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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Occupational Education Programs. – 1989
This casebook has been compiled in response to the expressed need of administrators, counselors, and teachers of occupational education in New York State to share knowledge about programs and initiatives that are successful in helping at-risk students remain in school and graduate with sound occupational skills. Each initiative described in this…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
Magi Educational Services, Inc., Port Chester, NY. – 1979
The report presents an objective third-party assessment of the WALKABOUT program. Now in its third year in Northern Westchester County, New York, this program offers an optional learning environment for Grade 12 students in which the skills and self confidence needed to be effective adults are nurtured. In order to attain WALKABOUT program goals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communications, Counselor Attitudes, Educational Environment
Download full textCopen, Peter; And Others – 1980
The Walkabout program is an optional senior-year educational experience in which New York high school students can acquire the basic skills and confidence to take charge of their lives and contribute to the world. The year-long program is divided into 5 "challenge environments": wilderness (5 weeks); applied academics (18 weeks of health…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Counselor Role, Educational Environment
