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Memphis City School System, TN. – 1980
Developed for use by all vocational students and teachers, this manual is designed to help students gain occupational knowledge to find employment, progress on the job, and manage their resources successfully. The 10 modules included are intended for use during 10 class sessions. Contents of each module include a brief introduction, outline,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning, Consumer Education
Download full textMissouri Univ., Columbia. Dept. of Special Education. – 1981
Intended for use as an aid by personnel working with handicapped clients, this implementor's manual and resource guide presents model components of the Vocational Habilitation for Severely Handicapped Youth Project. It contains 6 sections (each describing a major component of the program model) and a bibliography/resource guide. Each section…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs
Winona Municipal Separate School District, MS. – 1976
The Winona (Mississippi) Career Education Project was conducted to meet the following objectives: (1) to establish an administrative structure for the effective implementation/operation of the project; (2) to involve approximately ninety school system personnel in inservice training; (3) to develop broad career education competencies in students;…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Education
Technical Education Research Center, Cambridge, MA. – 1979
Technical Education Research Centers initiated the Career Change Project to discover, study, and publicize programs that assist adults to make major career changes. The project surveyed by mail and phone 800 businesses and industrial firms, 1500 postsecondary educational institutions and contacted twenty government agencies, professional…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Ferrini, Paul – 1977
This case history describes the Washington State Career Change Program which is designed to respond to the career needs of unemployed residents who have been laid off or unable to continue their jobs as a result of economic, technological, or health factors beyond their control. The career change program assists these individuals in identifying…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change
Isbell, F. Travis; Jonas, Stephen – 1976
A survey of companies employing graduates of Lorain County Community Colleges's (LCCC's) Engineering Technologies programs was conducted to determine: (1) skills or technical areas that needed strengthening; (2) additional skills or knowledge needed by LCCC graduates; (3) employer attitudes toward LCCC placement practices; (4) attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Reynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
This report summarizes the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) which involved 47 prime sponsors providing training and employment assistance to over 6,000 persons, most of whom were Hispanic or Asian. Focus is on lessons learned that will be useful for developing such programs. Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the background of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
PHILLIPS, P. BERTRAND; AND OTHERS – 1964
APPROXIMATELY 200 COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS FROM 85 HIGH SCHOOLS ENROLLING 76,610 PUPILS THROUGHOUT SEVEN SOUTHERN STATES ATTENDED A 2-DAY CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE GUIDANCE PROGRAMS AND TO SUGGEST IMPROVEMENTS. A FOLLOWUP STUDY OF THE CONFERENCE, INDICATED THAT 88 PERCENT OF THE RESPONDENTS HAD IMPROVED THEIR VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMS…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Attitudes, Bibliographies, Black Youth
MARGACH, CHARLES; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS CONFERENCE WAS CALLED TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED. THE PROBLEMS OF IDENTIFYING AND DEFINING THE VISUALLY LIMITED WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PLACEMENT IN VOCATIONS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ARE CONSIDERED. PAPERS ON SERVING THE VISUAL NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY LIMITED DESCRIBE OCULAR PATHOLOGIES, VISION CARE, DEGREE OF…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Child Development, Codification
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
THIS STUDY ASSESSES JOB CORPS CURRICULUM AND FACILITIES FOR BASIC ORIENTATION AND EDUCATION OF UNEMPLOYED, DISADVANTAGED, POORLY MOTIVATED YOUTH, AND REVIEWS TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS IN SANTA CLARA AND ALAMEDA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. OBSERVATIONS OF SELECTED JOB CORPS CENTERS REVEALED SUPERIOR PHYSICAL FACILITIES BUT LESS THAN…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
CARO, FRANCIS G. – 1966
TWO APPROACHES WERE USED IN STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) ON MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN -- (1) IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OPERATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN ITS WORK FLOW, AND (2) IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN THE YOUTH AND POVERTY AREAS (SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY,…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Study, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Experience
ENINGER, MAX U. – 1965
THE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO DESCRIBE THE OCCUPATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RELATED EXPERIENCES OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL GRADUATES OF 1953, 1958, AND 1962, AND (2) TO COMPARE THE EXPERIENCES FOR VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC GRADUATES OF THE SAME CLASSES AND SCHOOLS. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY QUESTIONNAIRES FROM 5,327 VOCATIONAL GRADUATES AND 1,780 ACADEMIC…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Comparative Analysis, Counselors, Educational Equipment
Levitan, Sar A. – 1967
This review of the Job Corps, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Work Experience and Training Programs, all established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was part of National Manpower Policy Task Force report requested by the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty. It was believed appropriate to examine, after nearly…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Struck, John W.; Curtis, Carroll A. – 1974
Specific programmatic segments of career education developed at four career education pilot sites in Pennsylvania--Ebensburg, Crawford County, Philadelphia, and McKeesport--were evaluated for the period June 1973 to September 1974. Evaluation was conducted through questionnaires, interviews, and observation. The Ebensburg project, conducted at a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education
Cronin, F. Patrick, Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1977
Objectives of the conference, proceedings of which are described in this report, were to (1) provide decision makers with information designed to foster the continued development of essential attitudes and skills in planning, implementing, administering, regulating, and assessing vocational education in corrections; (2) provide a forum for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Development
