Transcript Career Pathways - 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
following curriculum flow guide:
Curriculum Flow
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Elementary
Career Awareness
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Junior High
Career Exploration
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Senior High
Career Planning/Preparation
What is a career
pathways program?
Career Pathways is:
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A flexible, guided process for assisting
students with career awareness.
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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:
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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:
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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
The Plan . . .
Students explore career
information from the five
major career pathways.
These include:
Pathway Option
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Business
Computer Information Systems
Business Administration,Marketing,
Mathematics, Sales
Pathway Option
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Communications
Journalism, Language Arts, Media,
Public Relations
The Arts – Music, Theater, Visual
Pathway Option
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Engineering and Industrial
Architecture, Construction,
Manufacturing
Material Sciences and
Nanofabrication
Pathway Option
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Human Services
Consumer Services and Human
Development
Education, Government, Law
Pathway Option
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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
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The Career Game Activity
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Counselor generated list of careers for each
student based on results of The Career Game
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Follow up research project for The Career Game
includes introduction to the Pathways
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Pathway Pals Computer Activity with research
Grade Eight
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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
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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
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Enrollment in an elective subject related to
the pathway choice
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Participation in career related activities
that are directly related to a career
pathway in elective and required courses
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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
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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
Information
For additional information about the
career pathways program please
contact a guidance counselor or visit
the career pathways web page on
the Tigerwires site.
Career Pathways Web Page
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Link on all sites
Description of program
Section available to post classroom and
guidance activities
Help Needed
Please contact Debbie
Lardieri at 695-7319 if you
would like to assist our
career pathways endeavor.
Parent Presentation 9/4/08