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This video shows a school to work program for students to earn their high school diploma while at the same time, working to enhance job skills. The jobs the students have are real jobs where they earn a paycheck, but also have the support of a job coach. While in college, I had a student teaching placement at a school to work setting which was an excellent setting for many students with disabilities. The correct amount of support is provided depending on each student's needs.

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Work Vocational Educational Program for Special Education Students

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Cristo Rey Jesuit High School-Twin Cities

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Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services

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(Updated Contact Info) School To Work Program Students acquire on the job training while earning their high school diploma. http://www.alted.ocps.net 407-245-1555

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Naviance is a college and career readiness platform that helps connect academic achievement to post-secondary goals.  The video clip demonstrates how to use the Career Interest Profiler after the students complete an interest survey. The survey asks a series of questions that ask students if they Like or Dislike the activity. They can also mark Unsure if they do not understand what the activity entails. After the student completes the interest survey, they are matched to occupations that suit their personality and interests. That matching occupations list is separated by how much preparation you need for each job. Students can view knowledge and skills needed for the job,  tasks and activities about the job, and wages for each state specific to that career. Students are not limited to one career, but  can see related occupations and college majors as well based upon their reported interests. This program can be used as a Careers class in high school or added to a transition plan as an activity for students to complete and discuss with their Special Education teacher or Guidance Counselor.

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Project SEARCH is a non-profit program that provides real life work experiences to help youth with significant disabilities make a successful transition to adult life. The clip below explains one individual's story. Jack works in the environmental services department at a hospital in Pittsburgh. Students such as Jack fully immerse in the work program. For example, Jack learns skills specific to the job and practices them daily. Students are invested in the work and the people they work with. Students are part of the job and are challenged with real world scenarios that they must navigate as they develop their self advocacy and problem solving skills. Jack's experience led to a full time job at the hospital. Jack is one of eighty five percent of students who have found employment through the program.

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Jack's UPMC Project SEARCH Story - Peggy Finnegan's "Proud to Be from Pittsburgh" Segment - WPXI

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Learn more about Jack and Project SEARCH: http://www.goodwillswpa.org/project-search

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As I was searching for Career Awareness opportunities in my state of Pennsylvania, I came upon a program that I was unfamiliar with, but what appears to be an enriching experience for high school students as they explore career paths. The Career Reality Experience is a five day summer program for 11th and 12th grade students in Atlanta High Schools. Students are given the opportunity to explore careers that match their strengths and interests. They learn about careers that interest them and actually explore various jobs. Students meet with professionals and are given the opportunity to shadow them and gain a sense of the work environment. One student commented that the program gave her an idea of not only what she wants to do when she grows up, but different careers that are out there and possible career paths that she was not aware of. Students noted that by actually visiting a career and observing day to day interactions, they gained a different perspective of what they thought the job entailed. Table 1.2 on page 13 of The Way to Work  lists and details Types of Work Experiences. This program embodies a useful Career Exploration and Job Shadowing approach. Students can visit and meet with employers, observe daily work duties, and discuss what they saw and learned.
One student who was part of the program offered advice that I hope to instill in my students: "Do what you love, work hard, be passionate, be you."

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Career Exploration Workshop for high school students

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Rising 11th and 12th grade students from all Atlanta high schools Job Shadow local professionals The Career Reality Experience® is a week long workshop to help students discover their best fit academic courses, college majors and career fields to explore. Sherpani Partners is a nonprofit career exploration organization dedicated to providing career direction and focus serving individuals, schools and organizations.

