As early as July 1974, the System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI), a computer-based aid to career decision making, had been identified for possible use at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). A task force that intensively studied SIGI and its potential for use within NTID recommended that it be brought to NTID. For…

Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This volume, one of three in the subset of support information documents, describes the life role development model, which was…

This paper describes the guidance program at Harcum Junior College and its incorporation into the educational programming activities at the institution. Various functions of the guidance services are described including test interpretation, individual and group counseling, and career planning. The importance of the influence of faculty and…

The Career Decision-Making Program (CDM) for secondary school students consists of approximately fifty individual products which can be used as a semester course, a six-to-eight-week exploratory course, independent units, or outside of the CDM program in other career guidance activities. The CDM program has two components: (1) the Exploring Career…

A study was conducted to enhance the equal access and opportunity of Cherokee Indian youth to vocational education through the development and implementation of strategies designed to stimulate junior high school teachers to assume the responsibility of vocational counseling and guidance in the regular classroom curriculum. A second objective was…

This monograph presents a compilation of research in industrial arts education from 1968 through 1979. The first section reviews studies which deal with the philosophical bases of industrial arts and which examine its historical development. The second section identifies studies that emphasized industrial arts' role as an integral component of a…

In response to concerns about the role of the school counselor in guidance programs, the Maryland State Board of Education appointed a one-year task force to study the guidance programs in Maryland schools and to make recommendations for program improvement. The responsibilities of the task force were to: (1) establish state goals and objectives…

This handbook is designed to illustrate how educational and community personnel in six school districts used a specific planning model to initiate comprehensive career guidance program planning and implementation. It contains a discussion of the Programmatic Approach to Guidance Excellence (PAGE 2) planning model and materials (an instructional…

A SOURCE OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS DEVELOPED ON INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS SERVING CONTRASTING SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS OF SEVEN LARGE CITIES OF THE MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES. THE INFORMATION SOUGHT IN THIS STUDY (GATHERED BY OBSERVATION, INTERVIEW, AND INVENTORY METHODS) FELL INTO TWO CATEGORIES--(1) DATA ABOUT THE…

THE THEME FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL OHIO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE CONFERENCE, HELD ON APRIL 28, 1967, WAS "GUIDANCE FOR THE EXPLORATORY YEARS." THE REPORT OF THIS CONFERENCE CONTAINS A CHART ON THE DIVISION OF GUIDANCE AND TESTING OF THE OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, A LISTING OF THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM, AND THE COMPLETE SPEECHES…

Many complex issues and imperatives face those individuals responsible for the development, maintenance and functioning of guidance, counseling, and pupil/student personnel services in today's educational institutions. The role of the counselor is critical and deals with a variety of areas such as: (1) life/career development concerns of students;…

These standards are intended to assist local school districts in New York State in selecting educational resources and audiovisual equipment and in providing for testing, guidance, and counseling services under Title IV, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The main purpose of the standards is to establish qualitative and…

Inservice programs conducted in Ohio school districts which were designed to improve teacher and administrator skills are described. Fields in which improvement suggestions are given include: staff development (Ohio schools only) administrative inservice; arts; career education; curriculum design; economic education; guidance; instructional…

There are two sectors of higher education in the Netherlands: the universities covered by the University Education Act and the vocationally-oriented colleges covered by the Further Education Act. Following a summary of the main elements of secondary education, higher or tertiary education is defined. Thirteen universities and non-university…

This manual has been prepared as a supplement to the final report (CE 018 453) on the Systemwide Career Education Cluster-Based Articulated Model Program, SCECAMP. An introduction provides an overview of the SCECAMP project and the rationale for this replication manual. The first of the three major sections contained in this document summarizes…