The guide is written for counselors, teachers, and administrators and presents objectives and processes for career education at the high school level as well as defines the career guidance counselor's duties. The thirteen page appendix includes evaluation records and forms, suggested class activities, and career titles according to subject. (EA)

The following guidelines for establishing cooperative school programs are presented: investigating local needs, informing the public, selecting the coordinator, confering with the counselor, explaining the program to school personnel, informing and involving parents, surveying on-campus and off-campus training, and establishing the evaluation…

The study sought to identify competencies required for effective functioning of various guidance personnel and to validate those identified competencies. A pilot study led to the development of the final survey instrument which listed 318 guidance-related competencies. The following respondents rated each competency in terms of its importance to…

A statewide assessment of vocational guidance and counseling programs was conducted in Texas. The status, role, and function of vocational guidance and counseling personnel were assessed and a handbook of appropriate professional guidance and counseling information was developed on the basis of the survey data. The vocational administrators…

These proceedings contain 46 papers presented at a summer workshop on vocational guidance. The first two papers, presented at general sessions, deal with equal access/sex equity and problems in Vocational Education Data System reports. The remaining 44 presentations are divided into these nine categories (with representative topics): testing (the…