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Prucey, Jason – Techniques: Making Education and Career Connections, 1998
A training manual for mentors was developed by Pennsylvania educators to ensure success in the student/mentor relationship. It spells out the goals and objectives of job shadowing, reviews participant roles and expectations, and addresses communication with students. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Education Work Relationship, Guides, High School Students
Trybus, Margaret A.; Li, Ranfen – 1998
This study reports the results of 3 years of implementation of a Partnership Academy, a restructuring model for at-risk high school students at J. Sterling Morton East High School in Cicero, Illinois. Based on the California model, the partnership academy is distinguished by four features: a multi-year, school-within-a-school structure from 10th…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Stone, James R., III; Aliaga, Oscar A. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2003
We examined the extent to which high school students are choosing to participate in work-related education after a decade of education reform in the United States. Using data from the "National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997," we first examined the characteristics of students enrolled in alternative curriculum concentrations: career…
Descriptors: High School Students, Selection, Tech Prep, Cooperative Education

Patterson, Kari – Rural Educator, 1997
A career development coordinator describes how she implements a mentoring program for students from five rural high schools in Montana. After students identify occupations that they would like to explore and professionals agree to participate, participating students from all five schools are bussed to spend several hours job-shadowing their…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship