ERIC Number: ED404555
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 373
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Successful Strategies: Building a School-to-Careers System.
Thiers, Naomi, Ed.
The following papers are included: "Building a Broad-Based Partnership" (Randy Wallace); "Creating a Partnership Agreement" (M. Amos Clifford, Robyn Flores); "Forming True Partnerships with Employers" (Lee W. Sloan); "Choosing a Model for Your School-to-Careers System" (Patty Williamson); "Case Study: Career Academy Model" (Shirley Earlise Starke); "Case Study: Occupational Clusters Model" (John A. Polto); "Case Study: Tech Prep Model" (Stephen Olczak); "Case Study" (Youth Apprenticeship Model" (Wayne Rowley, David H. Hensley); "Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Institutions" (Don Pirozzoli, Chuck Guay): "Using Skill Standards and Skill Certificates" (Bryan Albrecht); "Writing Your Local Plan" (Eileen Haag); "Developing a Career Awareness Program" (Linda Auman); "Integrating Academic and Vocational Teaching---An Overview" (Gene Bottoms); "Case Study: Integrating Academic and Vocational Teaching" (Joan A. Ford); "Case Study: Integrating Academic and Vocational Teaching" (Jeffrey C. Moss); "Developing Career Majors" (Randol Walker, Roberta Walker, Nancy Dutton); "Using School-Site Mentors" (Marilyn Ash); "Integrating Reforms into Your Current System" (Rene Leger); "Staff Development in School-to-Work Reforms" (Janet Warrington); "Equity in School-to-Work: Serving All Students" (Mary Wiberg, Jenny Erwin); "A Model for Serving At-Risk Students" (Jimmy G. Koeninger); "Developing a Learning Plan and Employer Agreement" (Jill Carpenter, Jim Dawson); "Developing Paid Work-Based Learning Experience" (Elyse Topolsky, Marlene Owens); "Successfully Matching Students and Employers" (Lois Ann Porter); "The Role of Workplace Mentors' (Ellen Dunbar); "Teaching Workplace Competencies and All Aspects of an Industry" (Paul Weckstein); "Creating Work-Based Opportunities in Rural Areas" (Kathy Proctor); "Marketing Your School-to-Work System" (Patty Williamson); "Helping Students Move on from School-to-Work Programs" (Jim Steward); "Evaluating Your School-to-Work System" (Clifton Smith); and "Getting Continuing Funding for Your System" (John O'Malley). Appendixes contain an overview of the role of vocational student organizations (VSOs) in school-to-work programs and lists of state school-to-work personnel, 21 other organizations, 10 VSOs, and state resource centers. (KC)
Descriptors: Career Education, Competence, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance, Educational Resources, Employment Potential, Job Skills, On the Job Training, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation, School Business Relationship, Secondary Education, Staff Development, Standards, Student Organizations, Vocational Education, Work Experience Programs
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Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: American Vocational Association, Alexandria, VA.
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