The K-8 career education project (Jan. 1, 1972-Aug. 1, 1973) was intended to establish a demonstration testing and development model of career education in a consortium of 18 rural school districts participating in the Unified Schools Association for Vocational Education (USA-VE) organization, encompassing nine counties in northwest Kansas. The…

The exemplary project report describes in detail the development of a definition of career education, the concepts of the career development model, and the four phases of the career education objectives: awareness (primary level), accommodation (intermediate level), exploration (junior high level), and exploration and preparation (high school…

Provides guidelines developed by the Center for Occupational Education at North Carolina State University for use in conducting on-site examinations of career education programs. (SB)

Status and success of the Clark County School District (Nevada) K-12 Career Education Program are outlined. Phase 1 and phase 2 objectives are described in terms of steps used to insure success for the program component, processes, or activities used to achieve success, and status of the objective. Appendixes contain computer printouts of…

The publication of suggested curriculum development activities, developed for the Iowa exemplary career education project, outlines the various aspects of suggested staff responsibilities, lists glossary terms, and discusses K-6 career curriculum project objectives. Also included are a checklist of awareness objectives, a possible sequence of…

To provide the baseline data for the construction of a conceptual career education model for the Yonkers public schools, an extensive delphi technique survey was conducted during the school year 1973-74. Hundreds of students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community people were asked to respond to 35 statements categorized into five areas:…

A career education needs assessment conducted by the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District focused on fourteen schools (K-12) located in the East Oak Cliff Subdistrict, a predominantly (98%) black urban community. Work already completed by the Partners in Career Education (PCE) project, in which the District was a participant, was used for…

The report evaluates a K-14 career education exemplary project in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, for the year 1974-75. It was concluded that the evaluation findings were not valid measures for the effectiveness of the program because the time constraints did not allow for a pretest/posttest design. Student performance was measured against norms…

This directory of Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) programs is designed (1) to facilitate communication among EBCE practitioners and potential adaptors by providing programmatic and demographic data about the programs implemented in schools across the country and (2) to serve the National EBCE Association as an initial listing of its…

The publication's purpose is to suggest procedures and activities for implementing the accommodation phase career education objectives for the Iowa demonstration project. The document is a reference for teachers at the intermediate level and is intended for use in planning classroom activities to meet career education objectives and the needs of…

The purpose of the publication is to suggest procedures and activities for implementing awareness phase career education objectives written for the Iowa demonstration project. It can be used as a reference for primary level teachers in planning classroom activities to meet career education objectives and the needs of their students and community.…

Goals, objectives, and sample units used during Phase II of a career development project conducted by the Central Kansas Area Vocational Technical School (CKAVTS) Administrative Center to demonstrate the integration of career development in the classroom are contained in this resource handbook for grades K-12. The materials were developed by…

Papers summarizing evaluation efforts and results from four local education agency evaluation experts and one paper summarizing selected findings from U.S. Office of Career Education sponsored demonstration projects are presented in this monograph. The first paper describes two studies of the reading and mathematics achievement of fith grade Texas…

The exemplary project to develop models for career education was conducted in nine Iowa schools selected for their scattered locations and for representing rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities of Iowa. Awareness of self and of the world of work at the primary level was followed by exploration of occupations in junior high school and…

Profiles of 81 career education projects awarded grants by the Office of Career Education for fiscal year 1975 under the provisions of Section 406 of Public Law 93-380 are presented, and were written by project directors. Projects are grouped into six categories, and arranged alphabetically by State within each category: (1) Incremental Quality…