To help schools use community volunteers as part of their guidance program a Community Resource Directory has been developed by South Dakota Career Education in cooperation with District I Youth Services System (Model Rural Development). The guide can be particularly useful when meeting some of the student needs cited in the South Dakota…

The Career Planning Seminar was developed by a committee of Schoolcraft Community College counselors for the purpose of facilitating career decision-making in groups. This group structure was adapted from the Systematic Career Counseling Process (used for individual counseling). The program is primarily a guide for counselors and suggests a format…

The Career Information System File is utilized in the organization and management procedures of the Career Information System (CIS) component of the Career Decision-Making (CDM) Program developed by Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for an overview of the total CDM Program.) The twelve career areas and worker trait groups used to…

This document contains two occupational information indexes. The first index is an arrangement of the occupational titles contained in the "Occupational Outlook Handbook" (OOH). The information in this index is arranged in four columns: (1) the numbers to identify the CDM Career Area-Worker Trait Group code; (2) Worker Trait Group title,…

This document is designed to assist students in utilizing the Career Information System (CIS) component of the Career Decision-Making (CDM) program developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for an overview of the total CDM program.) Students can use this guide to follow orientation sessions, complete checklists, and use…

A broad educational background is necessary to meet ever changing occupational fields, and career education is an approach incorporating career information within the regular school curriculum. For the elementary level, career awareness is the main thrust in this program to integrate students and community. The introduction contains the format for…

Designed to assist Computerized Vocational Information System (CVIS) users in evaluating projects in local secondary school sites, the handbook provides users with a variety of variables or viewpoints from which to assess the CVIS system. Four different approaches are presented to CVIS evaluation: the analysis of use patterns; the reaction of…

Designed for teachers and counselors, this professional manual provides detailed information for utilizing access materials and setting up the Career Information System (CIS) component of the Career Decision-Making (CDM) program developed by Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for a description of the total CDM program.) The first…

The activities in this booklet are designed to help students achieve the following objectives: (1) learn as much as possible about the world of work; (2) learn as much as possible about themselves; (3) develop the skill to make sound educational and vocational decisions; and (4) accept responsibility for making their own career decisions. This…

The Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program (CGCP) for the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) organizes a conceptual framework for the delivery of guidance and counseling services for all students in Grades K-12. The program is developmental in nature and attempts to integrate the various facets of students'…

The guide, part of a career education project for elementary and secondary education, is designed for use by counselors with high school students. The introductory remarks discuss the background of the program which was proposed to develop a general course of study for students in career education. Developed for use in grades 10-12, the model…

This document is one in a set of eight staff development training manuals developed to facilitate the efforts of educators in the planning and implementation of comprehensive career guidance programs on the secondary level (7-12). This series is based on the goals and developmental objectives identified by the Georgia Comprehensive Career Guidance…

Strategies counselors can use to involve "significant others" (persons who have an important influence on the career plans of students, e.g., parents, peers, and relatives) in high school career guidance programs are offered in this handbook. Content is presented in three main sections: (1) a brief, nontechnical section summarizing how significant…