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A Case
Study of the School-To-Success Program A
qualitative case study investigated the implementation of the School-To-Success
career-planning program at a K-8 School. Three research questions, designed to
determine whether eighth-grade students would benefit from the 9-week program,
guided the study: (a) Would participation in the School-To-Success program help
students to form clear goals for their future careers?; (b) Would participation
in the program help students to become more motivated to learn?; and (c) would
participation in the program help students to become more aware of the
connections between school and their career choices? Participants included 26 eighth-grade students and 20 of their parents. Research data were gathered from (a) student self-assessments administered at the beginning and at the end of the program; (b) a 10-item program-evaluation questionnaire completed by students and by parents; and (c) classroom observations conducted by the researcher, an English teacher, and the school’s director of development. Few
qualitative studies have investigated the implementation of a career- education
program at the middle-school level. The results of this study indicated that the
School-To-Success program can empower middle-school students to set clear career
goals, to be motivated to learn, and to understand the correlation between what
they are learning in school and their future goals. According
to a 2 year pilot study in Inglewood, Hawthorne and Lawndale California The School-To-Success model was tested at six community based organizations and three high school sites. The dissertation study was conducted at one middle school site. After a 2-year pilot test plus a 9-week dissertation research study, here is what students had to say about School-To-Success: |
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