ERIC Number: ED137582
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Feb-10
Pages: 82
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Job Placement Center. Final Report.
Cava, Karen
The Job Placement Center project implements those job placement services outlined in the "School-Based Job Placement Model" (ED 077 959), developed in 1972 by the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education. The project's purpose was to assimilate and extend this model to meet the job placement needs of 46 suburban school districts in Allegheny County (Pennsylvania). The seven project objectives related to establishing student workshops and information and evaluation centers, and conducting student placement and followup activities. The Intermediate Unit-Based Job Placement Center was designed to assist all public and nonpublic school students in grades 9-12, excluding students in the Pittsburgh City Schools. Its services were also available to those high school graduates of the 46 school districts, area vocational-technical schools, and nonpublic schools who had been out of school less than nine months. Two major evaluations were carried out in the project: (1) Evaluation of the job information workshops completed by participants at the conclusion of each workshop and (2) overall evaluation of the job placement center project through questionnaires sent to counselors, parents, and students. Although survey data indicated that several components of the program should be improved, overall it was concluded that the services of the Job Placement Center program were helpful, and it received favorable ratings in its first year of operation. The first five pages of the document contain the project report. The remainder of the document contains 10 appendixes of materials used in the project, including letters, brochures, sample forms, evaluation questionnaires, and questionnaire results. (TA)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Disadvantaged Youth, Guidance Centers, Guidance Programs, High School Graduates, Job Placement, Postsecondary Education, Private Schools, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Public Schools, Questionnaires, School Districts, Secondary Education, Workshops
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education, Harrisburg.; Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Pittsburgh, PA.
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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