Career Education and the State Education Agency.

Overview & Synopsis

Prepared as part of the Career Education Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the paper discusses the role of the State education agency as it relates to career education. Several strategies to initiate, implement, or expand career education are presented. Strategies for State education agencies include the board resolution and legislative directive and the task force approach, and sample illustrative documents are offered. Needs assessment procedures, inservice teacher programs, funding strategies, evaluation and accountability, and teacher preparation programs are topics commented on. A sample fact sheet of the Michigan Career Education Teacher Education Consortium is offered as a typical State agency strategy. Organizational structure at both the State and local level is examined in relationship to career education program implementation. A discussion of legislative support, coordination of State and local efforts, funding, and program evaluation concludes the document. (MW)