Focus on Careers. A Program for Single Parents or Homemakers. Final Report, Project No. 7-2D05, from July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1987 [electronic resource] / Ann Bromley and Marnie Moore.
Focus on Careers, a program for single parents or homemakers, completed its second year of operation at Santa Fe (Florida) Community College on June 30, 1987. The program served 175 adult men and women from Alachua and Bradford counties who wanted to develop a career, re-enter the work force, or cha...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Focus on Careers, a program for single parents or homemakers, completed its second year of operation at Santa Fe (Florida) Community College on June 30, 1987. The program served 175 adult men and women from Alachua and Bradford counties who wanted to develop a career, re-enter the work force, or change careers. Services offered to single parents and homemakers by the program included vocational and career assessment, employability skills classes, counseling and support groups, job search and job retention activities, and information on available community resources. Evaluations of the program completed by those who used the services indicated that the program met or exceeded their expectations. Many of the graduates have implemented the goals they set for themselves in class and are quite satisfied with the outlook for their future. The program found an unmet need in the counties of Alachua and Bradford and continued to work hard to alert those eligible persons to the availability of the services. Staff attempted to meet participants' needs by designing classes around their schedules and by developing information to assist them in making sound career decisions. Recommendations for future programs include more staff time in follow-up activities as the graduate pool grows larger, employability skills classes offered at different times of the day, and more outreach activities into the rural areas. These recommendations will require a larger budget to implement. (Eighteen appendices comprise three-quarters of the document and contain the forms used in the program.) (Author/KC) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED285985. Sponsoring Agency: Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. |
| Physical Description: | 58 p. |
| Audience: | Teachers. Practitioners. |