This lesson on managing sales efforts, the 14th in a series of 18 units, is part of the first level of a comprehensive entrepreneurship curriculum entitled: A Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship (PACE). (Designed for use by secondary students, the first level of PACE introduces students to the concepts involved in entrepreneurship…

The 2-part student workbook for mainstreamed learning and mentally disabled high school students contains 12 units intended to provide supplementary instruction in the Contemporary Parenting Choices Curriculum in the home economics class. This unit, the fourth in the Child Care part of the workbook, focuses on understanding tasks of teenagers and…

The 2-part student workbook for mainstreamed learning and mentally disabled high school students contains 12 units intended to provide supplementary instruction in the Contemporary Parenting Choices Curriculum in the home economics class. This unit, the sixth in the Child Care part of the workbook, focuses on child care careers and includes…

Many feel that more female role models are needed in the physical sciences to encourage young women to consider careers in chemistry and physics. This publication contains 28 profiles of women with careers in physics. Each one is written to show how each woman would spend a workday and some of the activities in which she might participate. Careers…

This guide is part of the Project BORN FREE training series for teachers, counselors, administrators and parents, designed to increase their awareness of adolescent career development patterns. The materials contain a set of independent learning strategies which combine to provide an intervention model for use at the secondary school level.…

This student guide, to be used with the student's family, teachers, and school counselor contains a step-by-step process for determining appropriate career pathways related to the student's interests and abilities and careers that incorporate those characteristics. The career pathways identified in the guide are as follows: (1) arts,…

This career planning guide is the second in a series on career decision making and the job search. Intended for use by students in career planning courses or by individuals with the help of a counselor, this book focuses on finding and getting the right job once the career planning process is complete. Chapter 1 offers a brief survey of theories…

This guide is designed to help junior high school students get to know themselves better and relate what they find out about themselves to job information in the Florida VIEW (Vital Information for Education and Work) System. The book is intended to help students select a number of occupations that might meet their needs and interests. Section 1…

This unit on protecting a business, the 18th in a series of 18 units, is part of the first level of a comprehensive entrepreneurship curriculum entitled: A Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship (PACE). (Designed for use with secondary students, the first level of PACE introduces students to the concepts involved in entrepreneurship…

This individualized, competency-based unit on developing business plans, the third of 18 modules, is on the third level of the revised Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship (PACE). Intended for the advanced secondary and postsecondary levels and for adults wanting training or retraining, this unit, together with the other materials…

This workbook contains materials for a practical, step-by-step course on job seeking and related skills. The materials are intended for a 30-hour course. The six units are: Getting to Know One Another, Knowing Myself and Choosing Job Goals, Doing the Paperwork, Getting Ready to Find a Job, Getting a Job and Keeping It, and Where Do I Go From…

One of a series of pre-apprenticeship phase 1 training modules, this self-paced student training module deals with realistically assessing the work one is interested in through a worksite visit. Included in the module are the following: cover sheet listing module title, goals, and performance indicators; introduction; study guide/check list with…

Designed to inform students about all the career opportunities available to them and to help them not limit themselves to sex-stereotyped career choices, these Project NEW (Nontraditional Employment for Women) instructional materials contain lesson plans and learning activities for use in a five-day unit at the middle school level. Lesson plans…

This guide, part of the Project BORN FREE series for teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents, accompanies the videotape about the effects of stereotyping on men's lives. The videotape format presents individuals from different occupations, age levels, and backgrounds talking about their lives, lifestyle, expectations, and the effects of…

This guide, part of the Project BORN FREE training series for teachers, counselors, administrators and parents, accompanies the videotape about the effects of stereotyping on women's lives. The videotape format presents individuals from different occupations, age levels, and backgrounds talking about their lives, lifestyle, expectations, and the…