Career Preparation

 

Lapeer East High School

Career Preparation Services

Grade 8

· Introduce bridges.com as career resource

· Provide resources for Careers class including workshops, videos, and speakers

· Introduce Service Learning

· Organize Student to Work Day in April

Grade 9

· Provide off-site field trip/tours to coordinate with prior DAT test highest interest results

· Introduce Job Shadowing

Grade 10

· Conduct job shadow program including introduction/review, interview, and evaluation

· Organize Ed-Tech tours and information sessions

Grade 11

· Continue job shadowing program

· Offer off-site specialized job fair/career pathway opportunities

· Participate in county-wide job fair at Ed-Tech Center

· Participate in county-wide Career Pathways Forum

Grade 12

· Continue job shadowing program

· Offer off-site specialized job fair/career pathway opportunities

· Participate in county-wide job fair and Career Pathways Forum at Ed-Tech Center

· Conduct Employability Skills Workshop

What is job shadowing?

Job shadowing is a national, state, and local educational opportunity to give students first-hand knowledge and experience in exploring the real work world. By partnering schools and employers in the community, students are better prepared for their careers.

Benefits:

· Students observe and talk to an employee in a chosen career field one-on-one.

· Students ask questions to determine the true interest in this career or job.

· Community partners look at their careers in a new light.

· Community partners meet the future employees from their area.

The Student Shadow Learns:

· The demands and the working conditions of the job

· What the job is really all about—what skills, talents and qualifications are needed

· The importance of a team approach and the need of give and take in getting the job done

· The importance of communications skills, whether meeting the public, writing reports or filling out logs

· A job mean responsibility, following directions, doing some tasks over to get them exact

· The information they are learning in schools can and will be beneficial and applicable

· Setting goals in life is important

· The community shares their concerns and stands ready and willing to help students

How does Job Shadowing Work:

Coordinated through the local school Career Preparation Coordinator, each student selects occupations to explore and receives a school business absence to shadow. The typical length of a Job Shadow is from 3-5 hours to an entire workday. Students are required to do background research in their career area of interest prior to shadowing. Parent/Guardian permission is required, and the student must provide his/her own transportation.

Janet Manning, Career Preparation Coordinator

810-667-2418, ext. 3142

Lapeer East High School Career Preparation is a part of the

Michigan Career Preparation and the

Thumb Region Career Preparation System.