This booklet has been prepared for counselors, administrators, teachers and others interested in elementary school guidance services in the State of Wisconsin. In general the booklet discusses the background and role of the National Defense Education Act, Title V-A, (NDEA, V-A) in the establishment of pilot programs of elementary school guidance…

With student-counselor ratios generally high and with funds generally limited, it is imperative that counselors concentrate on the priority needs of the students, and that they plan deliberately and carefully to meet those needs. This document is a collection of forms and outlines developed and utilized by the Kentucky State Department of…

The career education project for the Washoe County Schools, Nevada, was conducted from January, 1972, until August, 1973, for the 30,000 pupils in the district. The project had five goals: (1) expand the present career awareness program in the elementary grades, (2) expand the exploratory programs in the junior high grades, (3) establish a…

The guide is a compilation of the student's book and supplementary information in the form of "helper notes" placed next to the appropriate student material. Features of the book include previews and reviews, student activities, and summarizing cartoon illustrations helpful to nonreaders. Based on the phases of learning--exploration,…

The purpose of this group of eight booklets, prepared by a high school district, is to inform district students and their parents of the continuing guidance services available and to stimulate students' use of these services in career planning. Each booklet is designed for a specific high school, but includes identical sections dealing with the…

The Atlanta public schools, Federal and state assistance, and community services provided the following resources for Walden School's instructional program: The Instructional Assistance Program provided a team comprising a lead teacher, a language arts teacher, a social studies teacher, a foreign language teacher, a mathematics teacher, a science…

Institute VII was planned to focus on (1) the present status of vocational counseling programs and facilities for students in predominantly rural areas, (2) problems and characteristics of rural youth which make them different from non-rural youth, (3) orientation and training that counselors who work with rural youth should possess, and (4) steps…

To provide current information on vocational education, proceedings of the 1970 American Vocational Association Convention were prepared by recorders appointed for each area. Sections are: (1) General Sessions, (2) Awards and Citations, (3) House of Delegates, (4) Program of Work and Policy Resolutions, (5) Departments of Adult, Postsecondary,…

Ninety-nine Pennsylvania teachers of agriculture and a corresponding number of guidance counselors were involved over a period of 3 years in an in-service teacher education program to determine effective methods of utilizing occupational information in agriculture. Objectives were: (1) to organize and develop occupational information in…

There is a great need for adult basic education in Appalachia Mississippi. The Itawamba Junior College (IJC) Vocational and Technical Adult Education Department is presently meeting the needs of a small majority of the adults who need additional education. In an agreement with Town and Country Mobile Homes manufacturers, the Mississippi State…

A model has been prepared by a task force of educators to serve as a conceptual framework for the development of career guidance programs. The model consists of three major components of career guidance which promote career identity, including: (1) career planning and decision making, (2) education, work, and leisure alternatives, and (3) life…

This paper reflects the concern and thinking of a consultant group of counselor educators and State directors of guidance about the requirements for pupil personnel programs needed to accomplish their goals. In the panel deliberations, major areas of concern appeared to be the (1) basic philosophy, (2) assigned responsibility, (3) pupil personnel…

The 1970 Summer Program for Mentally Retarded Young Adults Occupational Training Centers program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was designed to serve the summer educational, prevocational, and social needs of approximately 170 retarded adolescents and young adults. The general objectives of the project were…

The primary objective of this study was to determine whether counseling of disadvantaged students during the course of the academic school year would produce an improvement in their emotional problems and lessen the probability of their becoming school dropouts. The 26 disadvantaged Caucasian subjects received extensive counseling therapy for a…

The dimensions of the advisory role and its relationship to teachers are discussed in relation to work carried out in the Open Education project at the University of Illinois. Project activities during the 1970-71 year are presented. Variables in the role of the advisor which emerged are as follows: (1) locus of control; (2) the function of time,…