ERIC Number: ED287039
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jul-15
Pages: 55
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ISBN: N/A
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Improving Vocational Guidance and Counseling for Middle School Students by Establishing a Regional Middle School Resource Center for Southwest Virginia. Final Report. Vocational Guidance and Counseling Project--Exemplary.
Kelly, Gary L.
A project was conducted to accomplish the following: (1) to enhance the existing career resources in the career center at Northside Junior High School (Virginia) by purchasing computer programs appropriate for all segments of the middle school population; (2) to make the career center resources available to regional school systems or other visiting school systems for the examination and evaluation of materials, for inservice programs, and for assistance in program design; and (3) to evaluate the computer programs through counselor and student usage and to share the evaluations with interested educators across the state. During the project, the program administrators planned to purchase computer software appropriate for middle school students, to have counselors and students review the software, and to make the software and other career resources available to interested educators. As a result, 23 software programs, 5 sets of printed materials, and 2 videotapes were purchased, and 80 percent of the purchases were reviewed. Since the project was completed, one school system has visited the center, and two Virginia systems and two out-of-state systems have requested information. State conference workshops will be held in the career centers at a high school and a junior high, and evaluation of the software will continue. Recommendations were made to establish additional regional centers. (This project report includes the software evaluation form and a software catalog listing program names, descriptions, computer specifications, user levels, costs, sources, and source addresses.) (KC)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Computer Software, Education Service Centers, Educational Resources, Junior High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Microcomputers, Middle Schools, Program Development, Regional Planning, Regional Programs, Resource Materials, School Counseling, School Guidance, Shared Resources and Services
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Counselors; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Vocational Education.
Authoring Institution: Roanoke County School Board, Salem, VA.
Identifiers - Location: Virginia
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