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As a Special Education Teacher in the cyber school setting, personal interaction takes on a new meaning. While social skills training and modeling through video are essential for cyber school students, especially those with communication in social interaction needs, creating an authentic situation can prove to be most beneficial. Dr. Simonsen noted that Career Preparation involves students learning specific skills for career engagement. The video clip explains how a Virtual Interactive Training Agent through the Inclusive Transition and Employment Management Program creates that authentic experience for students, in particular those with Autism, to practice interview skills. Students interact with the 'avatars' in an interview setting. Chapter 1 of The Way to Work details quality work experiences such as Internships, Apprenticeships, and Paid Employment. It is important to remember that for most employers, a job interview is the element that can secure a position for the person applying to the job. For students with communication needs or anxiety, this could pose as a stumbling block before even reaching the employment stage. Page seventeen of The Way to Work notes that "Students must know what is expected of them, how they are expected to behave on the job, and general and specific workplace guidelines"  (Luecking, 2009) At about 2:09 in the video, the simulator details job requirements to the student and asks if they like working independently. This not only helps the student anticipate questions asked, but also encourage their critical thinking and creation of developed responses. For us teachers, this also adds creativity to our lesson plans and engagement for our students!

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VITA: Virtual Interactive Training Agent

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The Academy for Career Exploration is a high school in Rhode Island that offers introductions to several different careers of interest for students. The students rotate between different careers and participate in hands-on activities to prepare for those careers. This academy gives students an opportunity to experiences several different careers prior to leaving high school to get a better idea of what they want to do after high school. In the article "Four Supportive Pillars in Career Exploration and Development for Adolescents with LD and EBD," one of the pillars is authentic experiences. This academy gives the students authentic experiences in these careers.

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Uploaded by Mrs. V. Toledo-Vickers on 2016-03-31.

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This Ted Talk involves a man who realized in his mid twenties what career path he best fit into after taking a career interest survey. He the. Began to counsel employees of his company to do the same, to be intrinsically motivated to do their desired jobs well. Ed then decides to take this farther and has opened up a center for kids in the San Diego are to explore careers that they may never have thought of before. Dr. Simonsen explained in her presentation that many students go into a field based off of what they know (Rural students may go into the agricultural field). This gives students the opportunity to discover something they may never have thought of before.

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How can a child aspire to a career they don't know exists? | Ed Hidalgo | TEDxKids@ElCajon

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This clip is about Calhoun Area Career Center in Michigan.  The trend was to prep students for college careers but over the past few years it seems that students need to be exposed to trades such as electricians, construction, plumbing, welding, and etc.  Over the years I have witnessed students who were struggling in school and having attendance issues attend the CACC and make a complete turn around.  The student likes school now, daily attendance increases, and students end up performing better in their academic courses at their home schools.  Students have two opportunities to visit prior to 11th grade.  Some programs allow students to dual enroll at Kellogg Community College and  Regional Manufacturing Center.  Career exploration occurs for students without debt.  Students can attend the CACC with the opportunity to explore fields of interest related to their career goals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIq68nwnvc

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This clip is about a program organized through Goodwill Connects.  This program is designed by Goodwill Industries and funded by the Kellogg Foundation.  The program promotes completion of high school and college and career readiness for students in the greater Battle Creek area.  Students go through soft skills training, work experiences (non-paid), and attend a career fair throughout the school year.  During the summer break students apply, interview, and complete the paperwork process necessary to participate in the paid work experience.  Career mentors who are teachers from the local high schools assist students in the work place dealing with many work related issues.  Students are given the opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them without being dismissed immediately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07uXFH3DC-Q

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This clip is a program that our special education staff, counselors, and local ISD utilize to assist our students with their post secondary goals.  Career cruising is an intensive website that has assessment tools that can be updated continuously throughout their school career.  It can be accessed by students and teachers as well.  This program can be a good resource for special education teachers when completing IEP's and transition plans.  In our transitions course we have special education students use the website more in depth so the students can better understand how their skills and abilities are related to their chosen career.  As Dr. Monica Simonsen stated in her Career Development Video, "Exposure precedes interest".  This website does just that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07uXFH3DC-Q

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Siedel Taylor_Career Preparation_Job Shadows and Internships

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Siedel Taylor_Career Preparation_Job Shadows and Internships

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This clip shows interviews with students who participated in job shadows and internships through a specific program. The instructions about applying are not necessarily applicable to all students, but the advice for job shadows and internships would be helpful, as well as the information from students about their personal experience. Getting the firsthand experiences from students their age can help students viewing the clip realize that job shadows and internships are not necessarily for people who already know what they want to do, but should be used as a way to try out a career/job before they jump in and/or train for a career they will not enjoy. "If you're sort of interested in something do an internship. See if it's what you actually want to do in the future, and if not, you don't have to look into it. It's not a big thing." I couldn't have said it better myself.

