Results of the High School Counselor Survey Questionnaire: Career Education Project in Implementing a Job Development, Placement and Follow-up Program.

The problem studied was to determine student's need for more school job-placement services, job information services, follow-up services, and career occupational information in 10 cooperating high schools in a three-county program designed to prepare high school seniors and early school leavers to make a positive transition from high school to suitable employment or post-secondary training. The portion of the study reported on in the document proposed to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions from the responses to a survey questionnaire distributed to counselors in the 10 high schools. The High School Counselors' Survey Questionnaire is a 68-item instrument developed to provide information on the extent to which counselors are providing job development, placement, follow-up activities, and counseling services for those preparing to enter the world of work. Data collected by the survey are presented in four tables, each followed by an analysis. A final page presents seven recommendations for counselors, to help interested students prepare for the world of work. (AJ)