A two-week workshop was organized at which 10th- and 11th-grade girls actively explored for one full day six different nontraditional careers. The careers were auto mechanics, law enforcement, emergency medical technician/paramedic, livestock production, fire science, and hotel management. Shorter sessions were conducted in broadcasting and…

A program of pre-postsecondary instruction in engineering and health occupations for grades 11 and 12 was developed and implemented at Firestone High School from June 1974 to July 1975. It was designed to be compatible with high school graduation requirements and offer experiences related to postsecondary education that would lead to a…

The Considering Honest Options in Career Exploration (CHOICE) program is a career decision-making plan designed to assist counselors and teachers in helping high school juniors and seniors develop specific written career plans that they can implement after high school. This guide includes an overview of CHOICE and three CHOICE learning modules.…

The success or lack of success of the students who participated in the experimental pre-postsecondary programs conducted in four Ohio areas in 1974-75 was assessed. The program rationale was the need to offer students in grades 11 and 12 a diversity of pre-postsecondary programs to prepare them for postsecondary occupational or baccalaureate…

This Grade 11 teaching guide contains two curriculums which focus on 10 team physics projects and five thematic units in English. The 10 group physics projects are derived from the application of three laboratory units on the properties of matter, mechanics, and electricity. The outlined English curriculum ranges from such specifically pragmatic…

Alaska Teacher-Coordinators in the Rural Student Vocational Program (RSVP) should be familiar with activities necessary to insure proper selection of students and proper and meaningful work placement. In RSVP, students from outlying high schools travel to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau to participate in 2 weeks of work experience with cooperating…

As part of a 3-year comprehensive interdisciplinary program in industrial preparation for vocational students, this 11th Grade teaching guide consists of units on technical mathematics and guidance. Designed as supportive material for related physics and English curriculums, the first four sections of Volume 4 on algebra, vectors, simple machines,…

The experimental Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-I) program, 1971-72 was intended to provide dropout-prone Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) youth with intensive counseling, supportive services and work experience in the private sector, to encourage completion of high school, and to assist in obtaining full-time employment upon…