This article discusses teaching students in a technology-based classroom to become marketable in the multimedia industry through personal empowerment, meeting business-based classroom work expectations, developing business-based projects, and providing classroom presentations. It describes the use of teambuilding activities and participation in…

This book focuses on guiding librarians at institutions of higher education on being proactive in securing tenure and promotion in their professional employment. The book has nine chapters. Chapter 1 gives advice on what to include in an application for a tenure-track position and what activities representing individual growth and development…

This handbook provides resources for teachers and administrators involved in vocational assessment under the requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. The handbook is organized in seven sections. The first section provides an overview of the background and contents of the handbook. Section II gives an overview of the process of…

This booklet, one in a series on aviation careers, outlines the variety of careers available in airports. The first part of the booklet provides general information about careers at airports, while the main part of the booklet outlines the following nine job categories: airport director, assistant airport director, engineers, support personnel,…

This book is designed to provide readers with an in-depth understanding of the 16 skills that employers believe are workplace basics. Part One centers on the economic importance of the 16 skills and provides a theoretical basis for why these skills are important. Part Two discusses the foundation skill, learning to learn, on which all other skills…

This document describes the vocational assessment, support services, and guidance activities requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act under the Criteria for Services and Activities for the Handicapped and for the Disadvantaged, Section 204. It begins by defining those students eligible for these program activities and services.…

The career development program for students with mental disabilities should be integrated into the total special education curriculum, should provide training of specific skills needed in particular jobs as well as a general orientation to the world of work, and should relate academics to activities of daily living. The program should begin at the…

This volume contains products developed by a project to provide Nevada high school students with the opportunity to research and devise a self-profile to guide future vocational and/or educational plans (see note). Section 1 is a counselor's handbook for use in guiding high school students in developing a vocational-educational profile. Suggested…

This book contains guidelines, strategies, techniques, and common sense advice for enhancing the paths of women in pursuing a career in educational leadership. The Introduction to Part 1, "Women Leaders and the New Reality," outlines procedures used for conducting 35 interviews of selected women educational leaders which formed the basis…

This final report and implementation manual describes the activities and outcomes of Iowa's High School High Tech (HSHT) program, a joint effort of Grant Wood Area Education Agency and Goodwill Industries of Southeast Iowa to inspire students with disabilities to pursue high tech careers. The program provides opportunities for students to learn…

Most succession planning practices are based on the premise that ambitious people have and want only one career direction--upwardly mobile. However, employees have 10 career direction options at any stage of their working lives. A minority want the career action requiring promotion. Employers with a comprehensive career planning support program…

These guides are activity guides. Several fact-filled books about dogs are listed as resources on this guide. The activities are active, hands-on, and engaging and are guided by the 4-H motto: Learning by Doing. As youth explore a dog project topic of interest to them, they also practice essential life skills. Although a few dog project youth will…

Youth explore more about dog health, nutrition, and care, genetic problems, population control, showmanship, training, ethics and budgeting. Youth who engage in this curriculum will develop essential dog project skills such as selecting a dog; investigating breeds; appreciating dogs' places and roles in society; practicing grooming, fitting,…

Couched in the context of NCLB, the reauthorized IDEA, and the ASCA National Model, this handbook revisits the important role that school counselors play in the personal, social, academic, and career development of students with disabilities. Revised throughout, this new edition provides: (1) Clear explanations of changes shaping the legal…

This workbook is designed to help high school students and adults identify their skills and interests, explore occupations, prepare resumes and other materials, and conduct a job search. (Although developed with references to Alaskan services and the Alaskan labor market, the materials are suitable to job seekers in any state.) The workbook is…