Research for Better Schools, Inc., a regional educational laboratory, is proceeding to develop an employer-based career education model in order to provide further definition and meaning to the concept. The model will be a private academic school, the Academy for Career Education, and will serve 100 11th grade students from Philadelphia. It will…

Reporting on typical career planning activities, the paper offers an overview of the approaches of four organizations: a public utility in southern California, the Adult Career Guidance Service in San Diego, the Systems Group of TRW, Incorporated, Redondo Beach, California, and the Naval Electronics Laboratory Center (NELC). Elaborating on the…

The Student Vocational Plan of Project ABLE has limited objectives which include student self-evaluation, investigation of the world of work, and the comparison of students' credentials to educational and vocational opportunities. For each of these objectives student activities were delineated for grades 7,8, and 9. The Plan includes a student kit…

Originally planned to open in the fall of 1965 under funding from the Office of Economic Opportunity, and continued over the years with State Act for Disadvantaged Children funds, Higher Horizons 100 (HH100) was from its inception conceived as a ninth grade center where a compensatory program would work. Despite its expansion from one team to a…

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…

Because the elementary years are years of curiosity and inquiry, trial and exploration, and relative freedom from prejudice, this is the natural time for developing appropriate career foundations in students. This publication was designed to suggest guidelines for meeting these opportunities through career guidance and is intended for use in the…

This report presents the Self-Directed Career program, an inexpensive program designed to provide vocational guidance to all high school students, college students, and adults who desire it. The report discusses the need for such a program, the costs involved, the materials required, and how to use them. Appendix A provides some of the basic and…

This paper describes career pathways, a framework or approach by which regions can better align publicly supported systems and programs to build a knowledge-economy workforce customized to the needs of local labor markets. A career pathway is a series of connected education and training programs and support services that enable individuals to…

Increasingly, people need lifelong access to high quality guidance on choices relating to learning and work. Unions can plan a key role as advocates and deliverers of information, advice, and guidance. Lifelong learning and guidance assume more importance as the concept of a job for life disappears. Career guidance helps individuals explore their…

Information in this brief guide, one of a set of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use, is directed to the method specialist (a member of the CPSS steering committee) and provides procedures and a list of questions to aid in analyzing career development methods that may be appropriate for use in career…

This paper describes the development of a high school career program related to the Shadowing Experiences provided for counselors by General Electric. Nine Mini-Career Days, related to the different curriculum areas, provided students with at least four days of shadow sessions. Students attended the Career Days from their four morning class…

The major objective of a project conducted by the Bedford County Public Schools in Virginia was to refine and further implement the model Career Education K-12 curriculum. Curriculum committees in five areas (art, language arts, mathematics, physical education, and social studies) were selected and given released time to receive in-service help…

The need for a "career consciousness throughout the educational system" was defined as necessary if comprehensive programs, early childhood through adulthood, were to evolve within educational institutions in New York State. This report summarizes the activities undertaken by the Cornell Institute for Research and Development in…

On the basis of an established need, the Occupational Values Inventory (OVI) was developed as one of the data collection instruments for the Vocational Development Study to measure the occupational values held by ninth graders, including: (1) Interest and Satisfaction, (2) Advancement , (3) Salary, (4) Prestige, (5) Personal Goal, (6) Preparation…

Outlines the practical marketing strategies used to implement Project Career REACH, a career development program for high school freshmen. Marketing basics for guidance programs are discussed, including mission analysis, market analysis, resource analysis, strategic planning, and evaluation. (TE)