Career education is a comprehensive education program focused on careers and an educational process where people gain knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and skills necessary for career success. It is the position of the Nevada State Board of Education that career education is needed by and intended for all people, and the goal for Nevada is to…

Realizing the impact and educational implication of the career education approach to learning, the Nevada State Department of Education has sought to implement in its program, career-oriented concepts. This 2-part publication presents the State's position and implementation scheme for the program. Placing the learner in the center and integrating…

The Department of Education has undertaken an ambitious effort to develop statewide skill standards for all content areas in career and technical education. The standards in this document are for photography programs and are designed to clearly state what the student should know and be able to do upon completion of an advanced high-school program.…

A project was designed to provide high school students in Nevada with the opportunity to research and devise a self profile to guide future vocational and/or educational plans. Seven of 10 counselors and schools that volunteered completed the project. Counselors attended a training workshop where they "walked through" the process using…

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…