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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
Conrady, Sue R. – 1998
This document consists of a brief report and a resource manual developed by a project designed to help 34 students registered in a General Educational Development (GED) program to develop self- and career-awareness through computer-assisted instruction. According to the report, all 34 students used the computer for self- and career-awareness. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Career Awareness
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
Junior Achievement, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO. – 1998
This guide was created to help community groups create publicity plans and follow through to promote public awareness of Groundhog Job Shadow Day (GJSD) on February 2, 1999. The guide promotes the goal of raising public awareness for the importance of business and education working together to provide hands-on career experiences for students. It…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship
Woal, S. Theodore; DuVall, Patricia S. – 1995
This document consists of two brief articles on career education in elementary school. The first article, "Career Education--The Early Years" by S. Theodore Woal, suggests that elementary school is the time to begin to infuse career education concepts and to correlate and integrate career guidance in the school curriculum. Three activities are…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Thompson, Cecelia; Thompson, Dale – 1986
The Educators-in-Industry project described in this document is sponsored by the General Electric Foundation to offer experience in the business and industrial world to educators. In Hawaii, where General Electric has no factory facilities, other businesses provide job shadowing sites for administrators, counselors, and K-12 teachers. Over 100…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Industrial Education, 1985
Describes the Clinton (MA) secondary school program in plastics technology, which involves (1) mostly 10th graders in a combination classroom-hands-on-activities laboratory program, and (2) 11th and 12th graders in laboratory research/ shadowing/job performance program. Also describes actual laboratory projects, program graduate job placement, and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Classroom Environment, Grade 10, Grade 11
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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
Blanford, Elizabeth A. – 1977
This paper describes the development of a high school career program related to the Shadowing Experiences provided for counselors by General Electric. Nine Mini-Career Days, related to the different curriculum areas, provided students with at least four days of shadow sessions. Students attended the Career Days from their four morning class…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Miller, Janet E. – 1997
During an 8-month practicum, 41 mildly disabled high school students; their teachers, parents, and counselors; and community business representatives cooperated in defining individual school-to-work transition goals in educational, occupational/career, and social/personal areas. The major aim was to realistically and adequately prepare these…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Education Work Relationship, High School Students, High Schools
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Sanders, Mavis G.; Lewis, Karla C. – High School Journal, 2005
Despite increasing interest in the role of community involvement in school improvement, few studies have examined motivations for, or results of community partnership development in high schools. To fill this gap, the authors conducted case studies of three high schools with successful community partnerships. The authors found that case high…
Descriptors: Community Development, High Schools, Partnerships in Education, Excellence in Education
Maloney, Thomas R.; San Jule, Timothy F. – 1991
Tompkins Cortland Community College (New York) developed a procedure to recruit and train potential dairy farm workers. A number of marketing efforts were undertaken: distribution of 150 recruitment posters, distribution of public service announcements to 27 area news agencies, 76 paid radio spots broadcast by 4 stations, and staff member…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Devlin-Scherer, Wade; Devlin-Scherer, Roberta; Couture, John – 2000
This study examined principal internship portfolios required by two universities for principal interns, focusing on principal interns' activity participation. At each institution, principal interns undertook at least one semester-long internship experience which required collaborative work with various education stakeholders. The internship was…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Higher Education
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Galbraith, Michael – Michigan Community College Journal: Research & Practice, 2001
Discusses the importance of a mentoring program for community college faculty. Identifies characteristics of a good mentor, such as strong communication skills, and those of a good mentee, such as strong listening skills. Argues that a mentoring program is beneficial to the individuals involved, as well as to the community college. (Contains 19…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, College Faculty, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1986
This self-directed learning center is intended to serve as a resource upon which to develop and support a career education program. The center is organized into educational activities that have been designed to enhance the career education process, including development of self-awareness, decision making, career exploration, and job search skills.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration, Cognitive Style, College Choice
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