- Career
Development/Guidance
- Career
Awareness - K-6
- Career
Investigation - 7-8
- Career
Exploration - 9-12
- Workforce
Preparation
- Career
Concentrations/Pathways
- Sequence
of technical courses leading to post secondary options
- Inclusion/Full
Participation of All Students
- All
students to be included
- Commensurate
with students' individual abilities and needs
- Academic,
athletic, recreational, social, and career areas
- Experience
areas at every level
- Business/Industry
Linkages
- Community-wide
partnerships
- Workplace-specific
partnerships
- Job
shadowing/Internships (teachers and students)
- Secondary/Post secondary Articulation
- Coordinate
the linking of two or more educational systems
- Encourage
credit at post secondary schools for high school courses
- Eliminate
gaps and duplications in curriculum
- Marketing/Networking
- Develop
an awareness of Career and Technology Education
- Create
a clear, positive image
- Involve
educators, parents, business/industry and community
- Evaluation
- Develop
evaluation strategies as action plans evolve
- Determine
effectiveness of activities
- Evaluate
each element as it progresses
- Review
the entire process
- Revise
and modify as needed
- Professional
Development
- Implement
a system-wide professional development plan
- Create
an awareness of future employment options
- Accommodate
individual learning styles
Evaluation
and professional development are woven throughout all the program
elements.
Junior High Level
At
the junior high level, all students will investigate the 16 clusters and receive career guidance in a high technology computer based instructional lab.
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