Career Integration

Career integration spans your child’s educational experience from kindergarten through the postsecondary level.

In elementary school, your child will focus on career awareness and will learn about ...

• the benefits of education and the relationship between work and learning

• the importance of personal responsibility and good work habits

• how work relates to the needs and function of society

• different occupations

• the career planning process

In a nutshell, your child will gain an awareness of different occupations and be able to see the connection between school and the world around him.

In middle school, your child will focus on career exploration and will learn about ...

• the relationships between educational achievement and career opportunities

• the relationship between work and learning

• how to locate, understand and use career information

• skills necessary to seek and obtain jobs

• how work relates to the needs and functions of the economy and society

• different occupations and changing male/female roles

• the career planning process and will begin a high school four-year career development plan

In a nutshell, your child will explore careers in depth, perhaps participate in a School-to-Work option (discussed later in this section), and begin thinking seriously about a suitable career.

In high school, your child will learn about ...

• the relationship between educational achievement and career preparation

• the need for a positive attitude toward work and learning

• how to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information

• how to prepare to seek, obtain, maintain, and change jobs

• how the needs and functions of society influence the nature and structure of work

• the career planning process

• career clusters and choose a career major for her high school four-year plan

In a nutshell, your child will focus on in-depth career exploration. He will experience one or more school-to-work options and plan for options available after high school, including going directly to work, attending a two-year or four-year college, or joining the military.

top

next

	Career Integration
	Tech Prep: The Other Right Choice
	School-to-Work: Expanding Opportunities for Students, Employers and Communities
	Carolina Careers
	How Can I Get More Information?
	Best Practices: What’s Happening in the Schools in Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens Counties?
	What Are Some Resources the Schools Are Using?
	Parent Action Plan