Bloomfield, Harold and Cooper, Robert, HOW TO BE SAFE IN AN UNSAFE WORLD, Audio Renaissance Tapes, Los Angeles, 1997 - Offers insights and skills to produce a sense of safety at home, on the street, at work, in relationships and in other aspects of life. Teaches you how to respond to verbal or physical threats in specific, effective ways. 3 hours 2 cassettes.
Cetron, Marvin; McKenzie, Floretta;; Uchida, Donna; THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR: PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, AASA, 1995
Morehouse, Ellen and Skerker, Veronica, CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: HOW SCHOOLS CAN HELP, Video training program for fourth through eighth grade educational personnel, Media Group, Inc.,1992, Examinesthe needs of COAs and COSAs in grades 4-8 and presents strategies for helping them in the crucial pre-high school years. Features Ellen Morehouse, noted expert on school-based programs for COAs, and Veronica Skerker, substance abuse prevention training specialist from the Connecticut Department of Education.
Davis, Kenneth, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT GEOGRAPHY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
THE WORLD BUT NEVER LEARNED, Bantam Doubleday Dell, New York, NY 1992 - From the
amusing perceptions people have had through the ages about the world and the universe to
the changing map of today, Davis shows how geography is really a great crossroad of many
fields: biology, meteorology, astronomy, history, economics and even politics. 180
minutes, 2 cassettes
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The following are tapes from the WORK NOW & IN THE
FUTURE --- 14TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY held in Portland, Oregon
November 3-5, 1997
A-KID-NOMICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SCHOOL-TO-WORK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Presenters: North Clackamas School District: Jolaine Davis, Sally Leet
Involving local business partners for education K-6 students in basic work concepts;
integrating career education, basic math, language arts and personal finance skills
schoolwide, uniting low-income community members, local businesses and schools to prepare
kids for the future.
AUTOMOTIVE YOUTH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS (AYES) AND SCHOOL-TO-WORK: A WIN/WIN SITUATION
Presenters: General Motors: Donald Gray
Learning about AYES initiative and GM partnership with schools; understanding key
components program; importance of buy-in ownership and local support for successful
implementation in Oregon.
BE DIFFERENTóGO SCHOOL-WIDE!
Presenters: Laurelhurst Elementary School: Susan Stone, Ron Norman, Judy Wathen;
Providence Hospital: Donald Brown
Understanding how school-to-work business/school partnerships assist in improving student
achievement at elementary level; acquire tools and strategies to assist developing
business/ school partnerships; Roles business/principals/teachers/councils can play in
starting and maintaining successful school-to-work program.
BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS
Presenters: Edgerton High School: James Schultz, Jennifer Viola, Jessica Viola;
Memorial Community Hospital: Nancy Hoffman, Sherri Miser-Glish; Blackhawk Technical
College: Barbara Prindiville
Shares ideas for creating effective partnerships with schools, technical colleges and
businesses, learned in developing Youth Apprenticeship in Health Care Services in clinical
format with panel, mentor and students interacting with audience.
BUILDING A HIGH PERFORMANCE CLASSROOM USING INTEGRATED CURRICULUM AND WORKPLACE
LEARNING
Presenters: Sir Francis Drake High School: Bob Lenz, Chizzie Griffith, Tom Markham,
Alex Bernstein, Sarah Cronin, Christina Lee, Vanessa Papia
Integrating academically rigorous curriculum with workplace learning; identifying key
elements of integration success, designing work-based program supporting academic
assignments, projects and standards.
BUILDING CAREER PATHWAYS
Presenters: Richmond High School: Al Acuna, Eric Blackford, Lana Martarella, Robin
Dalrymple, Talia Madgett, Fam Linh Saechao
The "nitty-gritty" of restructuring school and curriculum into academies built
around career pathways: what was planned and what actually happened; implementing new
ideas successfully; challenges and rewards of restructuring-recognizing similarities
between school issues.
BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH KIDS ON THE WEB (OUR TOWN)
Presenters: RECA Foundation: Bruce McComb, Ronda Evans
Understanding positive aspects of "Kids on the Web" in community building;
identifying resources for getting own town projects started and sustained through local
community participation and sponsorships; experiencing the power of the Internet as a
community building tool through examples.
