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Continuum Level
This menu organizes opportunities by continuum levels.
- Awareness level activities that help students learn about the wide range of options available to them;
- Exploration level activities that strengthen student understanding of the connection between classroom learning and “real-world” applications;
- Preparation level activities that give students extended, supervised opportunities to develop readiness skills for work and live; and
- Training level activities that help students for entry into specific careers.
Time Commitment
This menu organizes opportunities by the general range of time each activity would ask of collaborators. Activities range in time commitment from hours to months.
Recommended Staffing
This menu organizes opportunities by the amount of people a collaborator may need to have available to help with an activity. Activities are arranged by none, few, some, and many.
Location
This menu organizes opportunities by recommended format(s). Opportunities can be sorted by school donation, on-campus, off-campus, and virtual formats.
WORK EXPERIENCES
Provide employability skill training, for pay, in a work setting (Typically reserved for students with some prior work experience)
YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP
Provide paid on-the-job training based on state youth apprenticeship curriculum guidelines. Please see the Apprenticeship Information page for a list of apprenticeship programs in the state and other resources.
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CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Provide an opportunity for students to participate in a supervised learning experience included as part of a training course in which students observe and perform tasks in a supervised, authentic setting. Students focus on observation, reflection, and understanding of practice connected to an academic course or program. Clinical experiences can lead to specific industry certifications.
ON THE JOB TRAINING
Provide employee training and supervision as potential transition to ongoing employment. (Typically reserved for graduating seniors or post-secondary students)
TEACHER EXTERNSHIP
Provide a job shadowing or similar work experience that will increase the teachers’ ability to bring workplace practices and policies (e.g. problem solving, practical applications of theory, team building, etc.) into the classroom.