DOCUMENT RESUME 110 10$ 003 445 C3 003 131 TITLE Introduction to Career Awareness. Career - Centered Curriculum for Vocational Complexes in Mississippi. INSTITUTION Jones County School District, Laurel, Miss.; Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DREW/01), Washington, D.C. NOTE 371p.; For related documents see CB 003 132-134; For the final report see ED 091 605 EDRS PRICE M7-$0.76MC-$18.40 PLUS POSTAGE 'IT:, DESCRIPTORS Bibliographies; *Career Awareness; *Career Education; *Curriculum Guides; Educational Objectives; *Elementary Education; Bealth; Instructional Materials; Integrated Curriculum; Language Arts; Mathematics; Occupational Information; Primary Education; Relevance (Education); Resource Materials; Science Projects; Sciences; Social Studies; State Curriculum Guides; *Units of Study (Subject Fields) ABSTRACT. The guide provides a career educationcurriculum fo: grades K-6, incorporating the career awareness conceptinto the ongoing curriculum. The first section, offeringguidelines for grades. 1-3, focuses on the family. These educationalobjectives fors the organizational foundation for specific grade levetinstructional objectives, procedures and/or techniques,suggested materials, and evaluation methods. Section 2, offering guidelines forgrades 4-6, is organized according to subject area rather than gradelevel and provides educational objectives for the areas of:health, language arts, mathematics, social studies, andscience. Utilizing basic :and' supplementary textbooks, the guide correlates textbookcontent and resource materials withactivities related to specific career paths. Ill4strations and diagrams are provided where useful. TheappendiX offers 39 pages of science activities andprojects, a 27-page bibliography of reference materials andteaching aids, and a 39-page elementary career resource materialdirectory. (MW) .rJ WIT COPY AVAILABLE C\1 C) CAREERCENTERED CURRICULUM FOR VOCATIONAL COMPLEXES IN MISSISSIPPI UJ Introduction to Career Awareness Exemplary Project #0-361.0067 in Vocational Education Conducted Under Part 0 Public Law 90-576 J. Harold McMinn State Director, Exemplary Programs Division of Vocational and Technical Education P. O. Box 771 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 U.S. DIPAR1MINTOP HEALTH, EDUCATION A WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTEOP EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT Reese Ishee, Director HAS BEEN REPRO OUCED EXACTLYAS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR Jones County Exemplary Program ORGANIZATION ORIGIN ATING IT POINTSOF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT 2409 Moose Drive SENT OFFICIAL NATIONALNECESSARILY REPRE .E0uCATION POSITION INSTITUTE OF Laurel, Mississippi 39440 OR POLICY MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD FOR VOCATIONALTECHNICALEDUCATION G. H. Johnston, State Superintendent of Education Troy V. Majure, Director, VocationalTechnical Education and 1 JONES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION A. C. Knight, County Superintendent of Education ...... 441 Information contained herein is the result of a project beingperformed pursuant to a grant Office 4,4Nmade available through the Bureauof Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education, cu f Education, U. S. Department of Health, Educationand Welfare. Contractors undertaking Cto such projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to expressfreely their professional Lug judgment in theconduct of the project. Points of view or opinionsstated do not, therefore, 4,.. ..)necessarily represent official Office of Educationposition or.policies. Z/3 BEST COPYAVAILABLE Materials in this document were developed by: Mrs. Juanita Jefcoat Coordinator of Elementary Project Activities in the Jones County Exemplary program and elementary teachers in the Jones County School System With assistance from: Mrs. Louie E. Kemp Instructional Materials Specialist, Home Economics Research and Curriculum Unit for VoTech. Education Mississippi State University Drawer DX Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762 Mississippi State University does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, or national origin. 4 H FOREWORD Education in America today appears to be headed into one of the most exciting eras in educational history. A primary reason for this is the apparent desire of educational leaders for common sense change. This educational leadership spans the entire breadth of educational levels from the local to the national. At last, those who have the power to influence change are responding to the frustrations, as well as to the dreams of education's benefactors. For too long the school curriculum has been dominated by those who have held a rather limited view as to what constitutes an educated person. The result has been acur riculum embracing a long string of "minuses" for its contribution to skill training which leads directly to employment. Even the "muffled" voices of those who have applauded such education have conversely sounded a strange attitude that it is for "someone else's children." Hopefully, we have now reached a level of educational maturity which practices the concept that "there is dignity in work." When we have reached this pinnacle of educational maturity, teachers at all levels will be willing to take a new look, as they must, at their subject area fields. After having done so, they can be expected to do some "plowing-up" and "resowing" with new and exciting methods, techniques, and media. This means a change in thinking so that preparation for a career becomes accepted as one of the clear and primary objectives of our system of educatiqn. This compilation of ideas, activities, and other information has been done with the desire and hope that it can serve a useful purpose in the hands of classroom teachers, counselors, career education leaders, and school administrators. It represents the results of a rather extensive effort to incorporate a career education concept into a massive public school system. J. H. McMinn, Coordinator Research, Curricula & Teacher Education Division of Vocational-Technical Education L.1 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The compilation of this Curriculum Guide for Career Education wasmade possible by contributions from numerous individuals. Deep appreciation is offered toall contributors for their time, effort, and talents to make this publication possible. Specialacknowledg- ment is extended to the following: The Mississippi State Department of Education The Board of Education of Jones County The administrative, guidance, and teaching staff of the Jones County school system The parents and students of Jones County The Division of Vocational and Technical Education of the Mississippi StateDepart- ment of Education The Division of Instruction of the Mississippi State Departmentof Education The evaluators on the state, regional, and national levels The Research Coordinating Unit and the Curriculum CoordinatingUnit at Mississippi State University The Guidance Department at the University of SouthernMississippi The resource guests who visited the Jones County ExemplaryProgram iv -1' Career Education career continuing A comer prop. 11114.w.- career % preparation " a career exploration CAREER EDUCATION PHASES **************************************************************************** ************************************************************************** 0* 0* 0* *0 0*AWARENESS PHASE A time element within the career education concept denoting 0* *0grades K-8 of the traditional school organization. This denotes the segment of education *0 *0 0* **for orienting the students to their total environment. It should serve as a time devoted to*0 **awakening the interest areas of the students, while molding wholesome attitudes and *0 *0 *0 *0images toward themselves and society. 0* 0* *0 *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** EXPLORATION PHASE A time element within the career education concept denoting grades 7-8 and sometimes grade 9 of the traditional school organization. This denotesthe segment of education used to explore students' occupational interest areas,while de- veloping certain decision making skills. PREPARATION PHASE A time element within the career education concept denoting grades 10.12 of the traditional school organization. This indicates the segment of education for developing primary competencies for both job entry and environmental maintenance which is labeled by some proponents of career education as ". skills to live by." CONTINUING CAREER PREPARATION A time element in the career education con- cept used for upgrading and continual development of students' competencies. vi CAREER AWARENESS PHASE In the Jones County elementary schools, the Career Awareness concept is not taught as an additional subject, but it is fused into the ongoing curriculum. The rationale for employing this strategy is to help the students to become aware of the wide range of career opportunities. The Career Awareness program is begun by focusing on the family constellation as an orientation point, since the students can more easily relate to a familiar environment. As the students examine jobs held by members of their immediate families, they become aware of the economic and social benefits received from the jobs performed. Then they broaden their viewing of careers to include significant adults who work within the school system, the neighborhood, and the community. As the students advance, they will examine existing careers in the county, the state, the nation and the