Mobile Career Education Resource Unit, 1976-1977. Final Evaluation Report.

Overview & Synopsis

A project to transport career education resources to teachers in Rhode Island's elementary and secondary schools was evaluated on the basis of its seven objectives: (1) to publicize information about career education and the materials and services provided by the project, (2) to make available career education materials, resources, and services to be used in classroom instruction, (3) to demonstrate effective career education materials to the educational community, (4) to develop a state-wide information network about career education, (5) to make available curricular materials that classroom teachers can use to inform young women about nonconventional career possibilities, (6) to develop career education materials for bilingual and/or non-English speaking students, and (7) to make career education information available to survey a random sample of state elementary, middle, and high school superintendents, principals, teachers, and counselors to determine their awareness of the services and satisfaction with and utilization of the materials. The evaluator concluded that five of the seven objectives (all except number 3 and number 6) were successfully accomplished and that the project has been remarkably successful in advancing the concept of career education in Rhode Island. (JT)