The curriculum for kindergarten through college and continuing education must serve all: "the college-bound student, the soon-to-be-married student, and the student heading for the labor market upon high school graduation. (JK/Author)

A Federally funded national demonstration project, the Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Center Project at Joliet School District No. 86 and Joliet Junior College, has disseminated information via conferences and printed materials on its 15 exemplary career/vocational education activities to representatives of education, government,…

The five projects presented in this report illustrate different approaches to vocational guidance. An occupational survey of St. Lawrence County was undertaken to determine the curriculum needs of the vocational centers. Secondary objectives were to determine employment needs and opportunities and to provide improved occupational information,…

The publication provides a listing of the projects supported in each State through grants and contracts funded by the States under Section 142(D) of Part D of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. The listing, which is arranged alphabetically by States, shows the title of each project, the name of the grantee or contractor conducting the…

Fifteen reviews of conference reports, research and demonstration projects, and surveys pertain to the need for and applicability of vocational education for the disadvantaged in general, and specifically for disadvantaged adults and youth, and the handicapped. "Plain Talk," a continuing column by the editor, discusses the need for vocational…

Curriculum-based vocational assessment procedures as implemented in the United States Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Germany are assessing a match of handicapped students' interests and strengths in terms of career and vocational instructional options. The model is described, with emphasis on project planning and design and…

Thirteen research reviews in this issue pertain to guidance and new careers organized under topics of: (1) Occupational Information, treating a career information service, a pilot computer-assisted guidance program, a junior high school program, and a study of information flow into secondary schools, (2) Careers, including a discussion of a…

A study was conducted to examine the organization and operation of selected exemplary vocational counseling programs in diverse Ohio school districts and to identify conditions that appear to contribute to the effectiveness of vocational counseling services. The study also reported on problems and their preferred solutions, the observations of the…

Abstracts of 24 exemplary vocational guidance projects funded in the Commonwealth of Virginia through Title II (Vocational Education) of Public Law 94-482 are provided, with descriptions of the 12 projects designed to increase sex equity in vocational guidance and vocational education programs, and the 12 projects designed to encourage…

The document is the final report of the career development outreach project. The project was designed to actively involve a systematic program of career education, dissemination of occupational information, and career guidance. The project was to make the target population (students, faculty, and staff at the University of Maine at Farmington and…

Presents an overview of functional assessment and career education of students with disabilities, and provides an annotated bibliography on the topic. A total of eight references are provided for background and rationale, sources of functional assessments, application of functional assessments, and model programs using functional assessment. (CR)

The document traces the development of one specific model, the Blue Hills Regional Technical Education Center, a regional school serving the specific occupational and career educational needs of high schools in seven suburban communities, located in Canton, Massachusetts. It also outlines the organizational structure, the program philosophy, and…

Summarized in this interim report are the proceedings and accomplishments of a career education exemplary project for the period 1972-73. Piloted in public and private elementary, secondary, and post secondary schools, the project provides for orientation and exploration into career opportunities, work experience, and job placement. Contained are…

This bulletin presents strategies that school-to-work practitioners can use to implement comprehensive and effective career development programs. These strategies are described: career development as an integral and interdependent program; team counseling; new roles for career and guidance counselors; sequence of comprehensive activities;…

The technical report documents the methodology of a study reviewing the vocational research and exemplary projects in Oregon, so that successful projects or products may be accessible for transportability to other environments. The three stages of research were: (1) Data collection of information on practices, (2) selection of promising practices,…