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Garner Magnet's Public Safety Academy prepares students for specialized curriculum and training; providing field experience; developing leadership, cooperation, and communication skills; and preparing students for a career path in public service or further training and higher education.
Garner Magnet's Public Safety Academy prepares students for specialized curriculum and training; providing field experience; developing leadership, cooperation, and communication skills; and preparing students for a career path in public service or further training and higher education.
ACADEMY OVERVIEW:
The Public Safety Academy is one of Wake County Public School System's Career Academies. The Academy is a learning community focused on careers in the Public Safety Career Cluster. Public Safety material is integrated into students’ studies including their core curriculum courses. Each year the same group (cohort) of academy students take a Career and Technical Education (CTE) course aligned with the career theme, as well as one or more core classes together in a school-within-a-school model. These courses develop and guide interested students toward a career in public safety through academics, personal development and in-depth education while preparing them to be college and career ready.
Academies embody partnerships with employers and postsecondary education. An advisory board for the academy includes representatives from the local employer community and from local colleges or universities, as well as academy faculty and administrators from the school and district. Advisory group members give advice on curriculum, appear as guest speakers in classes, host field trips, supervise student internships, provide financial or in-kind support, and some serve as mentors for individual students.
ACADEMY BENEFITS:
Small Learning Community
College & Career Focused Courses
Hands-on Learning
Real-World Applications
Work-Based Learning
Internship Opportunities
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ACADEMY INFORMATION:
Each academy student participates in several work-based learning activities such as job shadowing, career fairs, career themed industry tours and a 120 hour internship in their senior year. Academy students are prepared to participate in these experiences through the cohorted academy courses. Each academy student is required to do a 120 hour internship between the junior and senior year that relates to the academy theme. Our students have the opportunity to work with Public Safety entities from all across Wake County, Johnston County, and the state.
Students complete career academy requirements during the regular school day, with the exception of work internships. Career Academy students may also participate in required and elective classes outside of the career academy, as well as other activities such as clubs and athletics. We recommend the students be an active member of SkillsUSA.
Career academy students normally take a mix of two or three career academy courses each year and the rest academic or other elective courses. The Public Safety Academy courses are designed to give the students the opportunity to obtain required industry recognized certifications. The certifications we offer are from NC OEMS, NC OSFM, NC Emergency Management, and FEMA. With successful completion of the certifications students will be able to obtain a job the day they graduate. We encourage our students to go to a 4 year college/university, Community/ Technical College, or look to straight into a Public Safety career.
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