The "Career Explorations" and "From College To Career" programs are both evening outreach programs in which sons and daughters of IBM employees are invited to the IBM Somers location to learn about careers and preparing for the job market. All sessions feature IBM employee presenters talking about the work they do. The…

This bulletin is designed to help an individual find careers that fit him or her by identifying what he or she likes to do, what he or she is good at, and what he or she wants to achieve. To identify an individual's interests, it suggests completing the Career Interest Checklist provided which is based on Holland's system of placing people's…

This packet includes four publications of a project to develop and pilot a K-12 career awareness and development sequence (CADS) for education-to-careers. The K-12 CADS sequence presents a pyramid of the recommended CADS by grade level; recommended career-cluster focus for grades K-8; suggestions for implementation with this information for each…

This article discusses the benefits of a mentoring program to help gifted students, including helping students to mature, to explore future careers and successes, to apply classroom knowledge, and to gain role models. Strategies for selecting students for a mentoring program and for implementing a mentoring program are provided. (Contains…

This pamphlet offers practical advice to students who desire to pursue an academic career centered around a commitment to the ideals of classical liberalism. The author perceives a conflict between these ideals and the real demands of the academic environment. Regarding this conflict as a challenge which academics must address, he offers specific…

This guide to college major fields of study informs users about the array of undergraduate majors and common features of those majors. Following a discussion of how to use the book and essays by actual college students on how they chose a major, the guide describes 151 majors grouped in the following 17 categories: agriculture; architecture and…

This document is the first of three volumes in the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) Developmental Guidance & Counseling Program. Volume I focuses on elementary education, kindergarten through sixth grade. The introduction defines the four major components of a comprehensive developmental guidance model: the guidance curriculum, individual…

This document is the third of three volumes in the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) Developmental Guidance & Counseling Program. Volume III focuses on high school education, grades 9 through 12. The introduction defines the four major components of a comprehensive developmental guidance model: the guidance curriculum, individual planning,…

This self-study curriculum guide is intended to assist counselors and teachers in learning to use labor market and career information with clients more effectively. The following topics are covered: understanding career development and the use of career and labor market information in career counseling (changing ideas about career development, the…

This handbook for the Assist-A-School Program in the Jefferson County Public School District in Louisville, Kentucky, describes program goals; lists benefits, participants' responsibilities, organizational steps, and suggestions for activities; and provides sample evaluation forms. The program, a voluntary cooperative arrangement to increase…

Intended as a basic career information reference for students and others, this guide consists of the following sections: (1) an introduction that explains how to use the guide; (2) descriptions of 12 career areas and the 66 worker trait groups associated with them; and (3) nine appendices that provide detailed definitions of the work factors and…

This application booklet was designed to assist elementary-secondary education counselors to gain an understanding of the manifestations and effects of sex discrimination and sex bias in education, to gain an understanding of Title IX, and to attain skills and capability for the development and implementation of policies, programs and management…

"Job Shadowing in Junior and Senior High School" and "Job Shadowing for College Students" give examples of shadowing experiences, describe the benefits, and provide resources for counselors. (SK)

This packet of information contains materials that will answer many questions about Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Individual sections cover the definition of TESOL and other acronyms in the field, what is an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) professional, how to get started, and qualifications and opportunities.…

The purpose of this guide is to assist chapters of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and other groups of special educators to plan, design, and implement community activities that increase awareness of high school students about career possibilities within special education and provide information about how to pursue a career in the…