A career academy is a small learning community within a high school, which selects a subset of students and teachers for a two-, three-, or four-year period. Students enter through a voluntary process; they must apply and be accepted, with parental knowledge and support. A career academy involves teachers from different subjects working together…

A practicum was conducted to develop a guide for establishing a respiratory therapy program advisory committee for the Hahnemann School of Respiratory Therapy. A need existed to appoint such a group in order to satisfy accreditation agency requirements to maintain status as an approved program. Background information on the respiratory therapy…

The handbook is designed to be an introduction to a larger collection of materials on career education which are available through the Michigan Department of Education. It is a do-it-yourself suggestion book for districts who have not yet developed their plans for career education, as well as for those that are already immersed in initial planning…

The handbook is designed to be an introduction to a larger collection of materials on career education which is available through the Michigan Department of Education. The first of the handbook's five sections is an introduction which presents an overview of the handbook outlining its purposes, manner of development, and proposed plan of…

This project was conducted to provide state-adopted Career Merit Achievement Plans (Career MAPs) and program guides for selected trade and industrial programs in Florida. The plans and guides were intended to provide each comprehensive high school, area vocational-technical center, and community college with authoritative guidelines for planning,…

The Conservation and Environmental Science Center for Southern New Jersey (CESC) has developed this manual for college participants in environmental education programs. The program and purposes of the CESC are described in some detail. This manual is designed to be used with college practicum groups who utilize one week of a quarter during the…

Based on data obtained from the study of three highly visible, well supported, full-time adult learning centers that started as small, part-time operations, this manual contains guidelines for implementing an approach to developing an adult education program through community linkages. The linkage concept is discussed. Covered next is the positive…

This manual for supportive services personnel, one in a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly and moderately handicapped students. Designed to be…

This manual for student evaluation personnel, one in a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly to moderately handicapped students. Designed to be…

This parent's manual, one in a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly to moderately handicapped students. Designed to be relevant to the specific…

This administrator's and supervisor's manual, one in a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly to moderately handicapped students. Designed to be…

This principal's manual, one of a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly to moderately handicapped students. Designed to be relevant to the…

This school counselor's manual, one in a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly to moderately handicapped students. Designed to be relevant to the…

This document presents guidelines and resource materials to assist individuals in planning career academies. Chapter 1 defines career academies as programs designed around the following key elements: (1) development and cultivation of a small learning community; (2) a college preparatory curriculum with a career theme; and (3) partnerships with…

This school psychologist's manual, one in a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly to moderately handicapped students. Designed to be relevant to…