The document is part of a series that reports the findings and accomplishments of the Models for Career Education in Iowa project which was initiated to research, define, and describe an emerging concept of career education and to suggest possible approaches for implementation in a school curriculum. Information about a wide range of available…

Following an introduction and outline of project objectives and methodology, summaries of the National Health Council 1968-1975 project are presented in seven sections, each representing the activities for recruitment, counseling, and related activities in the health occupations by annual fiscal year contract period. The annual reports summarize…

The directory of task inventories (listings of activities performed by workers on their jobs) contains bibliographic entries for 171 documents published by State educational and employment service agencies, occupational curriculum laboratories and research coordinating units, branches of the Armed Forces, selected private research and development…

The information reported in this directory was compiled from a review of documents from state educational and employment service agencies, occupational curriculum laboratories and research coordinating units, branches of the armed forces, selected private research and development agencies, and other organizations. Task inventories resulting from…

Job description and certification are the two areas which must be clarified to assure proper employment for library technical assistants (LTA) which is the purpose of the Council on Library Technology (COLT) regional workshops. (This is the second of four.) Discussion on the first day of this two-day conference was devoted to job description and…

Sixty children of varied socioeconomic backgrounds who ranged in age from first through eighth grade were shown photographs of workers in different occupations, asked to rate jobs according to prestige and to give reasons for their rankings. These reasons were then analyzed for level of cognitive functioning manifested. Reasons were seen as…

This working paper provides background information for persons interested in occupational data by informing them of the work of the committee, and serves as a basis for discussion of the direction of future work in this area. The current intensive interest in occupations and occupationally classified data, and the increase in the number of…

This pamphlet provides the counselor with a current listing of sources of an occupational and educational nature. References are grouped according to subject area. Inquiries most frequently received from counselors are the basis for selection of materials that would be valuable to them. Listings include: (1) scholarships, (2) junior college…

The twenty-four job descriptions in this report represent a consensus of all the participants. The participants feel that the full capabilities of the incumbent of a job are not utilized. The job descriptions illustrate the increased standards of performance of professional categories and provide for the assignment of non-professional duties to…

This report provides annual average estimates for the number of workers who will be required through the mid-1970's to meet manpower requirements in most of the occupations for which vocational education curriculums have been developed. The estimates are for technical, health, trades and industrial, office, and distributive occupations. The…

Part of the Project CAREER guidance component, this manual was created to assist educators in understanding and effectively using the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" (DOT). The manual is essentially a workbook of exercises in DOT utilization. Materials excerpted from Appendixes A and B of DOT, Volume II, are appended. (TA)

Because it is important that vocational information be made available at a reading level that students and trainees can comprehend two methods for analysing the readability of this material are described, the Rudolf Flesch Reading Ease Formula and the Robert Gunning Fog Index. (EC)

The principal must operate as a facilitator, operating to meet the needs of staff and students, according to Maslow's theory. (Author)

This article discusses in tabular form the position descriptions and recommended income ranges for engineers as developed by the National Society of Professional Engineers. (CS)

By reorganizing the available manpower and changing roles and responsibilities, the secondary school principalship can become manageable and workable with greater job satisfaction for administrators and increased benefits for pupils, teachers, the school board and taxpayers. Reorganization involves the establishment of a "co-principalship" where…