With early student-centered transition planning and interagency collaboration efforts, schools can be better equipped to prepare students with specific learning disabilities for effective transition to post-school environments.

Tuning, as a methodology, implies a philosophy of curriculum design, pedagogy, and assignment design. It implies that successful study in a discipline depends on intentional construction of learning experiences for students. Intentional construction of learning experiences requires an understanding of the learning goals set forth by faculty for…

The overall goal of the Building State Capacity Summit series was to enhance successful outcomes for students leaving high school, whether it is matriculation in a postsecondary education or training program, or employment. Young adults who are deaf or hard or hearing face barriers that inhibit these successful outcomes. One way to mitigate these…

Learning community (LC) programs continue to proliferate across college campuses as a strategy to engage and retain students. Although evidence exists to suggest increased levels of social engagement among LC participants, there is an ongoing debate about the impact on student academic engagement and intellectual development. This article…

An integrated workplace-learning project is a self-directed, intellectually rigorous, field-based learning experience in which students apply academic skills in solving real-world problems in the community. This guidebook was designed to help teachers and other school staff collaborate with students and employers to plan integrated…

A bank's--or any corporation's--relationship should go beyond recruiting to include cooperation on designing new curricula, giving "mini-courses," and the like. (Author)

Results of a survey showed that employers in Colorado believed high school graduates lacked basic employability skills. A Portfolio of Competencies was developed that would contain a record of each student's progress in skill development through grades 9-12. Step-by-step guidelines for implementation of the plan are included. (JB)

Like the individualized education program mandated for students with disabilities, an individualized career plan (ICP) can serve to guide a student's education. The ICP process can help all students plan their futures but is especially critical for students at risk of failing. ICPs have been advocated by career counselors for the past 3 decades.…

A placement director turns the tables on employers and visits them to investigate job opportunities...then he returns to campus to report to his seniors. (Author)

After reviewing the rationale behind the passage of recent legislation for the handicapped, this article outlines legislation which contains specific implications for vocational education and employment of handicapped individuals and describes the cooperative efforts of two major bureaus of the Office of Education. Several activities are suggested…

This report describes the proceedings of a conference held for the purpose of improving the understanding and communication between science teachers and school counselors. Included in the report are the abstracts of the three keynote addresses which dealt with women in science, career guidance programs and projections concerning science careers.…

Faculty have long fought over the merits of general, liberal arts courses and career training. Organization and planning for interdisciplinary studies could help reconcile the differences and benefit students. (Author/LBH)

The program, described in detail, consists of career assessment and personal planning experiences for management facilitators and employee planners. Also discussed are the results of a generally successful pilot test of the program. (Author/MS)

Faculty and career planning and placement combine efforts to bring about a change. (Author)

This monograph was written to motivate and provide initial orientation for community leaders who are committed to seeing that comprehensive career guidance programs are established to serve the career planning and development needs of all citizens. The monograph is divided into two parts. Part A, containing four chapters, gives suggestions for how…