BUILDING SCHOOL-TO-WORK AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS AS PART OF A ONE STOP
ENVIRONMENT IN OREGON
Presenters: Oregon One Stop Career Center System: Marc Overbeck; Workforce and
Economic Development: Pete Bober; Oregon Department of Education: Greg Harpole; U.S.
Department of Labor: Rosemary Kafara-Cowan
Becoming involved in One Stop efforts in communities; school-to-work as involved part of
local One Stop development; models for coordinating school-to-work efforts with One Stops
in communities.
CAFE AU LAIT, A SCHOOL-BASED BUSINESS
Presenters: Great Falls Public Schools-Skyline Alternative High School: Jeanie Hanson,
Rosemary Neilsen
Explores model school-based business that integrates academic and elective classes into
work-based experience; Benefits and barriers to school-operated businesses; Team members'
roles and community connections for school-to-work success.
CAREER FOCUS: PREPARING FOR LIFE'S JOURNEY
Presenters: Spokane Public School District: Tessa McCray, Robert Lobdell; Veterans
Affairs Medical Center: Ronald Porzio; Shadle Park High School: Steve Roffler
How students can learn in business setting as opposed to a traditional classroom;
importance of viewing teacher as "facilitator" of learning rather than
"disseminator" of information; How work-based learning program enhances
classroom learning and creates a tangible connection between academics and the "real
world."
CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYABILITY
Presenters: Post Falls HS: Lynn Schwindel and Mike Arnold; Lakeland School District:
Charles Kinsey
The Certificate of Employability is an effective tool that identifies selected
work-related skills such as attendance, reliability, punctuality and career exploration.
Panelists discussed the process of gathering support for the certificate and methods used
to implement it with business and students. The tape explains how the Certificate can be a
valuable and integral part of a school-to-work system and how the idea might be
implemented to suit your own situation. The tape describes techniques for recruiting
business support for the Certificate.
COMMUNITY CHANGE INITIATIVES: WHERE DO RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL
SUPPORT INTERSECT?
Presenters: Public/Private Ventures: Bernardine Watson
Explores meaning of "community change" and "resident involvement;"
limits of resident involvement and action as a means to change communities; stragegies for
combining resident involvement with institutional support to achieve community change.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: PARTNERING BUSINESS WITH EDUCATION
Presenters: Whatcom County STW/Tech Prep Consortium: Linda Cowan; Bellingham High
School: Deborah Granger
Learning about successful business/education partnership project; identfies necessary
steps for replicating this project in your own communities; discussion of questions and
issues with business and community members who were participants in the project.
COMPUTER-ASSISTED CAREER GUIDENCE AND THE NEW WORLD OF WORK
Presenters: Educational Testing Service: Laurence Shatkin
Understanding how the world of work is changing and how that will affect today's students;
recognizing how current computer-assisted career guidance systems fail to serve emerging
needs; how future systems might better serve those needs.
CORPORATE COLLABORATION: TEACHING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
Presenters: LSI Logic: John Gibson; The Boeing Company: Susie Mazzio
Shows how organizations train teachers in new technology and work; how teachers transfer
their workplace experiences to high school classes and curriculum; explores lessons
learned by corporate America and educations as they share their transformational
experiences.
CYBER SCHOOL: DELIVERING HIGH SCHOOL COURSES PLANETWIDE
Presenters: Eugene Public Schools: Tom Layton
Shares unique teaching/learning experience of Eugene Public Schools; observes the anatomy
of Cyber Class,, how online teaching can be different and effective; reveals necessary
components to create and operate an online Cyber School.
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A SCHOOL-TO-WORK CAREER SYSTEM
Presenters: Philadelphia School District: Cassandra Jones
Understanding school-to-career as driving force in educational reform; identifies three
strategies that drive school-to-career; reveals components of Philadelphia Work-Based
Learning Model.
EDUCATION REFORM: RELEVANCE TO LIFE
Presenters: Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction: Terry
Bergeson
Understanding education reform in Washington State; understanding connection to goal 4
through application of learning; understanding what education reform will mean for the
choices Washington State students will have for the future.
