Career Prep
Credit: ¼
Open to: 9
Prerequisite: None
Maine Learning Results Assessed:
- The learner will be guided by self assessment and personal career interests, students will integrate school- and work-based experiences to develop their career goals.
- The learner will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
- The learner will acquire and apply skills/concepts required to balance personal, family, community, and work responsibilities.
Career Prep is a required 9th grade class in which students learn basic computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation graphics as well as internet searching which they may put to use in the completion of other course work throughout high school. Students learn the standardized MLA report writing format and gain proficiency in the Maine Learning Results for Career Preparation which includes self assessment, career exploration, job search, money management and teamwork. This class has four focus areas: technology, consumer applications, career exploration and career preparation.
On Your Own
Credit: 1
Open to: 11,12
Prerequisite: None
Maine Learning Results Assessed:
- The learner will be knowledgeable about the world of work , explore career options, and relate personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities to future career decisions.
- The learner will be guided by self assessment and personal career interests, students will integrate school- and work-based experiences to develop their career goals.
- The learner will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
- The learner will acquire and apply skills/concepts required to balance personal, family, community, and work responsibilities.
his course is especially designed for seniors who want to learn about what challenges await them as they leave the sheltered life of high school living and go into the “real” world. Students will suggest many of the topics covered in the course. Some topics that have been explored are: careers, job hunting and applying, budgeting and money management, legal and civic responsibilities, social relationships and nutrition and cooking. All students will be expected to complete a portfolio demonstrating their knowledge learned in the course.
School to Work
Credit: 1 or 2
Open to: 11-12
Prerequisite: 16 yrs. old
Maine Learning Results Assessed:
- The learner will be knowledgeable about the world of work , explore career options, and relate personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities to future career decisions.
- The learner will be guided by self assessment and personal career interests, students will integrate school- and work-based experiences to develop their career goals.
- The learner will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
- The learner will acquire and apply skills/concepts required to balance personal, family, community, and work responsibilities.
The school to work program allows 11th and 12th graders to experience a work placement or job shadow as a learning experience in order to explore future possibilities. The student is allowed to leave school for up to two periods a day in order to learn about the responsibilities and tasks of a certain career or job. Such past experiences have been working in a hospital, Billings Diesel and Marine, a local garage, and a construction crew. All school to work placements have to be approved prior to the beginning of the semester. Students must be at least 16 years or older and in the 11th or 12th grades. The job placement must be pre-approved. The student can not be paid for this learning experience. A journal must be kept noting what was done, what was learned and hours long each day the student spent on the site.
Study Skills
Credit: 1/4
Open to: 9
Prerequisite: None
Maine Learning Results Assessed:
- The learner will be a clear and effective communicator.
- The learner will be a self-directed and lifelong learner.
- The learner will be a creative and practical problem solver.
- The learner will be a responsible and involved citizen.
- The learner will be an integrative and informed thinkers.
Study Skills focuses on helping students to learn to develop better study habits & skills, budget time, meet deadlines, and plan, pace and produce the products necessary for long-term projects. Students learn to keep a daily planner, and develop a portfolio that provides evidence of their learning. The class typically meets every other day for forty minutes during the first semester. Study Skills classes split time with Career Prep classes, and are integrated with major projects from the student's other classes. Products from class projects will help form the beginning of the portfolio. Through their study skills class, freshmen will begin developing their portfolio. The portfolio is and will continue to be a "work in progress." This four-year portfolio will be evidence of student proficiency on a number of assessments that measure student success. It is very important that each student get off to a good start and keep up to date with the portfolio throughout high school. Along with the daily planner and portfolio, students further develop their study skills in note-taking, in outlining, and in doing research. These skills help students as they also learn the school-wide adopted MLA research paper format that is used by all classes throughout the four years of high school.
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