Beyond Vocational Education

This book provides the practical information you need to make the transition from traditional "vocational" education programs to the new approaches to career and technical education. It shows you how to organize your schools around relevant career majors using a variety of evolving school formats such as Career Major programs, Tech Prep programs, Academies, and Magnet Schools. Chapter 1 Why Applied, Context-Based, and Community-Based High School Reform?; Chapter 2 School Formats and High School Reform Innovations; Chapter 3 Establishing Career Majors; Chapter 4 Developing Career Major Courses; Chapter 5 Integrating and Articulating the Curriculum; Chapter 6 Planning Community-Based Experiences and School-to-Work; Chapter 7 Evaluating Program Effectiveness;