Project CERES. Ceres Unified School District. Ceres, California

摘要

Project CERES, developed by the Ceres Unified School District of Ceres, Calif., has the dual goals of infusing career education concepts into the elementary and secondary curriculum and developing a curriculum that provides for student attainment of career education goals. In 1972 - 1976, the project was implemented throughout the district's schools in grades K - 12, with funding from a Vocational Education, Part D grant and a grant from the United States Office of Career Education. The school district is located in Stanislaus County and serves approximately 4,200 students from a rural, small - town community of about 12,000. The project has emphasized not only the development of curriculum models and objectives for career education, but also the production of materials to implement or provide for the teaching of the curriculum. Over 100 learning activity packages and other materials have been developed and field tested. All project activities are guided by a career education matrix, which contains the career education goals and student outcome objectives in 10 areas of career education -- career awareness, self - awareness, career preparations, educational awareness, career planning and decisionmaking, attitude development, economic awareness, career orientation, consumer competencies, and career exploration. During the 4 - year development and field - testing period, the project staff consisted of a project director, a part - time curriculum coordinator, an evaluation consultant, and a secretary. The main cost items are teachers' time spent in training, consultant assistance, a part - time project staff coordinator, and student materials. The impact of the project on students was evaluated in 1973 - 1974, using a pre - post treatment and control group design. Results show the project to have had significant impact in attaining objectives. The appendices include career education goals and performance objectives, the program activity management and evaluation system, the learning packet on technical entry level skills for health occupations, and samples of junior and senior high level instructional units. (Author abstract modified)