Transcript Providing Meaning Career Development Activities

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Serve nine public school districts (urban,
suburban, and rural) K-12
Employ two career specialists, one career skills
assessment specialist and assistant, and one
secretary
Career specialists work with students,
teachers, counselors, and administrators with
the goal of helping students choose careers
that closely match interest, skills and values
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Each district that agrees to report its
performance measures to its board of
education receives $7.50 per student (K-12).
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Core Standard Interview Questions (asked of
5% of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders):
- What is your career goal/interest?
- What courses/classes are you taking in
high school to prepare you for a
career in that area?
- What do you plan to do after high
school to prepare for a career in that
area?
- Are there other activities in or out of school that
will help prepare you for a career in that area?
- Have you applied to higher education?
Apprenticeship? Military? Work? (12th grade
only)
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Individual Academic Career Plan
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Kuder ® Electronic Portfolio System: account
established in 8th grade that holds all careerrelated information, including assessment
results, research, activities, writings, work
experiences, job shadowing, etc. (Review 5%
of portfolios).
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Career Passport (Portfolio)
- High School exit document developed
by junior and senior students consisting
of various items, including resume,
career essay, college essay, school
profile, letters of recommendation,
transcript, awards, honors, etc. (Review 5%
of Passports)
Future Fair
Adopt-a-Class
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For Butler County fifth-grade students
Held at Miami University, Hamilton
Sessions presented by business personnel and
college professors
Goal 1 is for students to get exposure to a
college campus
Goal 2 is for students to understand how
academics are used in the work world
(Relevance of school to world of work).
Skills Assessment
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Idea taken from Springfield Clark
Pair elementary students with high school
students in order to integrate academic
standards-based activities with a hands-on
approach to careers
Incorporates team-building, project planning,
cooperative learning, and multiple learning
styles
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3 days in June for 8th graders that include
taking an interest assessment, exploring
various labs, updating Kuder accounts, and
taking field trips to area businesses and
colleges
Students rotate through a series of six labs in
two days—chosen according to results of
interest assessment
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Get the full vocational assessment, including
hands-on assessments and paper/pencil
assessments
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Assessment followed up with a report to the
students, identifying strengths and suggesting
recommended training and career possibilities.
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Mobile unit that goes to Butler County high
schools throughout the year
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Majority of students are academically at-risk
and are oftentimes in either our Options
programs or in our CBIP classes
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Increase number of students earning credit in
both academic and career tech education
through the provision of an extended school
year
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Increase career interest and opportunity
awareness that includes transition to
postsecondary education
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50% of students earned credit through this
program opportunity
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12% increase in the number of students who
could articulate their career goal and plans to
achieve the stated career goal. (75% of students
had appropriate plans after high school on the prequestionnarire—87% on post questionnaire)