The trainer-directed manual describes a 45-minute school staff orientation session of not more than 30 participants in which individual independence and societal interdependence, in terms of leisure time activities, are discussed. Classroom implementation of this concept is then explored. The purpose, activities, outcomes, duration, setting,…

This guide is one of a set of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide information for local high schools to design, implement, and evaluate an upgraded career guidance program. CPSS describes how existing activities can be…

The module is one of a series of eight developed to provide inservice training for administrators of career education programs. It focuses the attention of the administrator on the various resources of the informational services (occupational, educational, and personal-social) which are available for use in career education resource centers and…

Instruction for faculty/staff members on the needs assessment task force to lead others in preparing, administering, and collecting questionnaires is contained in this guide, one of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide…

This facilitator's manual consists of guidelines and materials for use in conducting a workshop dealing with the professionl and personal development of minority women. Included in the first half of the manual are the following pieces of information pertaining to implementation of the workshop: background on the need for and development of the…

The discussion guide is a compilation of questions and background information, directed to educational planners and related to three major areas of concern: Education for Citizenship, Education to Make a Life, and Education to Make a Living. Education for Citizenship presents a list of general questions of a philosophical nature, followed by…

Because knowledge of educational opportunities is one of the most important factors in choosing a career, the objectives of this unit are to provide both the leader and American Indian girls involved in the career development program with general information about educational opportunities and to provide sources when specific information is…

The unit includes an introduction, "About Careers," which explains to American Indian parents the changes that have taken place in the work of Indian women from long ago to the present. The section includes information about women workers and the many career opportunities now available to them, as well as some of the barriers they face.…

The advisory council is important in developing a career education system in the elementary and secondary schools of our communities. The advisory council as a school community can assist by recruiting the totality of the community's resources. The council offers a mechanism designed to wire an educational system into the work world, linking…

The materials in the staff awareness program were developed to assist facilitators of career education inservice training. The purpose of the program is to increase the expectations of teachers toward the career potentials of all students regardless of their race, sex, ethnic background, or the socioeconomic status of the family. The program helps…

ASETS (Achieving Sex Equity Through Students) is a peer leadership program designed to prepare Michigan high school students to develop and present sex-equitable career-related programs to middle school students. The emphasis is on career decision making based upon career interests rather than gender. This handbook is a guide for a 2-day workshop…

This coordinator's handbook, one of a set of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use, is designed as a project management tool and provides step-by-step procedures for planning, leading, and coordinating CPSS activities. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system which offers the school…

The trainer-directed manual describes a 45-minute school staff orientation session of not more than 30 participants discussing why people work and the influential role school can play in formulating student perceptions of work. The purpose, activities, outcomes, duration, setting, resources needed, and presession activities and preparation are…

One of a set of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use, this guide is designed to help the CPSS coordinator become familiar with CPSS and his or her role. (The Career Planning Support System is a comprehensive guidance program management system which (1) provides techniques to improve a high school's…

An external evaluation was conducted to assess the training packages developed by the Georgia Comprehensive Career Guidance Project (see CE 018 130 for the final report of this project). Three secondary staff development training packages (Educational Environment, CE 018 154; Work and Leisure Environments, CE 018 161; and Human Relations, CE 018…