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Download full textHenrico County Public Schools, Glen Allen, VA. Virginia Vocational Curriculum Center. – 1996
This collection of analyzed tasks and competencies supports the Virginia competency-based curriculum for Career Pathways. It is designed to be used by teachers and counselors to plan and implement instruction that meets the requirements of local students investigating potential careers. The guide organizes careers into clusters of career fields.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration, Competence
Finch, Curtis R.; Horne, Ralph A. – 1982
Implementation of competency-based education in Virginia career exploration and preparation programs has served as the basis for establishment of a paradigm for statewide implementation. Competency-based education in Virginia is defined as educational programs with required knowledges, skills, and attitudes based on role-relevant competencies and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, College School Cooperation
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship
Ressler, Ralph – 1976
The paper describes a Virginia career education project tested in 1974-5 at 10 field sites with sixth through ninth grade students. The simulation-based curriculum, Careers and You, takes a clusters approach to career orientation. Designed for a total school year, the curriculum repeats its sequence of phases so that each is emphasized twice. The…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Design
Turpin, Jerry P. – 1976
Lists of project accomplishments and the complete third-party evaluation report constitute the major contents of this final report of a three-year project to assist Bedford County Public Schools (Virginia) in implementation of a model for K-14 career education. Major conclusions reported are these: (1) A comprehensive plan for career development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Foreign Language Service. – 1977
This publication is one of a series designed to inform and assist those responsible for foreign language instruction, including teachers, administrators, supervisors, and those engaged in teacher education. The complete series serves as a curriculum guide. The format of the series is such that it can be revised so as to keep materials current.…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Class Activities
Ressler, Ralph; And Others – 1975
The career education movement, its roots dating back to the early sixties, has brought concern for career development to public attention. Theories of occupational choice and career development have been postulated by occupational psychologists since 1951 when Ginzberg did his initial work in the area. When change did come it took the form of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Henrico County Public Schools, Glen Allen, VA. Virginia Vocational Curriculum and Resource Center. – 1995
This manual is designed to help work and family studies teachers meet the needs of students who are at risk. It uses a systematic approach to adapting the learning environment that consists of an intervention checklist and intervention strategies. The manual is divided into two general sections: Common Skills Area and Applied Skills Areas. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Check Lists, Child Development
Ressler, Ralph – 1977
The goal of a project was to survey the vocational divisions of state departments of education across the nation in order to provide the vocational division of Virginia with information upon which to base decisions concerning the development of its vocational exploratory program. A search of the literature was done and an ERIC search completed.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Demonstration Programs, Educational Practices
Buttram, Joan L.; Blair, Mark W. – 1977
A third-party evaluation was conducted of the first year of the Exploring Careers through Experiential Learning project (ExCEL). ExCEL is a planned adaptation of the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory model (NWREL) to meet the needs of students in Prince William County, Virginia, and to assist high school students in successful transition to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
