hollidaysburg area school district
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Hollidaysburg Area School District. Education with a Purpose. The Time Has Come. Your Child’s Future Begins Here. Learn more about Hollidaysburg Area School District’s Career Pathways Program. Career information is presented to students in all grades using the - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Education with a Purpose
Your Child’s Future
Begins Here
The Time Has Come . . .
Learn more about
Hollidaysburg Area School District’s
Career Pathways Program
Career information is presented to
students in all grades using the
following curriculum flow guide:
Curriculum Flow
Elementary
Career Awareness
Junior High
Career Exploration
Senior High
Career Planning/Preparation
What is a career pathways program?
Career Pathways is:
A flexible, guided process for assisting students with career awareness.
A focused awareness of how courses are related to career interests, ability/aptitude and personal goals through the connection of classroom experiences and career exploration.
Career Pathways is:
An opportunity for ALL students in all grades to explore careers through job fairs, shadowing experiences, business speakers, interview experiences, and personal assessments.
Career Pathways is not:
The tracking or labeling of students A permanent commitment to a career The training for a specific job or career A means of replacing or weakening the
current curriculum
Students explore career information from the five major career pathways.
These include:
The Plan . . .
Pathway Option
Business
Computer Information Systems
Business Administration,Marketing, Mathematics, Sales
Pathway Option
Communications
Journalism, Language Arts, Media, Public Relations
The Arts – Music, Theater, Visual
Pathway Option
Engineering and Industrial
Architecture, Construction, Manufacturing
Material Sciences and Nanofabrication
Pathway Option
Human Services
Consumer Services and Human Development
Education, Government, Law
Pathway Option
Science
Biomedical, Physical, Earth Science
Environmental
Elementary Career Pathway Activities
K through 6 grades
The career pathways concept begins in kindergarten and continues through the elementary grades where students are introduced to career related concepts through guidance and classroom activities.
Junior High Career Pathway Activities
Grades 7, 8 and 9
Junior High Students have many activities which enable them to learn about careers AND begin to decide about their own interests and abilities. These activities include:
Grade Seven
The Career Game Activity
Counselor generated list of careers for each student based on results of The Career Game
Follow up research project for The Career Game includes introduction to the Pathways
Pathway Pals Computer Activity with research
Grade Eight
Introduction to the Career Fair and pathway terms
The Career Fair Self-directed Search activity with
connections to each of the pathways A lesson on each pathway presented in the
computer class with a follow up project The Career Conference
Grade Nine
Panel Presentation for each Pathway (one per month)
Video Presentation for each Pathway (one per month)
Differential Aptitude Test with connections to the Pathways
Final project in the computer class GACTC tours
Senior High Career Pathway Activities
Grades 10, 11, 12
Enrollment in an elective subject related to the pathway choice
Participation in career related activities that are directly related to a career pathway in elective and required courses
Career focused graduation project completed in the senior year
Grades 10, 11 and 12
Opportunities for shadowing and field trip experiences related to a student’s pathway choice
Presentations by speakers directly related to a student’s pathway choice
Counselor directed career activities through the Bridges program and other sites
Summary
Career Pathways is a plan which encourages students to examine their personal information and then use this information to make informed, career related post-secondary decisions
For additional information about the career pathways program please contact a guidance counselor or visit the career pathways web page on the Tigerwires site.
Information
Career Pathways Web Page
Link on all sites Description of program Section available to post classroom and
guidance activities
Parent Presentation 9/4/08
Help Needed
Please contact Debbie Lardieri at 695-7319 if you
would like to assist our career pathways endeavor.