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Awareness Experiences
Awareness Experiences
Awareness experiences are typically one-time activities at school or through a huakaʻi or field trip designed to broaden student understanding of the wide range of career, college, and community options available to them. They are designed primarily by adults for a group of students. As a result, students connect their school learning to “real-world” applications while also thinking more expansively about diverse opportunities for their futures.
They introduce:
an individual's journey to the career/industry
the career and employability skills that it takes to get and keep a job
the logistical and safety protocols expected in the workplace
the full spectrum of jobs and career opportunities in the organization
Awareness Experiences are appropriate for learners at the following levels:
Pre-Kindergarten
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Post-Secondary
Adult
Awareness Outcomes
Awareness Outcomes
Expose students to the wide range of career options available in various companies / industries
Encourage students to ask questions about the training necessary for entry into the workforce
Share information and expectations of a professional workplace
Encourage students to ask questions and learn more about getting hired and advancing in careers
Provide opportunities for students to explore and understand educational and career options to meet personal goals
Introduce employability skills to students
Preparing for an Awareness Experience
Preparing for an Awareness Experience
Determine learning objectives for the Awareness experience. Share these learning outcomes with industry/community partner prior to the session or visit.
Share learning objectives with students and design appropriate instructional materials to ensure learning objectives are met
Suggested Resource: Perkins Collaborative Resource Network's Employability Skills Framework and the Employability Skills Framework Lesson Planning Checklist to design employability skills lessons. (https://cte.ed.gov/initiatives/employability-skills-framework)
Share an overview of the content and skills that will be covered prior to the Awareness level experience. Discuss any prerequisite content and/or skills students should have prior to the experience.
Work with industry/community partner to ensure that examples, vocabulary, and any planned activities are age appropriate
Arrange any media needs with the industry/community partner in advance
Assess site and document that workplace meets safety requirements for an in-person visit (if applicable)
Complete necessary forms in a timely manner prior to the activity
HIDOE examples: Travel, Parent Permission, Administrator Approval, etc.
Following-Up after an Awareness Experience
Following-Up after an Awareness Experience
Gather additional student questions/feedback to share with industry/community partner
Have students share reflections, learning, and gratitude with industry/community partner(s)
Debrief with industry/community partner to share feedback and collaborate to improve experience in the future
Arrange for other ways that the school and organization can work together to support student interest and learning
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Awareness Experiences Success Criteria
Awareness Experiences Success Criteria
Equity and Access: Ensure all students have access to high-quality work-based learning experiences within their chosen pathway.
Equity and Access: Ensure all students have access to high-quality work-based learning experiences within their chosen pathway.
All students have access to Awareness level activities
Intentional effort is made for inclusion and representation in awareness level activity
Alignment: Ensure all student work-based learning experiences are aligned to promoted pathway curriculum at the high school and post-secondary levels.
Alignment: Ensure all student work-based learning experiences are aligned to promoted pathway curriculum at the high school and post-secondary levels.
Collaborated with teacher to develop topic, content, and goals
Students learn the skills and knowledge needed to participate in Exploration level activities
Engagement: Ensure all work-based learning agreements between education and industry partners reflect diverse employer engagements across all promoted pathways and provide high-quality work-based learning experiences for students and employers.
Engagement: Ensure all work-based learning agreements between education and industry partners reflect diverse employer engagements across all promoted pathways and provide high-quality work-based learning experiences for students and employers.
Provide an overview of industry and careers within the industry
Participate in post-event survey(s) and/or reflection(s)
Typically one-time experiences at school or through a huakaʻi or field trip to build student awareness of the wide range of career, college, and community options available to them
Exploration activities go beyond brief exposure of awareness-building experiences by extending the experience through multiple interactions or more rigorous student participation
Preparation level experiences strengthen student content knowledge and skills through coursework linked to extended interaction with community and industry professionals
Training experiences are extended interactions that require the application of the learned technical, employability, and academic knowledge in real-world industry settings
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