EMPOWERING STUDENTS WITH MICROSOFT USER CERTIFICATION
Presenters: Bellevue Community College: Suzanne Marks, Jan Gould, Margaret Turcott
Understanding Microsoft's new "Front Office" certification program; views test
competencies for multiple MS software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and Front
Page)J; Bellevue Community College shows how it uses its test center to empower students
through certification and how own schools can become test centers.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: INTEGRATING ACADEMIC TECHNICAL AND WORKPLACE SKILLS IN ONE
CLASSROOM
Presenters: Southridge High School: James Hendricks
Simple teaching strategy integrating numerous subjects into classrooms from elementary
school to college; a variety of thematic problem solving activities for modification to
fit various grade levels and subject areas; observing students' computer generated
multimedia presentations, models and research.
FAMILY POLICY INITIATIVES: INFORMATION-DRIVEN PLANNING
Presenters: Washington Employment Security: Monica Tanner; Family Policy Initiative:
Mary Massey
Using national and state economic databases for community-based planning; identifying
concrete performance outcomes of the Family Policy Initiative; learning about Washington's
Family Policy Initiative and how 53 community networks serve youth and adults.
FISH AND ROSESóAN AQUACULTURE PROJECT
Presenters: Cleveland High School: Mike Caesar, Karen Haggard, Ted Howard, Chu Shan
Huang; Communities in Schools: Jerry Tobolski
Learning about the obstacles and rewards of integrating an aquaculture project into an
urban school curriculum; discovering how Cleveland High School planned and financed its
integrated Fish and Roses project; identifying steps toward creating projects connecting
students with the business community.
FUTURE SCHOOL
Presenters: Reynolds School District 7: Ed Smith
Understanding past, present and future relationships between school structures and work
organizations; structures of future-focused organizations and intellectual capacity
building, learning communities and systemic interdependence; explores theory of
organizations as living, self-organizing systems and applies it to the organizational
development of schools.
HEALTH CARE SERVICES: A PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Presenters: Whatcom County STW/Tech Prep Consortium: Linda Cowan; Bellington School
District: Katherine Crandall; St. Joseph Hospital: Paulette Gilbert; Bellingham Technical
College: Malia Haglund
Acquiring strategies for developing a model health care services program; learning about
unique strategies to develop a compentency-based curriculum in health services based upon
national skill standards; understanding the importance of developing business-education
partnerships which enhance and expand student educational opportunities.
HOW EMPLOYERS PERCEIVE THEIR ROLE IN EDUCATION REFORM
Presenters: Columbia University: Thomas Bailey, Donna Merritt
Becoming familiar with national data about employers' paticipation in school-to-work;
learning about employers' views of workers' skills needed; understanding how integrated
skills standards can be an important aspect of the school-to-work picture.
INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING AS WELFARE-TO-WORK AND STANDARDS-BASED WORKFORCE
STRATEGIES
Presenters: Hawaii Workforce Development Council: Sybil Kyi; Greater Seattle Chamber
of Commerce: John Lederer
Acquiring training strategies for incumbent workers to build work skills; learning skill
standards in the workplace; realizing the role of intermediary organizations to gain
program participation and replicate successes.
INNOVATIONS IN AUSTIN: A CHARTER SCHOOL SERVES AT-RISK YOUTH
Presenters: American Institute for Learning: Penny Weibly, Steven Coursen, Aaron Gage.
Acquiring ideas for practical application of the American Institute for Learning model to
own schools; understanding potential uses of integrating new technology in education for
at-risk youth; how AIL evolved from an inner city GED program to an innovative charter
school.
INTEGRATING CERTIFICATES OF INITIAL AND ADVANCED MASTERY WITH SCHOOL-TO-WORK:
ANALYZE AND APPLY, INC.
Presenters: Analyze and Apply, Inc.: Steve Stanley, Peyton Stafford
How school-to-work activities help schools and students meet CIM and CAM content
standards; modifying lesson plans for integrating school-to-work and core curriculum; how
relating work activities and clasroom instruction affects students' motivation and
interest in learning.
