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The publication was developed to provide cursory information about the people, places, and things essential to career and vocational education that may be seen at the Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Demonstration Center (CIOEDC) in Joliet, Illinois. The CIOEDC was designed to demonstrate several K-14 career and vocational education activities and programs that were originally sponsored by the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. Information is included on a series of five conferences (between October,1975 and May, 1976) to provide visitors with an opportunity to observe these programs in operation. The following Projects are described with narrative and photographs: ABLE (Authentic, Basic, Life-centered Education), JOLIET (Job-Orientation Linking Industry and Education Today), WECEP (Work Experience Career Exploration Program ), nucleonics course, career education grades 9-12, consumer and homemaking program, SIVE (System for Individualizing Vocational Education ), computerized vocational information system, technical mathematics and physics programs, industrial engineering, preparedness program (for the unemployed, underemployed, and disadvantaged), a followup system for vocational education graduates, IOCP (Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project), a three-phase evaluation of occupational education programs, and the participating grade school, high school, and junior college districts in Joliet. (Author/MS)

At all stages of educational growth the individual must be aided in an understanding of his strengths and weakness, his aptitudes, abilities, interests, and needs as they relate to occupational choice. The project report suggests that certain broad areas of information be made available at three levels in the elementary schools: (1) K-1-2, (2) 4-5, (3) 6-7-8. Administrative responsibilities are outlined, the teacher's function described, and objectives by grade cluster presented. Guides for the grade cluster programs include goals suggested as well as classroom and community oriented activities. A program, Community Classrooms, utilizing the facilities of four local industries, offers a multifaceted field trip program for the elementary grade levels. Specific steps in developing a unit plan are offered. An appendix includes descriptions of field trips, lists of jobs and their applications to a K-12 program, a 6-page bibliography of elementary level career literature, and a 10-page guide to audiovisual aids. (MW)