The board is encouraged to establish ad hoc committees to continue all planning activities initiated by the steering committee in the areas of organization, enrollment, financing, site development, and instruction. This…

Guidelines for the efficient use of educational paraprofessionals and aides are given. Job descriptions, roles, and activities are defined so that a school district may obtain a clear picture of the type of individual necessary for such a position. The areas of peer tutors and volunteers are not specifically addressed, but the recommendations…

This handbook was written to provide an overview of rapidly-changing energy fields and occupations. The first of five sections contains descriptions of over sixty separate fields organized into the following four areas of energy-related work: development, production, distribution, conservation. The second section contains an outline and…

These 21 guides are intended for teachers, counselors, admissions officers and students. Each guide is one page long, and provides students with a range of occupations opened by the related academic subject. It introduces students to primary sources of career information and helps them develop life-long skills needed to make career choices by…

This annotated bibliography provides information on current literature on educational and vocational guidance. Major subject headings are: (1) occupational information; (2) educational, vocational and personal guidance; (3) guidance administration and procedures; (4) student and teacher aids; (5) free or inexpensive guidance material; (6) adult…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE IS TO ASSIST THOSE INVOLVED IN ADMINISTERING FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, REFRESHER AND UPGRADING, AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS IN STENOGRAPHIC, SECRETARIAL, AND RELATED OFFICE OCCUPATIONS IN HIGH SCHOOLS, POST-SECONDARY, AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS. IT WAS PREPARED BY C.E. LESLIE AND ASSOCIATES UNDER CONTRACTUAL…

This booklet, intended for children in grades K-3 as "vocational guidance in a space age," should be read to the child in early school years at an appropriate time. The booklet is divided into five chapters and a summary. Topics discussed concern space workers, space travelers, jobs in space, spaceships, and preparing for a career in space…

This handbook is the result of research done in a workshop, the purposes of which included: (1) to improve vocational guidance in secondary schools, (2) to develop better liaison between businesses, industry and education, (3) to provide practical knowledge of employment conditions and personnel practices through observations in the business and…

Materials in this collection include a policy statement for the training and utilization of the physical therapy aide, guidelines for training, and a sample form for reporting information about a training program to the American Physical Therapy Association. The policy statement defines the aide as an unlicensed worker who has completed on-the-job…

Prepared by the National Council of Technical Schools, this reference may be used by prospective students , their parents, and counselors in learning the philosophy and objectives, historical background, and present status of technical schools and career opportunities as a technician. Career opportunities included are: (1) Aerospace/Aviation…

The purposes of this stud y were to test the dependability of stated employee selection criteria, to ascertain the degree of congruence between stated and actual selection criteria, and to determine the degree of change in criteria due to "looseness" or "tightness" of the local labor market. Seven test labor market areas representing a variety of…

Part 1 of this teacher's guide contains job descriptions, teaching suggestions/answers, and worksheets for twenty careers and classroom experiences which are designed to be used in teaching science. The following twenty careers are covered: meteorologist, geologist, musical instrument maker/repairman, opthalmologist, astronomer, paint chemist,…

This book describes the various aspects of the film industry and the many jobs related to filmmaking, stressing that no "formula" exists for finding a successful career in the film industry. Chapters provide information on production, writing for film, cinematography, editing, music, sound, animation and graphics, acting and modeling, the "unsung…