INVOLVING STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE
Presenter: Oregon Chapter of the World Future Society: David Shannon
Helping students envision and plan for alternative futures; understanding the importance
of a futures perspective in any subject area; current research on futures studies revealed
IT ALL BEGINS AT HOME: WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS
Presenter: Creative Concepts Unlimited: Sylvia Ryce Cornell
Recognizing that involving home and community in the classroom motivates students to
excel; explores creative sources for role models, mentors and advocates who can link their
goals and programs to the emerging welfare-to-work bureaucracy; existing pilot programs in
urban neighborhoods.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AND MUCH MORE
Presenters: Alaska Staff Development Network: J. Kelly Tonsmeire; San Carlos School
District: Don Shalvey
Understanding process of forming successful school/business partnerships; how distance
education technology (Satellite, TV, Internet) can be used to enhance educators'
school-to-work skills; learning about a successful, cost-effective school-to-work
professional development model.
KID PROOF: SCHOOL/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
Presenters: Central Middle School of Science: Sharon Sellens, Frank Cyra-Korsgaard,
Jennifer Mathews, Aimee Sprenger, Josh Wilson
LET'S START AT THE VERY BEGINNING: INCORPORATING SCHOOL-TO-WORK INTO THE K-3
CURRICULUM
Presenters: University of Hawaii: Stacy Marlow; Waimalu Elementary: Mieko Watari
Realizing the importance of including school-to-work concepts in the early grades to
support systemic K-12 curriculum changes; integrating workplace concepts into K-3
curriculum across subject areas; examining existing curriculum and developing a plan to
integrate workplace principles and ideas across the K-12 system.
LINKING RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES: THE HARD KNOCKS OF MODEL BUILDING AND THE
NOT-SO-SILENT VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY
Presenters: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: Bruce Miller, Diane Dorfman,
Brett Lane
Learning two strategies designed to develop and strengthen relationships between existing
social networks; Hearing about successful practices that build sustainable partnerships in
rural schools and their communities; practicing dialogue and appreciative inquiry.
LOGO IN THE MAKING: THE McDONALD'S CORPORATION AND DAVID DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL
Presenters: David Douglas High School: Jeanne Yerkovich, Gayla Buyukas;
McDonald's/Careers, Inc.: Landa Carlson; McDonald's Corporation: Michele Thomas
Project-based learning experience for implementation in any high school; explores
partnership progression between McDonald's and David Douglas High School; applies
academics by students in a real-world workplace.
MAKING THE UNION CONNECTION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: LABOR'S ROLE IN WISCONSIN
SCHOOL-TO-WORK PARTNERSHIP
Presenters: Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership: Gloria Pitchford-Trice; Rock
County School-to-Work Partnership: Alice Holm; Beloit Corporation: Jeff Welter
Understanding how labor, business and schools can work together to develop a
school-to-work program with a large corporation; learning which communication systems are
essential for front-line workers to embrace school-to-work programs; identifying
strategies to establish mentorships in a union shop.
MICROSOFT'S AUTHORIZED ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAM (AATP)
Presenters: Microsoft Corporation: Scott Williams
Understanding how AATP fits into own schools; recognizing potential for AATP program to
support and energize technology-oriented study in own schools; acquiring information
needed to sign up own schools for AATP.
POWER OF COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS PARTICIPATION
Presenter: Raymond Golarz, Author and Consultant
Issues of systemic improvement of education are outlined; key roles businesses and
communities can play in education and political realities; macro definition of purpose of
education.
POWER OF PARTICIPATION
Presenter: Raymond Golarz, Author and Consultant
Identifies essential procewses to systemic improvement, critical skills needed for the
21st Century; and importance of community participation in education.
PROJECT CERES-INTEGRATING SCHOOL-TO-WORK THROUGHOUT THE K-12 CURRICULUM
Presenters: Education Opportunities, Inc.: Barbara Baer and Robert Adkison
Implemented in 24 states and validated by the U. S. Department of Education, this project
enhances existing curriculum, involves all students and enlists parent and community
participation; integrates career education into any classroom or learning environment.
PROJECT-BASED TEACHING AND SCHOOL-TO-CAREERS
Presenters: North Clackamas School District: Mike Kaiel, Johnene Laminack, Joel
Mobley, Esther Pyle, Meagan Sternberg
Understanding how school-to-careers can be used to achieve reform; learning the value of
organizing learning around projects; realizing the role a community can play in providing
content-rich, real experiences for students.
