Strategic Plan Status Update Career Awareness and Exploration

March 11, 2019

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Goal 2: Student Experiences

OBJ: Career Awareness and Exploration

By FY22, all schools will provide career awareness and exploration opportunities for students in designated grades at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

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Career ConnectionsElementary Introduce

• Academic & Career Portfolios through VA Wizard

• High Demand Career Clubs

• STEM Career Makerspaces

• STEM Summer Enrichment

Middle SchoolInvestigate

• Academic & Career Plans through VA Wizard

• High Demand Career Clubs

• STEM Career Makerspaces

• STEM Summer Enrichment

• Career Investigations Course

• TradeWins Videos

High SchoolImplement

• Academic & Career Plans through VA Wizard

• Workplace Readiness Skills Exam

• W!SE Financial Literacy Exam

• Work-related Experiences

• Career Fairs

• TradeWins Videos

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Virginia Education Wizard

Academic & Career Plan Portfolios

Created in elementary school

Interests, values & skills lessons

Updated throughout school career

Career Inventories

Completed in 7th

grade

Career Interests & Work Values Assessment

Skills Assessment

Academic & Career Plans

Completed in 7th

grade

Guides course selec-tion for grades 8-12

Revised as needed

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High Demand Career Clubs

• STEM Clubs• Chrome Clubs• Coding Clubs• Lego • Engineering• Technology Students of

America

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DoDEA Partnership Grant

• STEM Career Makerspaces

• STEM Summer Enrichment

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DoDEA Partnership Grant

• Professional Development

• STEM Coach

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Career Investigations Course

Through this course, students will

• Demonstrate workplace readiness skills

• Explore career clusters and pathways

• Complete a career interest assessment

• Create an Academic and Career Plan

• Connect the world of work to responsibilities as a citizen

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Work-Related Experiences

By FY22, all YCSD students will complete an internship, mentorship, or job shadowing experience prior to graduation.

Current YCSD Courses

• Marketing

• Career Mentorship

• Cooperative Education

• Project Experience

• Project SEARCH

New Horizons & Governor’s School

• Environmental Science

• Dental Assistant

• Auto Tech

• Nursing Aide

• Early Childhood Education

Credit for Work Experience

• Summer job

• Afterschool job

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Certification Exams

• Workplace Readiness Skills Exam

• W!SE Financial Literacy Exam

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Work of the Business Advisory Council• Career Fairs

• TradeWins videos

• EngagedIN YCSD database

March 11, 2019

Strategic Plan Status Update Career Awareness and Exploration