This handbook is designed to assist women in and aspiring to vocational education administration in planning for entry into and success in vocational education administration. It consists of five sections. Section 1 describes the following barriers inhibiting the progress of women in administration: self-concept, career choice, career preparation,…

Designed to provide basic information on the major entry-level career fields in real estate, this document can be used as a reference manual for counselors and instructors. The manual contains general information about the following real estate careers: salesperson, sales manager, broker, land developer, property manager, appraiser, mortgage loan…

The book is intended by the authors to be used as a text for a college-level course in career development; their suggestion is that the course be offered in the first year, especially in schools operating a program of cooperative education, and that the course cover the general theory of career development, the preparation of a resume to be kept…

This curriculum guide was developed to provide a model plan to help public high schools and area vocational-technical schools to initiate, or evaluate and improve, natural resource occupational preparation programs. It offers a curriculum plan which can be modified to meet particular needs and objectives which are career education oriented. This…

The author makes suggestions for two types of educational research and offers guidelines for carrying out and writing up the research. His first suggestion is a topic for research: the development of an authoritative definition for three terms: (1) regionally identified demand for workers, (2) articulation between secondary curriculums and related…

The book is presented as an aid to those who have decided to invest in, or who are seriously interested in investigating, a franchise opportunity. The material presented is an index of basic information a person should have about a particular franchise to enable him to make a valid determination as to whether or not a specific franchise is the…

The document presents curriculum materials for integrating career exploration activities into grade 9 social studies units. The plan and calendar for implementing career exploration activities in the Parkrose (Oregon) public schools are presented first. Materials for the 11-week program are then presented by week. Some of the topics include how to…

The document presents student materials which were developed to be used to integrate career exploration into the social studies curriculum in the Parkrose (Oregon) school system. Topics of the units are: world of work, world of economics, occupations and employment trends, technology and change, the job, manpower market, the student, nature of…

Developed for high school students, this career education guide and workbook contains information and activities to help students participating in an experience-based career education program. The booklet begins with a brief section that explains the guide and workbook, lists the program requirements, introduces career exploration, and presents a…

This handbook supplies a variety of general and specific information concerning career in foreign languages for Americans. The main topics include: (1) general recommendations for language study; (2) a sketch of the principal language families of the world, their genealogy and geographical distribution; (3) foreign language courses and degree…

This fifth grade unit is one of a sequential learning series of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) project developed in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. A description of the project is provided in SO 008 271. As part of the fifth grade curriculum focusing on power, this six week unit examines the power at the…

The purpose of this text is to offer information, including career development strategies, about sports officiating, an occupation that attracts little attention as a source of employment. The book presents fundamental techniques for building successful careers as qualified sports officials and illustrates how sports officiating can be taken from…

This booklet provides information for United States educators who wish to be considered for participation in the Teacher Exchange Program, which entails academic-year exchanges and seminars abroad. The first part furnishes information on: (1) The Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program; (2) application procedures for teaching positions abroad; (3)…

This guidebook was developed as an aid to communities seeking to create partnerships between public and private sector sources to reduce the youth unemployment among Hispanics. The International City Management Association (ICMA), as part of a project sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, identifies six model ventures using the…

The kinds of work that college degree holders may consider are presented in this document as three columns of information. Ninety-four different college majors are listed in the first column. In the second column, entitled "primary codes," occupational groups are listed which by custom, and in some cases, by job title and legal…