As a statement of Provincial goals and curriculum objectives for primary and junior divisions of Ontario elementary schools, this circular is intended to stimulate school self-evaluation, particularly in the basic skills area. The major responsibility for curricular planning however, rests with the school and the individual teacher. Province goals…

This document contains guidelines, objectives, and competencies of the K-12 social studies program for North Carolina. The primary goal of social studies instruction is to help each student attain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for becoming an effective and contributing member of a democratic society. The content focus for grades…

Rationale, application for training, and implications for practice are presented for a school psychology training approach that is part of a broader Transactional-Ecological Psychology (TEP) Training Program. The TEP provides an innovative and unified approach to training in the areas traditionally called clinical, community, counseling and school…

This second in a series of six learning modules on instructional planning is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers skill in writing student performance objectives which spell out for teachers, students, and prospective employers exactly what is expected of students in the program. It is also intended to give experience…

The comprehensive planning approach allows individuals in a school district to take part in evaluating and recommending changes in school programs. This book is designed to explicate planning concepts and processes and to assist in the implementation of the planning process. The manual contains three sections: (1) Basic Skills and Concepts, which…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to enable senior high school students to relate their abilities scores from the Developed Abilities Performance (DAP) instrument to actual vocational areas and Long Range [occupational] Goals (LRG) for later indepth study. The length of the unit is six 55-minute periods. Instructional…

The Building Industries Occupations course is a two-year program of approximately 160 three-period teaching days per year. The required course content is designed to be effectively taught in 80 percent of the total course time, thus allowing 20 percent of the time for instruction adapted to such local conditions as employment prospects, student…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to acquaint the senior high school student with the Mesa Career Guidance program and to enable him to identify his responsibilities in an individualized learning situation. Instructional sequence of the two- to three-hour unit includes goal statements, performance objectives,…

This manual presents a training program developed from an assessment of what the manpower counselor must be able to do based upon the overall goals of manpower training. The training package is divided into eight general competency areas: counseling techniques (individual and group), staff relationships. client information and referral services,…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are intended to help the senior high school student become familiar with ways in which the availability and/or desirability of vocational opportunities are influenced by trends resulting from social, economic, and technological factors. Instructional sequence of the one- to two-week unit includes…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to direct the attention of the senior high school student to five types of personal characteristics to facilitate a more realistic career exploration: abilities, interests, values, physical traits, and personal and social behavior. The two- to three-hour unit contains self-instruction,…

Materials contained in this unit are designed to help the senior high school student realize the importance of planning to reach his educational and vocational goals. The eleven-hour unit is totally designed as a class activity using the "Life Careers" game. The instructional sequence is outlined in terms of goal statements, performance…

This workbook is intended as a guide to be used at the 1990 Arizona Counselors' Academy to provide Arizona school counselors with the resources and procedures for establishing a Competency-Based Guidance program. It provides instructional materials to assist with the following 12 elements of program development: (1) a mission statement; (2) a…

This program development handbook is part of a statewide effort to develop and implement an Arizona Competency Based Guidance Program model for Arizona school districts. Part 1, the Overview, includes an introduction to competency-based guidance, followed by the mission statement of the Arizona Department of Education regarding guidance and the…

This document contains Modules 3, 4, and 5 of a series of self-instructional learning modules designed to familiarize users with Oregon minimum standards for public schools. All three modules focus on how to select and write educational goals as specified by the 1976 Oregon minimum standards for public schools, with Module 3 focusing on district…