Strategic Plan Status UpdateCareer Connections

December 9, 2019

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Goal 2: Student ExperiencesObjectives: Career Connections

By FY22, all schools will provide career awareness and exploration opportunities for students in designated grades at the elementary, middle and high school level.

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Goal 2: Student ExperiencesObjectives: Career Connections

Increase the number of clubs at the elementary and middle school levels to increase exposure and interest in high demand fields such as robotics, engineering, cyber-security, etc.

By FY22, develop an appropriate measure of workplace readiness skills for middle and high school students that accurately reflects the demonstration and mastery of these competencies.

By FY22, all YCSD students will complete an internship, mentorship, or job shadowing experience prior to graduation.

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Career ConnectionsElementary Introduce

• Academic & Career Portfolios through VA Wizard

• High Demand Career Clubs

• STEM Career Makerspaces

• STEM Summer Enrichment

Middle SchoolInvestigate

• Academic & Career Plans through VA Wizard

• High Demand Career Clubs

• STEM Career Makerspaces

• STEM Summer Enrichment

• Career Investigations Course

• Career Videos

High SchoolImplement

• Academic & Career Plans through VA Wizard

• Workplace Readiness Skills Exam

• W!SE Financial Literacy Exam

• Work-related Experiences

• Career Fairs

• TradeWins Videos

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• Interests, values & skills lessons

• Portfolios created in elementary school & updated throughout school career

• Career Interests & Work Values Assessment

• Skills Assessment

• Completed in 7th

grade

Virginia Education Wizard

• Created in middle school to guide course selection for grades 8-12

• Revised as needed

Academic & Career Plan Portfolios

Career Inventories

Academic & Career Plans

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High Demand Career Clubs

16

10

2627

14

41

32

12

44

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Elementary Middle Total

FY18 FY19 FY20

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High Demand Career Clubs• Coding & Robotics • Engineering• Energy Conservation• Entrepreneur Club• First Lego League• Girls Who Code• Great Computer Challenge• Innovators Club• Makers Club • STEM

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STEM Career Makerspaces• Year 1 Schools

• Bethel Manor• Grafton Bethel• Mount Vernon• Waller Mill • Yorktown• Tabb Middle

• Resources• Virtual reality headsets with iPods• 3-D printer• EV3 Lego or Vex Robotics• Laptops• School specific items

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STEM Summer Enrichment Academy• 4th and 7th grades

• Military-connected students

• Robotics, engineering, and computer science

• STEM career connections

• Community partner involvement

Funded by DoDEA STEM grant

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STEM Professional Development

• Optional summer training

• Pre-service week

• Master classes

• 3-D printer training

• VMI STEM Conference

Funded by DoDEA STEM grant

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From workshop to classroom

5th grade wind turbine technician

2nd grade prosthetic engineer

4th grade aerospace engineer

1st grade robotics technician

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Middle School Career Investigations Course

• Demonstrate workplace readiness skills• Explore career clusters and pathways• Complete career interest and skills

assessments• Create or revisit Academic and Career

Plans• Connect the world of work to

responsibilities as a citizen

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Work-Related Experiences (WRE)Courses offered in YCSD

Schools

• Career Mentorship

• Cooperative Education

• Leadership Business Program

• Marketing I & II Co-op

• Fashion Marketing I & II Co-op

• Sports & Entertainment Marketing I & II Co-op

• Project Experience

• Project Search

• Credit for Work Experience

Courses offered at New Horizons Regional Center &

Governor’s School

• Governor’s School Honors Research & Mentorship

• Medical Assistant

• Dental Assistant II

• Nursing Aide

• Early Childhood Education

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25% 27% 26%

100%

FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22

Graduates’ Completion of WREs

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Career Coaches• Collaborate with school staff to

support student involvement in WREs

• Provide classroom presentations

• Coordinate career connection events

• Build business partnerships

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EngagedIN YCSD• 186 participants

• 112 YCSD parents

• 26 former students

• 16 career clusters

• 99 interested in WREs

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TradeWins Videos• Presented in English 10 classes

• Intro in November

• One each month throughout remainder of the school year

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Next Steps• Additional makerspaces

• Middle school career videos

• High school career fairs

• Career Connections website

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Strategic Plan Status UpdateCareer Connections

December 9, 2019