The federal government and private foundations for education have established postsecondary credential completion as a national imperative. Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) model was developed to increase the rate at which basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs,…

Career clusters represent a nationwide effort to help learners obtain the knowledge and skills they need for career success, mobility and advancement by aligning what is taught in the classroom to business and industry expectations. In this article, the authors, education department officials from Nebraska, Virginia, and Alabama, outline the…

Presents an assessment of the implementation of the Career Education Incentive Act program. A major finding was that the goals of widespread career education implementation as a result of the Act were probably unattainable, given the low levels of funding provided to states during the first years of operation. (CT)

This article describes the experiences of the program coordinator of a new two-year preservation trades program at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. The two-year associate in applied sciences degree offered at Harford Community College (HCC) is a Technical Professional Studies program in Building Preservation and Restoration (BPR).…

Summarizes some of the problems and successes of state level implementation of career education under the Career Education Incentive Act. Problems concerned cultural bias, unfamiliarity with the career education concept, lack of support, and budget cuts. Successes included business/industry participation, community support, and inservice training…

Describes an evaluation of state career education plans funded by the Office of Career Education. The survey covered common planning problems, problems with funding and legislation, and implementation of plans (objectives, involvement of state education boards, and allocation of funds). (CT)

A program evaluation assessed the implementation of the Alaska Department of Education's State Plan for Career Education, 1978-1983. Focus was on the degree to which the state plan objectives involving curriculum change, career counseling, special groups, business and industry, home and family, and inservice education were completed. Activities…

Implementation of competency-based education in Virginia career exploration and preparation programs has served as the basis for establishment of a paradigm for statewide implementation. Competency-based education in Virginia is defined as educational programs with required knowledges, skills, and attitudes based on role-relevant competencies and…

This guide was developed to help administrators, teachers, students, parents, and the business community understand and implement tech prep programs in South Carolina. (Tech prep is a major restructuring strategy designed to meet the needs of students who want to function effectively in a technological workplace and to ensure that students are…

Intended primarily for principals and guidance counselors, this monograph contains 13 articles written by practitioners associated with the Comprehensive Career Development Project for Secondary Schools in Tennessee. These articles share the thoughts, ideas, and experiences of practitioners who have implemented or planned for the implementation of…

This second in a series of three papers on models for communicating and disseminating career education programs highlights selected state models. Focus is on four levels of dissemination: spread, exchange, choice, and implementation. First, several spread mechanisms utilized by states to disseminate career education information are covered. Then…

This federally funded 13-month inservice teacher training project began with a 3-day staff training workshop, which served to orient a superintendent, local project coordinator, and guidance counselor from each of four schools to the career education concept. Each of the four project schools then held a local inservice training workshop, involving…

This guide is a tool to assist educators in the development of high-quality work-based learning sites in New Hampshire as part of the state's school-to-work program. The guide is divided into two sections. The first section, Common Elements of Work-Based Learning, provides information and guidelines for addressing program design issues for all…

A study to ascertain state progress in building school-to-work systems reviewed the state applications for school-to-work planning grants submitted in December 1993 and 1993 state reports on progress toward achieving the National Education Goals. State infrastructure to support and guide local programs included clear goals, public understanding…

Intended primarily for principals and guidance counselors, this monograph contains 15 articles written by practitioners associated with, and staff of, the Comprehenisve Career Development Project for Secondary Schools in Tennessee. The following articles are included: "Changes: From Crisis Counseling to a Comprehensive Career Development…