Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This handbook, one of five in the subset of program development process documents for the series, describes the need for and…

Recommendations are presented for developing career guidance centers in community colleges which would enable their clients to explore, prepare for, select, and progress in an occupation in line with their individual needs, interests, and abilities, and in a job with occupational opportunities. The following areas are outlined: (1) career guidance…

Intended to improve career guidance services on the secondary level, this operations manual was developed primarily by school counselors to assist other counselors in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of career guidance, counseling, and placement objectives in Maryland's school system. Contents are divided into the following three…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to help the grade 7 junior high school student recognize and develop self identity through understanding, developing, and establishing interpersonal and intrapersonal goals by identifying social skills through self inventories. The unit consists of three to five 45-minute periods…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit introduce ninth grade students to business careers available and provide information to guide the student in preparing for these careers. The six-hour unit is designed primarily for classroom instruction, but can be adapted for individual use under teacher or counselor direction. Instructional…

Intended for school districts and/or other agencies and groups in New York State (but having applicability to other states) which plan to begin career education programs or desire to improve or modify a program already in existence, this catalog summarizes the ideas contained in the more than 250 products reviewed. The catalog does this in two…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to develop seven- and eight-year-old children's awareness of the abilities made possible through their senses; these include visual perception and visual memory, auditory perception and auditory memory, and spatial relationships. This unit builds on the concepts introduced in a unit…

This publication provides guidelines to aid administrators, counselors, and business teachers in developing business programs for North Carolina youth. Following a brief introduction, the second of ten sections relates a philosophy of business education to its implications for program development and guidance. Section 3 reviews North Carolina's…

Elementary guidance materials providing career education activities for grades K-6 are presented for utilization by elementary teachers and elementary guidance specialists. Arranged by grade level, materials cover the following career education concepts: appreciation and attitudes, self-awareness, decision making, career awareness, and educational…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit focus on individual assessment of seventh grade students in relation to future school and vocational goals. The unit is made up of four individualized learning packets: Packet 1 deals with the learner's abilities and interests; Packet 2 explores values; Packet 3 looks at physical traits; and Packet…

To help secondary school business teachers and school counselors in Pennsylvania assist students in making career choices and securing a job, this guide provides information on job counseling and developing business education programs. The first chapter focuses on the changing employment climate and outlines activities that will increase…

Intended for use by guidance staff members working with Navajo high school students attending reservation schools, this guideline focuses in outline form on student goals and objectives, implementation and administration, and references and resources. Students, parents, school board members, and staff members were involved in development of the…

Designed to be used by university instructional staff in developing/inaugurating a career development course or program for preservice training, this guide includes background materials and other information appropriate for use in preservice preparation of teachers and counselors at either the undergraduate or graduate levels. The materials are…