.43 DOCUMENT RESUME ED 026 675 CG 003 558 By-Whitfield, Edwin A.; Glaeser, George A. Project View. History and Development. San Diego County Dept. of Education, Calif. Spons Agency-Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Pub Date Nov 68 Note- 17p. EDRS Price ME-$0.25 HC-$0.95 Descriptors-Career Planning, *Guidance Services, OccupationalChoice, *Occupational Guidance, *Occupational Information, *Program Development The Regional Center for the Collection,Synthesis, and Dissemination of Career Information for Schools in San Diego County wasestablished as a pilot project (VIEW) in1965. Participating institutions included the countydepartment of education, colleges located in the county, and theCalifornia State Department of Employment. The present paper gives a history ofVIEW through its pilot developmental, and demonstration phases. Evaluation procedures andresults involving students and counselors are presented. A junior collegefollow-up study and summer training workshop are discussed, with evaluations ofthese project components also included. A discussion of limitations and an outline of1968-69 operations follow. (BP) vvVv.k,FrnAvvuwniv.vvv,v,63.v.r.,,,. v PROJECT VIEW HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT EDWIN A. WHITFIELD GEORGE A. GLAESER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY ASRECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICEOF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. CX) 1!) Lf) CY) Departmentof Education, San Diego County November 1968 WSW!, 1% 7,?,41, VIEW HISTORY OF THE PROJECT Pilot Phase - February1965 to July 1966 The Regional Center for theCollection, Synthesis, andDissemination of Career Information for Schoolsin San Diego County wasestablished as a pilot project funded in part by theVocational EducationAct--1963 on February 1, 1965. The pilot phase of the project wasextended to June 30, 1966. the six junior The participating schoolsin the pilot activity included college institutions in San DiegoCounty: Grossmont College, MesaCollege, MiraCosta College, Palomar College,San Diego City College, andSouthwestern College, and the Department ofEducation, San Diego County. Mhny agencies development of and institutions alsoparticipated in the first stages of the project. Prominent among them were: California State Department ofEmployment San Diego State College Hospital Council of San Diego The pilot program wasdivided into two phases. Phase One began on February 1, 1965 and ended on December1, 1965. Some of the activities in this phase included thecollection and synthesis ofoccupational information based upon student andcounselor perceptions ofwhich oc- cupational information was of most worthand the preparation of data about 55 occupations in the areaof hospital careers; thedevelopment of a system of dissemination andretrieval which was workable,efficient, and relatively inexpensive and thepreparation of ancillarymaterials such as VIEWPOINT, a document preparedby counselors which described entry employment in San Diego for usein the counseling process. Phase Two, which continued untilJune 30, 1966, centered onthe ex- perimental use of VIEWscript materialproduced on microfilm aperture cards and placed in the schoolsfor use by students seekingoccupational information and counselors advising andcounseling students to better educational and vocational decisions. Careful evaluation of theefficacy of the material took place. The evaluation looked atthe equipment from the point of view of ease of useand acceptance by studentsand faculty alike. (The pilot run included information about55 occupations which were available inhospitals in San Diego County. This information was reported on 165 aperture cards andincluded VIEWscripts, bibliographic trailer cards, and human resourcetrailer cards.) Developmental Phase - July1966 to July 1967 The objectives of the developmentalphase of the CareerInformation Center, conducted from July 1,1966 through June 30, 1967, mere the following: First to prepare, disseminate,and update occupational information on jobs requiring lessthan a baccalaureate degreefor which local training was availablein San Diego County. Second, to conduct inservice meetingswith counselors and teachers onthe pro- fessional utilization of theseoccupational materials. Third, to sponsor a summer careerguidance workshop for counselorsproviding them with pertinent experiences in localentry occupations to aid themin their work with students. Fourth, to record and disseminatethe reactions of these counselors to thisexperience for the use of othercounselors and students within San Diego County. Fifth, to follow up selected graduates from training programs in thesix local junior colleges toobtain their reactions to the instructionreceived and their analysill oftheir current positions. An additional function of the CareerInformation Center was to prepare a filmstripdepicting tlie activities of theCenter. This filmstrip could then be used toorient students, counselors,and other school personnel to the servicesoffered by the Career Information Center. During the developmental phase, careerinformation was produced for all occupations requiring less than abaccalaureate degree for which training was available in San Diego County. This resulted in approxi- mately 200 eight-page job descriptions. This information was dissemi- nated to twelve participating schoolsand an evaluation of thematerials and dissemination procedures wassecured from the students,counselors, and school administrators. The dissemination vehicle used was asystem based on the use ofthe microfilm aperture card. A two-card format was chosenfor each oc- cupation with the first card containingfour pages of general inform- ation and a second card containing four pagesof local information. Each of the twelve participatingschools in the project wassupplied with a microfilm reader and areader-printer which enabled the students to project the microfilm copy on a screenand, if desired, print out hard copy for sUbsequent discussionswith their counselors orparents. In addition, parameters pertinentto the occupation, such asaptitudes, length of training, restrictions, etc., werekey-punched into each aperture card. The main body of informationfor each occupation was preparedin a standardized format suitable forconversion into microfilm form. Each brief in its uncOnvertedform consisted of four8- by 11-inch pages. A standardized heading was alsochosen, the acronym VIEW (Vocational Information for Education andWork); and the briefs were referred to as VIEWscripts. Each of the pair of briefs for an occupation was put on microfilm whichis mounted in an aperture card by use of a processor-camera. The first four-page V/EWscriptcontained information about the occupation which was generally applicablethroughout the country, The order of presentation ofthe information, however,differed from conventional practices. That is, a thorough look atthe criteria which applicants must meet(including such items as physical health, verbal ability, character,training required, advantages and disadvantages) preceded any detailed descriptionof the job itself. The second four-page VIEWscriptfor each occupation containedpertinent local information including alisting of local traininginstitutions, a bibliography oflocally produced studies and surveysrelating to the field, and a listing ofcommunity resource people workingin the occupation who had agreed to talk abouttheir occupations directly with the students. The use of this two-card formatcould make it - 2 `Is v possible for the more general descriptive data to be preparedat a central location and the local information to be preparedregionally with the possibility of a card exchange betweencenters. The number of printouts that could be produced from oneaperture card is unlimited and the cost per copy is modest. A summer workshop in entry employment was heldduring the time period June 27 - August 5,1966, which enabled ten high school and junior college counselors to study and observe the entryoccupational patterns of selected businesses and industries in theGreater San Diego area and to relate to their experiences to the career andeducational programs of the secondary schools and junior colleges. The participants spent four weeks on the job in entry occupations and twoweeks in the class- room. The classroom activities were carefully articulatedwith the participants' experiences on the job. During the two weeks of instruc- tion, the first week and the sixth week, the focus was ontheory and process of vocational choice. The group had the additionalresponsibility of producing copy for a document describing entryemployment in San Diego. This document was then distributed to all secondaryschool counselors in San Diego County for use in counselingstudents. Meetings were held with representatives of thecounseling departments and vocational education departments in each of thesix junior colleges in San Diego County. From these meetings a questionnaire wasagreed upon and it was decided that the June1966 graduates or certificate recipients in the programs common to all six juniorcolleges would be included in this survey. This resulted in a sample of 331 studentsin the business, electronic, and drafting programsin these junior colleges. EVALUATION PROCEDURES The evaluation of the VIEW materials and their usein the pilot schools involved several phases, each utilizing a differentevaluation instru- ment. Immediate Student Reaction