AAPS: Local Attendance Area Planning for Career Education

Abstract

Written by a planning team representing 10 schools in the Portland, Oregon area, the program assessment and planning guide is intended to be an instrument for planning and measuring the achievement of career education programs for grades K-12. Its format is designed to separate problems into a priority ranking and list them by the year to help establish long-range plans. Major sections are devoted to curriculum (philosophy, goals/objectives, revision, evaluation, guidance and counseling, individualization, interdisciplinary, articulation, work experience, and youth organization), human resources, (staff development, guidance skills, personnel, and community), physical resources (school and community), and long-range plans, each with pages representing a subarea of activity or concern. Each page is divided into column format for use in determining level of achievement in relation to stated goals, i.e., Here: What is... and There: What ought to be. A program assessment profile and forms for planning and for budget projections are included. (MDW)