Career Education Programs - School to Career

Career Education/Adopt-A-School Program
Program Suggestions and Possible Activities

(Adapt as appropriate - share your ideas with the
Career Education Office)

Business Partners might -

· Be a mentor/teacher for a specific curriculum (Junior Achievement).

· Provide specialized training to students and teachers.

· Host “Groundhog Job Shadow” visitations.

· Sponsor job mentoring for the youth employment and other programs.

· Take a principal/faculty member to lunch and give a tour of your business.

· Provide a teacher Externship experience (teacher spends the day at your job site).

· Be a guest speaker (Career Day - or for a classroom or assembly).

· Serve on an advisory committee (technology, curriculum, academy)

· Host an event at school or at your business site.

· Support an academy or a special career pathway program.

· Serve on school and program advisory committees (i.e., School Site Councils, Advisory Committees, Regional Occupational Programs, Virtual Enterprise Classrooms).

· Support Character Counts - John Ciambrone (Phone - 560-3635).

· Support the President’s Volunteer Service Award (http://www.presidentialserviceawards.org).

· Support a Presidential Freedom Scholarship for a Junior or Senior; $500 available for a $500 match totaling $1000 (http://www.nationalservice.org/scholarships).

School Partners might -

· Designate a person as the school’s liaison (principal or designee).

· Appoint a retired teacher or other volunteer to coordinate your Adopt-A-School program.

· Invite your partner to the Adopt-A-School Breakfast.

· Publicize your partners’ names in school newsletters, websites.

· Invite partners to open houses, school events, and assemblies.

· Introduce partners to PTA and advisory groups.

· Thank your partners at a faculty meeting.

· Thank your partners in the yearbook.

· Invite your partners to the Annual Partners in Education Awards Breakfast.

· Provide complimentary tickets to events.

· Write press releases about your partnerships.

· Give athletic passes to your partners.

· Invite partners to school activities and plays.

For questions, email careers@sbceo.org or call
964-4711, Ext. 4400.

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