DOCUMENT RESUME ED 312 531 CC 022 028 TITLE Opening All Options. Proceedings othe Ohio Middle School and Junior High School Caree' Guidance Conference (Columbus, OH, June 28-30, 1988). Volume II INSTITUTION Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 89 NOTE 369p.; For the 1987 conference proceedings, see ED 299 491. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC15 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Career Guidance; *Junior High Schools; *Middle Schools; *School Counseling; *School Counselors; ',School Guidance; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Trend Analysis IDENTIFIERS *Ohio ABSTRACT This document presents the conference proceedings from two 3-day career guidance conferences, held in 1987 and 1988, which focused attention on the need to develop a comprehensive career guidance program in Ohio middle and junior high schools. It also describes the plans, expected outcomes, a.1 first-year results obtained by the middle school and junior high school personnel attending the 1987 and 1988 conferences. Papers in Part 1 of the proceedings include: (1) "How to Improve a School Guidance Program" (Norman Gysbers);(2) "Competency-Based Guidance Programs: A Model of the Future" (C. D. Johnson and Sharon Johnson); (3) "Parents and Their Early Adolescents' Career Development" (Luther B. Otto); (4) "The Counseling Profession: Striving to Make a Difference" (Julian Earls); (5) "Junior High School Career Development" (David W. Winefordner); (6) "Learning Style and the Brain in Middle and Junior High Schools" (David Andrews); and (7) "A Brief Introduction to Vocational Guidance Counseling Services in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Jutta Ziegler). Parts 2 and 3 of the proceedings describe plans and results of the 1987 and 1988 Ohio Middle School and Junior High School Guidance Counselors Conference. Included in these sections are the participants' guidance program improvement plans and goals and statements of expected student results, and a description of career guidance program activities. A list of all participants and the 1987 and 1988 agendas complete the document. (NB) ***********************************M**********t**********X**********1 * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * **********************************************X******W*************** III . 11z1 . tiM i t,t. ss ot,rls" 4111 State Board of Education Paul Brickner, President, Willoughby Chester A. Roush, Vice President, Kettering Jean E. Bender, Akron J. James Bishop, Toledo Mary Goodrich, Zanesville Jack C. Hunter, Youngstown Virginia E. Jacobs, Lima Mary R. Lindner, Cincinnati William E. Moore, Woodsfield Sue Ann Norton, Westerville Paul F. Pfeiffer, Massillon C. J. Prentiss, Cleveland Edwin C. Price, Jr., Cincinnati Constance Rice, South Charleston Joseph D. Roman, Cleveland Anthony J. Russo, Mayfield Village Vvayne E. Shaffer, Bryan Patricia Smith, Worthington Sally R. Southard, Oxford Jo A. Thatcher, Portsmouth Martha W. Wise, Elyria Ohio Department of Education Franklin B. Walter Superintendent of Public Instruction Irene G Bandy Assistant Superintendent William L. Phillis Assistant Superintendent E. Roger Trent Director Division of Educational Services Darrell L Parks Director Division of Vocational and Career Education This publication was supported in part or in whole by federal funds of P L 98-524, through the Division of Vocational and Career Education the Ohio Department of Education Compliance is assured with the Carl D Perkins Act of 1984. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, z- nd the Ohio State Plan for Vocational Education This publication does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U S Department of Education OPENING ALL OPTIONS Volume II Proceedings of the 1988 Ohio Middle School and Junior High School Career Guidance Conference Ohio Department of Education Columbus. Ohio 1989 4 Contents FOREWORD v INTRODUCTION 1 PART 1:PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAMS IN MIDDLE AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 3 How to Improve a School Guidance Program by Norman Gysbers 5 Competency-Based Guidance Programs: A Model of the Future by C. D. Johnson and Sharon Johnson 11 Parents and Their Early Adclescents' Career Development by Luther B. Otto 36 The Counseling Profession: Striving to Make a Difference by Julia.' E?rls 42 Junior High School Career Development by David W. Winefordner 45 Learning Style and the Bran In Middle and Junior High P,chool by David Andrews 56 A Brief Introduction to Vocational Guidance Counseling Services in the Federal Republic of Germany by Jutta Ziegler 66 PART 2.PLANS AND RESUL. .3 OF THE 1987 