News from Other Organizations

NCRVE is continuing to work with other organizations in trying to create new, career-related curricular options. As part of that effort, we will periodically describe projects and publications of other organizations in this space.

Documents and Videotapes

The following documents are among those available from Jobs for the Future. Prepaid orders only. Send checks or purchase orders to: Jobs for the Future, One Bowdoin Square, Boston, MA 02114, or FAX (617) 742-5767.

Kopp, H., Kazis, R., and Churchill, A. (1995). Promising Practices: A Study of Ten School-to-Career Programs. This 180-page comprehensive implementation guide presents a snapshot of the design and early implementation years of ten school-to-career programs. $35.00. A 24-page Executive Summary is available for $10.00.

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (1995). Learning Through Work: Designing and Implementing Quality Worksite Learning for High School Students: A Technical Assistance Guide. This guide is designed to help practitioners deal with the greatest challenges of implementing school-to-work programs: involving large numbers of employers and providing high-quality learning experiences in the workplace. $12.00.

Jobs for the Future and the American Youth Policy Forum (1995). School-to-Careers: Connecting Youth to the Future. This 16-minute new videotape on the school-to-careers movement aims to improve the educational and career opportunities provided to all young people through community partnerships that connect what students learn in school and in the workplace. $10.00.

Goldberger, S. and Kazis, R. (1995). Revitalizing High Schools: What the School-to-Career Movement Can Contribute. In this new paper, Jobs for the Future articulates a set of design principles for high school school-to-career efforts which can strike a balance between the educational and labor market goals driving this reform agenda. $5.00.

Jobs for the Future (1995). School-to-Work Toolkits: Building a Local Program and Building a Statewide System. These toolkits are encyclopedic, how-to guides for schools, companies, communities, and state policy practitioners that are derived from JFF's experiences over the last four years with over a dozen innovative school-to-work programs around the country. Building a Local Program Toolkits are available for $191 (per copy) and Building a Statewide System Toolkits at $150 (per copy). The set is available for $312.

Want to Teach Entrepreneurship? Attend the REAL Institute!

REAL Enterprises (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning), a network of non-profit organizations working in partnership with over 100 high schools and post-secondary institutions nationwide to foster youth and adult entrepreneurship and small business development in rural America, is offering an institute in professional development. This institute offers 53 hours of intensive development in:

Graduate credit and continuing education units are available. Details about institutes follow:

June 23 - July 3, 1996
University of Vermont,
Burlington, Vermont
Tuition: $1,200*

July 8 - July 18, 1996
Hilton Head, South Carolina
Tuition: $1,500*

July 30 - Aug. 9, 1996
Central Washington University,
Ellensburg, Washington
Tuition: $1,500*

*Tuition includes: registration and Institute materials, lodging, breakfast and lunch. REAL Curriculum Guide (160 experiential activities and accompanying computer templates) and Entrepreneurship Library are purchased separately. Although early registration ended May 1, if openings are available, you may still register. Please contact:

Gair McCullough, Institute Director
REAL Enterprises
115 Market Street, Suite 320
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: (919) 688-7325
FAX: (919) 682-7621

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