Career & Technology Foundations for 2016-2017

Why

• Exploratory opportunity for students, through an inquiry process, to explore their passions and interest and to form a glimpse of career possibilities

What & How

• Providing multiple areas and opportunities for students to explore personal areas of interest (Passion Projects, The Google innovation concept).
• Business, Technology, Natural Resources, Human Services and Business clusters.
• Focused on skills, technology and personal career connections development.
• Focused on building 21st Century Competencies.
• Building Inquiry skills capacity in students.
• Build in positive mentorship and networking between “experts” in the related field.
• Mentorship connections fostered through personal contacts, advertising in the community and a sign up spot on the school Website.
• ● Development of school resources to support projects such as the Maker Lab.
• ● Field Trips to expose students to postsecondary and career possibilities.

Benefits for Students

• Opportunities for students to explore areas of interest while building capacity to explore and innovate in the world.
• Development of skills, technological expertise and safety practices in applicable real world context.
• Students can access classes and teachers can be assigned based on student demand.
• Looking forward to career opportunities multiple interests helps students identify areas to focus on in high school.
• Investment of students into the community and the community into students.

Our Progress

• Ran a prototype in spring of 2013.
• Lead teachers attended CTF conference.
• Student Registration around interests using Google Forms.
• Scaffolding and Assessment tools being reviewed and built by staff.
• Community sign up for “experts” built and tested.