Working as a teacher educator today means working under an ever-present regulatory gaze. Accountability mechanisms, including state program approval processes, have been layered resulting in complexity. External assessments have failed to provide the data needed to support continuous improvement. There have been calls for combining external and…

The four elements of career development programs, occupational awareness, preliminary occupational skills, career planning, and intensive employment preparation, are discussed. (JS)

The Comprehensive Career Education Model (CCEM) is a systematic effort to design and implement a new educational strategy that will ensure that students will be prepared either for immediate employment or continuing education upon leaving school. The CCEM seeks to restructure curriculum at all grade levels in terms of knowledge of career and human…

Indicates types of decisions required for establishing a conceptual model for preschool programing and points out functions of articulated conceptual systems in program analysis. Issues concerning development are discussed, including assimilation/accommodation, the child and the environment, and change in behavior patterns. General principles,…

This monograph describes how the comprehensive guidance model is transforming elementary-secondary school guidance and counseling programs in schools across the country. It incorporates the ideas and experiences of 12 guidance program developers in the actual use of the comprehensive guidance model in diverse school and cultural settings. The book…

Guidance personnel must work with other educators to integrate career guidance activities into a developmental K-adult program, rather than presenting them as a series of isolated activities. Examples of cooperative planning through which this end may be realized are presented. (Author/MJB)

Written to provide local educational administrators with a definition and rationale for career education as well as information for organizing and implementing career education programs, this document describes the four U.S. Office of Education sponsored career education developmental models in addition to 26 federally-funded exemplary career…

Provided in this interim report is a summary of activities relating to the Pikeville, Kentucky career education project. With specific emphasis placed on career education for the elementary grades and on occupational placement for grades 7-12, the report provides information on: (1) Goals and Objectives, (2) Project Design and Procedures, (3)…

This document describes a model for a developmentally based K-12 school guidance program which parallels the identifiable developmental stages children go through as they mature, and systematically addresses the learning, personal/social, and career needs that students have at various developmental stages. Lists of competencies are provided in…

This project was undertaken to identify, collect, classify, and assess career education treatment units that have proved effective or can be readily field tested. A nationwide field survey of various educational sources was made to identify a broad spectrum of career education treatment units. Follow-up and site visits were made to collect…

The purpose of this study is to explore the importance and the feasibility of providing guidance, counseling, and other pupil personnel services in experimental Employer-Based Career Education programs, as part of a larger set of studies useful for those who will plan or operate such programs. The five chapters cover: (1) a definition and…

In January 1972, a national advisory and review curriculum committee met at the U.S. Office of Education to: (1) review a report which was to serve as the framework within which the secondary level public service occupations curriculum would be developed, (2) discuss the general concepts and related issues in preparing individuals and/or groups…

This Career Education Model graphically describes and identifies six major components useful in planning, organizing, and implementing career education programs: (1) career planning and preparation, emphasizing decision making, (2) community input, (3) curriculum development by means of total staff involvement, (4) job placement, (5) self-concept,…

The document consists of a program manager's manual for the Parent Infant Program (PIP), an early intervention program designed to foster effective parenting of infants with developmental disabilities and delays. Section 1 provides a program overview. Three program goals are: to build parental confidence as primary teachers/facilitators of their…

This history of the development of the Comprehensive Career Education (School Based) Model (CCEM), includes historical antecedents of the project, early organizational activities, major conceptual focuses, and current efforts. In June 1971 the Center for Vocational and Technical Education (CVTE) at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio was…