ERIC Number: ED133597
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Jun
Pages: 117
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Mission Possible. Fargo Area Schools Work Experience Program. Final Report.
Tehle, Dave; Kortan, Jim
The Fargo area schools work experience program, "Mission Possible," was designed to help students explore career-related activities in three phases: (1) Students Seeking Insight (SSI), the observation-visitation-interview approach in which a student is matched with an employer in the career area of interest; (2) Participate in a Career Experience (PACE), an unpaid practical work experience through formal agreement with a community participant; and (3) Job Information Search (JIS), providing career information and materials to students unable to participate in either of the other two phases. This voluntary program originated because student enrollment in the traditional vocational education cooperative work experience program was restricted to rigid school-work structuring and because the high availability of part-time jobs drew many students to work instead of the school program. The report describes the 2-year program from June 1974 to June 1976 in grades 9-12 in both urban and rural schools. Conclusions and recommendations based on analysis of the 2-year experience are presented along with a review of the five program objectives with commentary on their status at the program's conclusion. More than half of the document consists of appended materials developed in or for the project: Promotional materials; student, parent, and employer questionnaires and comments; and various forms and program data. (MF)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: North Dakota State Board for Vocational Education, Bismarck. Research Coordinating Unit.; Fargo Public Schools, ND.
Identifiers - Location: North Dakota
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