This study synthesizes lessons learned about the promising role of "career navigators" at community colleges to aid students in the transitions through disjunctures in their careers. Career navigators are student support personnel who follow students from recruitment, through their studies or training programs, to job placement. Findings…

This report provides a survey of existing workforce development efforts in Michigan, both public and private. It includes a review of career and technical education provided by K-12 school districts, occupational training programs provided through community colleges, as well as job training offered by for-profit entities, unions, industry…

In April 2006, the Michigan State Board of Education and Michigan Legislatures adopted a rigorous package of high school graduation requirements, one of which made Michigan the first state that incorporated an online learning graduation requirement into the K-12 curriculum. All Michigan's students entering high school during 2008-2009 school year…

Background/Context: The increasing number of districts implementing mentoring and induction programs suggests that policymakers are aware of the need to increase the support available to new teachers. The argument underlying many of these programs is based, at least partly, on assumptions about beginning teachers' emotional responses to their…

THIS DOCUMENT REPORTS ON INVESTIGATION OF SCHOOL PLANT SPECIALISTS' EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL BACKGROUNDS AND POSITIONS. THE STUDY CONVEYS BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON AGE, SEX, ENTRY TO THE SPECIALIST FIELDS, CERTIFICATION, AND MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE STUDY SURVEYS THE SPECIALISTS' MAJORS AND MINORS, THE HIGHEST DEGREE,…

The Breaking Through (BT) initiative promotes an expanded and enhanced role for community colleges in providing access to college for low-skilled adults. BT is uniquely important in its systematic integration of adult education, developmental/remedial education, professional-technical education (PTE), and career planning and preparation in…

This report of a survey of eight states which implemented the School to Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) provides information on provisions in the state plans, the extent to which special educators participate in planning and implementation efforts, and how the needs of students with disabilities have been addressed. An overview is provided of the…

THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES OF RURAL YOUTH IS DISCUSSED. CONCLUSIONS ARE BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED FROM NINE PREVIOUS STUDIES AND FROM A LIMITED SURVEY OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM. CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PARENTAL ROLES INFLUENCES IN VOCATIONAL CHOICE OF RURAL INHABITANTS, TO PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE PARENTAL ROLES IN…

According to a survey of 46 recently departed Michigan school superintendents, departing superintendents can announce their intention to leave and still maintain a viable leadership role. Lame-duck superintendents should help the board think through the superintendent-selection process and review possible promotions, recognize staff achievements,…

This booklet contains a series of potential educational goals for Michigan in 1985, prepared by a task force appointed by the governor. The selection of these goals was guided by three major considerations: programs likely to achieve progress within a year, projects directly affecting the classroom level, and goals with statewide effects. These…

The authors describe two career guidance program models, the Whitman Center model and the Van Buren model, that incorporate key elements of Michigan's "Career Plan for the Life Span" theme. Both models provide comprehensive career services and experiences to youth and adults. (CH)

The handbook, developed as a classroom project by graduate students at Central Michigan University, is offered as a resource tool rather than a "how to do it" book and aims to provide assistance to career development oriented teachers. Student and teacher behavioral objectives, a brief history of career development, and a description of…

Information is presented on a study examining how an individually-based measure of career plateau compares with the traditional job tenure conceptualization in their relationships with hypothesized plateau outcomes. Participants in the study were baccalaureate graduates from Michigan State University who took part in a career development study.…

This directory provides abstracts for 38 career development projects operating during the 1972-73 school year, which are funded or coordinated by the Michigan Department of Education. The abstracts identify representative career development program components (e.g., objectives, major activities, and procedures) for projects in state school…

Sixty-one placement and career planning professionals at Michigan's 2- and 4-year colleges and universities rated the job market for academic majors at their respective institutions. Their perceptions of the labor market were gained from a variety of sources, including campus interviewing, statistics on employer requests by major and degree level,…