Roanoke City Career Education Program. Selected Units of Instruction in Career Education.

Overview & Synopsis

This report contains excerpts from career education units which were developed by Roanoke City (Virginia) teachers for kindergarten through adult education. Areas presented are (1) career awareness for the kindergarten; (2) a career model for elementary education; (3) a plan for implementing career education concepts in the elementary school; (4) career awareness in the elementary school; (5) development of a career education program at the junior high school level; (6) career education in the special education classroom; (7) survey of career interests-reading students; (8) criminology unit; (9) improving attitudes and skills in home economics-related occupational classes; (10) survey of clerical workers in the Roanoke Valley industries; (11) the development of a career resource employment counseling and placement center; (12) career in life-goal planning; and (13) in-service training film ideas. A bibliography lists the audiovisual and reading materials in career education available at the Patrick Henry High School and at the Roanoke City Public Schools' Media Center. (CT)