QUALITY LEARNING
Presenters: Langford International, Inc.: David Langford, Carlos Arce
Understanding the correlation of quality between business and education; exploring quality
improvement techniques for classrooms; learning how business and education work together
to improve student learning.
REDEFINING "FAMILY FRIENDLY"
Presenters: Mentor Graphics Corporation: Margaret Browning
Understanding the strategy of Mentor's community and work/life programs; becoming familiar
with Mentor's tactical approach to work/life benefits; questions and implications of these
practices on the workforce and employers.
SCHOOL REFORM AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: A PROTOTYPE FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
Presenters: Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce: Shirley Simpson; Minneapolis
Public Schools: William D'Amour; Edison High School: Craig Vana
Recognizing important roles of school-to-work partners in post secondary institutions,
teacher training colleges, business, industry and city and state agencies; Learning about
contextual curriculum model and the standards development process; understanding
importance of a program liaison and weekly "worksite seminar" as vital
connecting links that provide mentors, foundation skills, and support for students'
worksite experiences.
SCHOOL-TO-BUSINESS-TO-COMMUNITY
Presenters: Junior Achievement, Inc.: Richard Van Scotter; Fred Meyer, Inc.: Robert
Gordon North Clackamas School District: Mike Kaiel; Junior Achievement of Columbia Empire,
Inc.: Jan Tesch
Understanding the relationships and making connections between school, the workplace and
the community; learning how knowledge, intellectual skills and personal characteristics
appropriate to the workplace can be taught in the general school curriculum; how schools
can help prepare young people for leadership roles in business and community;
SCHOOL-TO-CAREER MODELS THAT WORK
Presenters: National Academy Foundation: Malver Haynes; Seattle Public
Schools: Alice Coleman; Tyee High School: Suellen Lacey
Background on National Academy Foundation and its two sites; Identifies Northwest
resources within school districts/communities to establish NAF programs; explores
establishment of Academy Program in schools.
STRENGTHENING BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL-TO-WORK PARTNERSHIPS
Presenter: Illinois State Board of Education: Diana Robinson
Determining which factors influence business partners' perceptions that their partnerships
were successful: balanced representation, staff support, communication and teamwork;
understanding significance of particular partnership factors in successful
business/education partnerships; identifying key factor to strengthening business
involvement in school-to-work partnerships; learning how to plan successful
business/education partnership.
TELEMENTORING: HEWLETT-PACKARD E-MAIL MENTOR PROGRAM
Presenters: Hewlett-Packard: Kathy Plamondon and David Neils
Learning how to harness the incredible technology we have today to solve the problems of
tomorrow; recognizing the potential of telementoring as a powerful education tool to
motivate students in specific; understanding key components of telementoring and exploring
their applications in existing educational programs.
TIGERNET, A STUDENT-RUN CORPORATION
Presenters: Tigard High School: Jerry Westfall, Rich Hanson, Jenny Crawford, Ryan
Lucus, Andy Schaffer
TigerNet is a student-run corporation that has ongoing contacts with over 35 businesses.
With a working computer inventory of over $4 million students learn and work with all
forms of technology. How to set up a student-run program, how to acquire business partners
who can provide seminars, donations and internships are outlined; teachers and students
tell about their successful student-run business.
WASHINGTON STATE'S SCHOOL-TO-WORK MENTORING PROJECT
Presenters: Edmonds Community College: Joan Tucker, Melissa Ponder, Karen Traversie;
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction: Harriet Van Deursen
The Northwest Center for Equity and Diversity at Edmonds Community College has been
providing technical assistance and resources to projects focused on inclusive mentoring
models. In this tap you will learn about Washington State's school-to-work mentoring
project, recognize the importance of equity in school-to-work planning and program
development. Several resources/models on mentoring projects are reviewed.
WORKING RESPECTFULLY WITH FAMILIES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS
Presenters: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: Rebecca Novick
Provides practical approaches to developing relationships and building community;
understanding the philosophy behind family-strength practices; outlines training product
developed by NWREL's Child and Family program.
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE RURAL SCHOOL SETTING
Presenter: Copper Valley Economic Development Council, Inc.: Donna Tollman
Identifies critical elements of a successful youth entrepreneurship program in a school
setting; integrates creativity into any school-to-work setting, rural or urban,