This is a manual of lesson plans developed for the upper elementary grades as part of a comprehensive career education program called Career Achievement Skills Training (CAST) developed by the Pontiac Public School Personnel, Pontiac, Michigan. These lessons include two components: (1) student procedure sheets--behavioral and sequential steps…

This is a manual of lesson plans developed by 38 teachers for the lower elementary grades as part of a comprehensive career education program called Career Achievement Skills Training (CAST) developed by the Pontiac Public School Personnel, Pontiac, Michigan. These lessons include two components: (1) student procedure sheets--behavioral and…

The purpose of the Career Achievement Skills Training Program (CAST) is to equip students with the skills they need to make decisions and career plans. The author maintains that skills are observable, measurable and repeatable behaviors. He teaches these skills in three phases. First, students learn how to expand knowledge about themselves and a…

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This is a manual of lesson plans developed for the junior high level as part of a comprehensive career education program called Career Achievement Skills Training (CAST) developed by the Pontiac Public School Personnel, Pontiac, Michigan. These lessons include two components: (1) student procedure sheets-behavioral and sequential steps leading to…

This handbook was prepared to assist those coordinating the VITAL program in participating schools and agencies. It is designed primarily for use by counselors or other coordinators as an instrument for presenting VITAL occupational information to students who are interested in gainful employment after leaving school. The information provided in…

Part of a course designed to acquaint high school students with basic information concerning careers in community service, this student guide is the first of nine (each with accompanying teacher's manual) which constitute a course entitled "Orientation to Public Service." Focus in the units covered by the guide is on self-analysis,…

The guide presents a process of self-assessment and goal-setting involving employee planners and management facilitators. An overview and rationale of the program and instructions and procedures are discussed in Chapters 1 and 2. Chapter 3 deals with effective facilitator skills and procedural steps for self-assessment, comparison with others, and…

The Computerized Vocational Guidance System (VOCGUYD) is designed primarily to foster career maturity and to assist individuals in their career planning. To foster career maturity a wide variety of search and screening criteria that are critical to job success are introduced, and which serve as the basis for career guidance purposes. The Career…

This monograph, produced by the Manpower Development Higher Education System, is designed to lead service deliverers through a series of lectures, exercises, and demonstrations which will enable them to understand the essentials of putting together an employability plan which is consistent with both the principles of human development and the…

Part of a course designed to acquaint high school students with basic information concerning careers in community service, this teacher's manual is the first of nine (each with accompanying student guide) which constitute a course entitled "Orientation to Public Service." Focus in the units covered by the manual is on self-analysis,…

This practical guide for training and personnel specialists working in the human service agencies provides an understanding of how the Human Service Task Bank and the Manpower Management Information System (MMIS) (described in HE 007 310) can be used to address personnel and training problems. The Manpower Management Information System and the…

This manual presents a planning and implementation process for counselors' use in career guidance, counseling and placement programming. The Kansas Action Model for Career Guidance, Counseling, and Placement illustrates a process for effective programming which includes Needs Identification, Plan Development, and Implenentation and Follow Through.…

The Self-Motivated Personal Career Planning guide for students presents a process of self-assessment and goal-setting. An overview and rationale of the program and instructions and procedures are discussed in Chapters 1 and 2. The remainder of the guide consists of procedural steps for (1) self-assessment and (2) review and planning.…

The PIPS (People in Products and Services) guidebook is to be used by teachers in conjunction with Career Education: An Idea Book, and is intended primarily to provide suggestions for classroom teachers for developing K-6 career awareness programs. The theme of career development must emphasize people, not just products, to make the program…