tech prep foundation student support activities module 10: preparatory services/career...
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Tech Prep FoundationTech Prep Foundation
Student Support Student Support ActivitiesActivitiesModule 10:Module 10:
Preparatory Services/Career Preparatory Services/Career Guidance/Special Guidance/Special
PopulationsPopulations
Elementary YearsElementary Years
A good career development system at the elementary level should:
• Build basic skills• Increase career awareness• Help students see themselves as
part of the future job force.
Middle GradesMiddle Grades
For the middle grades:• Help students to see connections
between education and future jobs• Build fundamental skill and workplace
skills• Assess personal aptitudes, abilities and
interests• Integrate career awareness into
classroom and other learning activities
Middle School ActivitiesMiddle School Activities
• Guest speakers• Courses• Career fairs• Job shadowing• Career simulation• Career portfolios• Career interest
inventories
• Career software • Videos• Research projects• Interdisciplinary
units• Field trips• Mentorships• Incorporate into
core classes
High School & BeyondHigh School & Beyond
• Strategies to Promote Adolescent Career Maturity/DirectionGetting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future, Ken Gray The choice of a tentative career direction
is made by 10th Grade. In 11th & 12th Grades, students participate
in activities to verify/reject these choices All students graduate with postsecondary
plans with a probability of success
“Postsecondary success hinges on two factors: academic skills and commitment that comes from career direction.”
Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future; Kenneth Gray, Penn State University
Counselor’s Role in Tech Counselor’s Role in Tech PrepPrep
• K-5: Promoting self- and career Awareness
• Grades 6-8: Encouraging career exploration
• Grades 9-12: Assisting students in career exploration/preparation
Counselor’s Role in Tech Counselor’s Role in Tech Prep (cont.)Prep (cont.)
• As a Leader: Dissemination & Explanation of
Information Administration
• As a Facilitator• Advising Parents• Contributing to Tech Prep Curricula• Participating in Tech Prep Partnerships
Goal 1: Goal 1: Promoting a Tentative Promoting a Tentative Career Direction while in 10Career Direction while in 10thth gradegrade
• Individual Career Plans• Career Pathways/Career Majors• Career Academies
Goal 2: Goal 2: Verifying Tentative Verifying Tentative Career DirectionsCareer Directions
• Part-time work, summer work experiences
• Community based internships; co-op• Volunteerism• School-based enterprises• Job Shadowing• Internships• Tech Prep Youth Apprenticeships
Goal 3: Goal 3: Developing a Developing a Postsecondary PlanPostsecondary Plan
• Counselor System• Faculty Advisor System• Career Mentor• Career Portfolio
Career Development & Career Development & (progressive) WBL(progressive) WBL
• Elementary & Middle Schools• Exploration Activity (career fair,
etc)• Job Shadowing• Internships (co-op, extended
campus, etc)• Tech Prep Youth Apprenticeships
Connections to the Labor Connections to the Labor MarketMarket
• Offer occupational labor market info local state national
• Careers specific jobs advantages/disadvantages potential growth
Supply & DemandSupply & Demand“Projections of Ed Stats to 2007” “Projections of Ed Stats to 2007”
43%734,3001,268,000Bachelors
90%43,000450,000Masters
3%46,00047,900Doctorate
27%58,20079,300*First-professional
% Underemployed
DemandSupply Degree
Labor Market InformationLabor Market Information
• Look at both the occupational outlook AND the number of individuals credentialed
• Labor market advantage- very specific skill set• Technical skills will be in high demand• Oversupply of university graduates will continue• Highest paying = managerial/professional;
competition will be fierce; • 2nd & 3rd highest paying = craft/precision and
mfg/specialized repair; demand exceeds supply
Special PopulationsSpecial Populations
• …”Individuals with disabilities, economically disadvantaged (including foster children), individuals preparing for non-traditional employment, single parents (including single pregnant women), displaced homemakers and those with other barriers to educational achievement, including limited English proficiency…Perkins III
Tech Prep Equity Activities for Tech Prep Equity Activities for Required ElementsRequired Elements
Equity issues should be considered for each of the elements required under Perkins III.
SEE NOTES
Illinois Non-Traditional Illinois Non-Traditional ProgramsPrograms
• List is available of programs offered at Illinois secondary & postsecondary institutions at www.coe.ilstu.edu/icps/ntprog1.asp
• Jobs where women are 25% or less of total workforce = non-traditional for women
• Jobs where women are at or above 75% = non-traditional for men
Americans with Disabilities Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA)ACT (ADA)
• Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability
• Covers work based learning programs
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administers this act
Special Education CategoriesSpecial Education Categories
• Autism• Deaf/Blindness• Emotional
Disturbance• Hearing
Impairments• Mental Retardation• Multiple Disabilities• Orthopedic
Impairment
• Other Health Impairment
• Specific Learning Disorder
• Speech or Language Impairment
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Visual Impairment
Equity Activities for Career & Equity Activities for Career & Technical EducationTechnical Education
Schools can undertake specific activities to help students gain equal access to achievement in Career and Technical Education
SEE NOTES