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Strategic Plan Status Update Career Awareness and Exploration
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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
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Strategic Plan Status Update Career Awareness and Exploration