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High school students share their job shadow and internship experience. The Workplace Learning Connection brings together students from Cedar, Benton, Iowa, Jones, Linn, Johnson and Washington counties in east central Iowa looking for career information and connects them to area business professionals who are interested in preparing our region's future employees.

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Siedel Taylor_Career Exploration_SAP's Early College High Schools-The Importance of Mentorship

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Siedel Taylor_Career Exploration_SAP's Early College High Schools-The Importance of Mentorship

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This clip shows a bit of the mentorship that a software company has put together in order to get high school students thinking about the software industry, as well as give them insight from people who are currently working in the field. The interview is with a student in the program and a woman who is a mentor. Both sides are represented, the mentor stating that, "...it can be very reassuring for a student to have a mentor who can tell them about that industry and help them make that bridge," and "...we need to close that gap between the education and the workplace." The student states that the best advice he got from his mentor was "It's about enjoying the job. And if you enjoy the job, it's not defined as a job anymore, it becomes a hobby." Giving students insight into the career as well as people to talk to about the industry and career are vital to their understanding--experience precedes interest.

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SAP Social Sabbatical for Local Engagement

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SAP Social Sabbatical for Executive Engagement

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SAP's Early College High Schools - The Importance of Mentorship

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Mentorship is one of the hallmarks of SAP's Early College High School program, which is comprised of four schools in four cities across North America. SAP employees volunteer their time to mentor students and provide them with a helping hand and insight into industry trends.

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Siedel Taylor_Career Awareness_Calgary Job Fair Draws Thousands

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Siedel Taylor_Career Awareness_Calgary Job Fair Draws Thousands

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This clip shows interviews and general video clips from a job fair put on by the Calgary Airport Authority. Job fairs allow students to make connections with people in that industry, as well as allow students a chance to see what kinds of jobs there are that they may not have thought of. I like this clip because it talks with one of the people running the fair and a woman who is clearly trying to find a job but "can't sit at home and go 'Oh there's probably nothing there for me.'"

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Walking Around Inside Calgary International Airport

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YYC New International Terminal Animation

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The Calgary Airport Authority is opening a new International Terminal and YYC employers are looking to hire hundreds of people to fill roles from curb to gate, in Canada's newest and most technologically advanced terminal in the country. Several airport partners will be participating in the YYC Career Fair on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 starting at 11 a.m.

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Ring_Timothy_Career Preparation_How To Become A Firefighter Quicker and Easier-Interview Preparation

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Ring_Timothy_Career Preparation_How To Become A Firefighter Quicker and Easier-Interview Preparation

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This clip is quite lengthy but it goes through the entire process of how to become a firefighter. This includes the training, preparatory classes and college courses you need to take.  In addition to this it includes what tests you need to pass and how your interview would go as a firefighter.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAmiICa5WQw&spfreload=10

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Ring_Timothy_Career Exploration_A Day In The Life -Firefighter

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This clip shows what firefighters do on a daily basis.  Many of our students tend to opt for a career in public service.  It includes what they do on a daily basis from exercise to training to going on calls.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbL45xX6p6E

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Ring_Timothy_Career Awareness_What Job Is Right For You

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Ring_Timothy_Career Awareness_What Job Is Right For You

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This clip is an animated personality/career test that will help develop student ideas as to what they may be interested in career-wise.  It has a few questions that are graded at the end and give insight for certain careers.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2998151265&feature=iv&src_vid=V2r5ASLcJrk&v=KG7BwKZOmGQ