States increasingly need a more highly skilled workforce to meet the requirements of businesses, keep up with a rapidly changing economy and accelerate growth that leads to economic opportunity for workers and families. As a result, governors recognize that their role is to bring together education, workforce and economic development as talent…

A study was designed to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Supervised Occupational Experience (SOE) in Montana and the extent to which vocational agriculture teachers were using it to enhance their students' education. The student population consisted of 144 vocational agriculture students who had submitted records on SOE projects. All…

Description, data, and conclusions are presented for a 3-year career education project in the Great Falls Public Schools (Montana) which focused on the systematic development of components which would be transportable and operationally effective. Major developmental emphases of the project are noted and include staff training, curriculum revision…

Evaluation was made of the first year of a project to expand and improve existing career education program components in Great Falls (Montana) public schools using Experience Based Career Education (EBCE). Six major goals in developing procedures leading to full implementation of EBCE strategies addressed were data based implementation,…