OHIO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS CONFERENCEPARTICIPANTS 73 Participants' Guidance Program Improvement Plans: Goals and Statements of Expected Student Results 75 Career Guidance Pro Aram Activities 111 PART 3:PLANS AND EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE 1988 OHIO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS CONFERENCEPARTICIPANTS 141 Participants' Guidance Program Improvement Plans Goals and Statements of Expected Students Results 143 Career Guidance Program Activities 187 III APPENDICES 211 Appendix A: List of Participants, Presenters, and Staff at the Ohio Middle School and Junior High School Career Guidance Conference, June 24-26, 1987 213 Appendix B: List of Participants, Presenters, and Staff at the Ohio Middle School and Junior High School Career Guidance Conference, June 28-30, 1988 219 Appendix C: Agenda 1987 228 Appendix D: Agenda 1988 230 Appendix E: Career Guidance Program Follow-up Report on Activities Projected at 1987-88 Workshop 232 IV 6 Foreword Ohio's vocational education programs offerour high school students the most extensive skill training opportunities in the nation. Prior to choosingappropriate occupational training students must have the knowledge and skills necessary to choose wiselyfrom the many options open to them. The 1987 and 1988 career guidance conferences, "Opening allOptions," focused attention on the need to develop comprehensive career guidanceprograms in Ohio middle and junior high schools. The school counselor must takea central role in working with students, teachers, and parents to ensure that youth entering high school are prepared to mako reasoned decisionsconcerning the educational and training programs that best matchtheir abilities, interests, values. and needs. This publication documents the activities andresources used by counselors to help students explore various careers and to relate the possibilities to their potential. The participants in these conferences includedadministrators, counselors, supervisors, and teachers representing 197 middle schools or junior high schoolsfrom across Ohio. I commend their dedication to students and their commitment to increased efforton behalf of these young people. We are pleased to share the workshop experiences, plans and results ofthose who participated. Working together, we can increase the career exploration and planning skillsof our students. Franklin B. Walter Superintendent of Public Instructio.. v Introduction The purpose of these Proceedings is to share the process and the products of two three-day career guidance conferences entitled "Opening all Options," and to describe the plans, expected outcomes, and first year results of the middle school and junior high school personnel attendingthe 1987 and 1988 conference. The focus of the workshops was to emphasize the importance of comprehensive competency- based career guidance programs and to provide a series of presentations to assist school counselors in planning and implementing such programs in their local schools. To that end, the conference f"atured presenters currently involved in operating competency-based programs, Ohio-basedactivi- ties, and speakers addressing a genera! need for increased attention to early involvementin the career-planning process. These Proceedings capture the essence of the conference programs as well as present additional materials that add to the overall intent of the event. The plan of workshop participants for implement- ing outcome-oriented activities and the results of the activities of the 1987 participantsare also reproduced to serve as models for others pursuing similar programs in their schools. A list ofall participants completes the Proceedings. Edwin A Whitfield Associte Director Division of Educational services 1 a PART 1 Practical Approaches to Improving Career Guidance Programs in Middle and Junior High School 3 J How to Improve a School Guidance Program Norman C. Gysbers Professor Counselor Education Department University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri School counselors are expected to be involved in a greater number and variety of guidance and counseling activities than ever before. They are expected to work in the curriculum; conduct placement, follow-up and follow-through activities; do specialized testing for various groups; and do community work with business and industry personnel. In addition, they are expected to continue such activities as crisis counseling, teacher and parent consultation, and testing, scheduling, and other administrative and clerical duties. They may want to respond to these new expectations but often find that the pressure of their existing duties interferes with or actually prevents