The career/vocational education section of the Oregon Department of Education developed a project to cope with exploratory work experience problems. Three school district models were selected: an urban/semiurban model, a semiurban/rural model, and a rural model. Problems and solutions were presented in three handbooks, and the urban model also…

Special educators from rural and remote school districts in eastern Oregon surveyed local employers and designed a school-to-work site-based work-experience program for students with disabilities in an area with limited employment resources. Components of the six-year program (grades 7-12) and the outcome of enhancing associated work skills are…

A three-year career education project involving grades 1-14 in twenty schools was undertaken to continue and expand the development and implementation of new and proven career education and guidance concepts, to demonstrate the process used in developing and implementing these concepts, and to provide a visible and transportable model of career…