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Description
The film shows how Whittier-area high schools implemented a work experience education program, as a collaboration among students, teachers, the school board, and local merchants. It includes footage of small, local businesses as well as high schools and board rooms. Potential jobs for students shown in the film are: nursery school worker, accountant, auto mechanic, typist, laboratory technician, gardener, secretary, transcribing machine operator, teacher, nursery worker, file clerk, gift wrapper, machinist, cashier, calculator operator, carpenter, receptionist, librarian, service station attendant, and display manager. Some of these jobs have been made obsolete by technology and changes in society. Information on the creator of the film was found in a March 10, 1965 newspaper article in Redlands Daily Facts, quoted here: Norman B. Eisen, director of work experience for the Whittier Union High school District, will be the featured speaker for the Redlands High School Career Opportunities night to be held next Tuesday evening, March 16, it was announced today. With the "World of Work" as the major theme for this program, Mr. Eisen brings a wealth of experience in vocational fields for this gathering of RHS students and parents. He has served in his present capacity in Whittier for 13 years, having received his education at U.C.L.A. and U.S.C., where he is presently a doctoral candidate. In addition to his educational background, Mr. Eisen is State President, California Association of Work Experience Educators, has served as instructor in business education in high schools in Redlands and Whittier, visiting instructor in education at Long Beach State, and former president, California Association of Distributive Educators. This prominent educator was cited as "Young Man of the Year" in Whittier in 1962, and the Whittier Community Service Award in 1962. In addition to numerous memberships in professional organizations, Mr. Eisen has been the author of several articles appearing in State Department of Education publications and the Journal of Secondary Education. He has become very well known throughout the state of California with the preparation of two, 30-minute color sound films entitled, "Work Experience Education," and "Career Opportunities in Distributive Occupations".Additional Descriptive Notes: Technical Assistance: Anderson, Lowell A.
Type
moving image
Format
Print Sound Color 16mm film
Form/Genre
Documentary films
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
90-01-25.004 cawhm_000003
Language
English
Subject
Distributive education
Provenance
Whittier Museum California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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