Hit the Books: Study Guide, 1995. Handbook gives students useful hints on study skills, motivation, memory, time management, note taking ,reading, test taking, and tips for single parents and displaced homemakers.
The Joy of Choosing, 1980. 30 minute Video. People of different ages and occupations, particularly men and women who have made nontraditional choices and decisions, talk about their career decisions, their hopes, dreams, and options.
Why Change? 1980. 30 minute video. The reality of change discussed in relation to career options and changing roles in both work and family; and the impact of teachers, counselors, and parents on adapting to that change. Tape segments are tied together with introductions and instructional narratives.
Our Wildest Dreams, 1992. Women entrepreneurs making money, having fun, doing well. A whole new definition of success and an entirely new paradigm of working life.
Expanding Career Options a Social Science Approach, 1979. The purpose of this module is to assist high school teachers in exploring with their students the impact of sex-role stereotyping on the work of work in general and in their individual lives. Copies for handouts and transparencies are included.
Competency-Based Instructional Units for Teenage Parenting, 1983. Each unit is housed in a separate labeled folder and consists of a series of role-relevant competencies grouped according to concept areas. A student performance objective, enabling objectives, and selected resources for each competency are presented on a self-contained instruction sheet designed to be used by both students and teachers.
Single Mother?s Resource Handbook, 1982. Topics covered: Being Assertive; Relaxing, Parenting; Being Positive; Sexuality; and Law/Your Rights.
Career Coaching Your Kids, 1997. Career planning is a lifelong process. Therefore the career planning process and the roles a parent plays in it from a full life-span perspective, birth to adulthood is discussed.
New Directions in Career Planning and the Workplace- Practical Strategies for Counselors, 1991. This book gives many practical suggestions on how you can use your knowledge of the issues to help your clients in their own career development.
Say Yes! US Department of labor, Office of the Job Corps, produced by Walcoff & Associates, Inc. Time Length: 11:45 minutes.
Schools Achieving Gender Equity, 1995. This is a user-friendly, vocational education curriculum guide, which aligns gender equity concepts with the Kentucky Education reform Act. It has been designed to be appropriate for any vocational-technical class and includes activities for academic integration. Each lesson is independent and may be taught in correlation with a career unit, or all ten lessons may be used sequentially.
Exploring Career Pathways: a Guide for Students and Their Families, Iowa Department of Education, Tech prep Model Framework Project; 1997. This booklet is designed to help students make an initial career pathway decision and then select appropriate school courses to prepare for that pathway.
School-to-Work Jump Start Equity Kit, 1995. Inside this starter kit you will find key tools for serving all students effectively through School- to-Work. Included are ?School to Work: Equitable Outcomes?; additional key STW resources; Gender Equity and School-to-Work Fact sheet; Current articles that examine the role of equity in School-to-Work; Guidelines and activities for implementing equity in STW ( School-based learning, Work-based learning and connecting activities; How to Disaggregate the Data to ensure success for all students; and WEEA Digests on School-to-Work, Mentoring, Vocational Education, and Equity in Learning with Computers.
Nobody Speaks for Me!, 1976. A book of oral histories of the lives of working class women provides an opportunity for women who would never write about themselves to be heard.
A Service for Entrepreneurial Learning: Keepers Holiday Gift Shop, 1995. A business created by high school students and community volunteers, incorporated into existing curricula. Materials included are: How to Operate a Keepers Store with sample letters to elementary schools and to service clubs request for funding.
Towards a Challenging Future: A Practitioner?s Guide for Student Career Exploration in New York State, 1996. The purpose of this resource is to provide leadership information for educators of Tech Prep/School-to-Work/Career Development activities. It can be used with teachers, administrators, students, parents, community groups and businesses and industries for enhancement of career opportunities and for the development of programs which ensure equity for all students and to help bring about far-reaching and lasting changes. It is divided into 5 sections: equity awareness, guidance & counseling, staff development, curriculum development and resources.
Consider A Nontraditional Job, 1991. 21 minute video. An upbeat recruitment video targeted toward adult women shows female role models in rural Montana working as phone installers, construction laborers, and truck drivers. Viewers learn what the work is like, what type of work environment can be expected, and the benefits and barriers of pursuing a nontraditional job. Plus, employers and union representatives share their positive experiences working with women in nontraditional jobs.
Parent Prep Program: Resource Directories, Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, 1995. An important part of being a successful single parent is being able to use the resources that available to you. This is a directory of resources throughout Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott counties in Iowa. The listings provide a variety of services in the following areas: social services, education, and employment.
Claiming Responsibility: A Scott County Community Assessment on Teen Sexuality and Pregnancy, Conducted by Prevention Power, 1995. This booklet is an assessment on teen sexuality and pregnancy in Scott County, their findings and their approaches to address teen pregnancy.
More Choices: A Strategic Planning Guide for Mixing Career and Family, Mindy Bingham and Sandy Stryker. 1987. This book is intended to address the problems of the real world. It is meant to be a career planning guide for young people and a life-planning tool for adults.
Guidebook for using the Educational Equity Options Model in Postsecondary Institutions,Orange County Community College and New York State Education Department, 1996. The EEO model is a seven-step approach to increasing the recruitment and retention of female students in nontraditional occupational education.
Sexual Harassment MD State,Baltimore County Public Schools Maryland, Length: 19 minutes. Vignettes dealing with the following harassment concerns: leave me alone, way of the world, student and teacher; confrontation, promotion, working, auto shop 101, retaliation, and not interested. After each vignettes there are questions and time for discussion.
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