Exemplary Career Guidance Programs 1995: Secondary and Postsecondary

This document presents nine exemplary career guidance and counseling programs identified by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education's Office of Student Services. Chapter 1 presents a synthesis of the nationally recognized career guidance programs successful in assisting students in their career development. It provides a background of the search process and a synthesis of these three clusters of program components: career guidance and counseling program plan; collaboration, articulation, and communication efforts; and institutional support, leadership, and program evaluation. Chapters 2 and 3 provide a description of each program and gives the name, phone number, and address of a contact person. Chapter 2 describes these secondary programs: Career and Technology Education Guidance and Counseling Program, Garland Independent School District, Texas; Career and Technology Education Career Guidance and Counseling Program, Katy Independent School District, Texas; Career Guidance and Counseling Program, Caddo-Kiowa Vocational-Technical Center, Oklahoma; Project Soar, Metro Tech, Oklahoma; and Springdale High School's Career Guidance and Counseling Program, Springdale Public Schools, Arkansas. Chapter 3 describes these postsecondary programs: Career Development Center, California; JOBS Program--OWLS (Older, Wiser, Learning Students), Oklahoma; The Pathway Program, Florida; and Student Services/Counseling Program, Washington. The bulk of the document contains the programs' applications for recognition. Each application describes the following: program abstract, program operation, typical day, and the three clusters of components of exemplary programs. (YLB)