Career Exploration and Development Goal: |
Goal: For students to develop the skills and competencies to be successful in a career pathway of their choice by the time they graduate.
Targets: · Increase the percent of students who indicate they are satisfied with how school is preparing them for a career to at least 50% by 2026.
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Strategies and Actions: |
As a school we plan to focus on the following strategies and actions this year:
Provide a variety of opportunities for student to participate in Spotlight Sessions, Career Presentations, and Career Field Trips. Offer a Post-Secondary Tour to Vancouver and Vancouver Island in May. Increase career related projects and guest speakers embedded in core classrooms to allow students to make better connections between courses/curriculum and careers. Provide opportunities at an earlier age (ie. Grade 10) for students to participate in Youth Explore Trade, Train in Trades, and Work in Trades programs. Host Wex/Dual Credit Parent Info Night(s). Incorporate Dual Credit opportunities as part of the myBlueprint Course Selection process. Make existing opportunities more well know (ie. Advertise on website, bulletin board, TV’s etc.) Identify opportunities for FI students that emphasize or value bilingualism. Provide more instruction and opportunities for student to explore Education Planner BC and myBlueprint.
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Data to Inform/Support Career Exploration and Development Goal: |
Grade 10 Career Program Enrollment:
-A total of 63 students at SAS completed Work Experience in 2024-2025. -A total of 10 students at SAS completed a Youth Work in Trades program in 2024-2025. -A total of 5 students at SAS completed a Workforce Training Certificate in 2024-2025. -A total of 99 students completed a Youth Train in Trades program in 2024-2025.
Student Learning Survey Data:
Career Preparation Survey We need to develop a survey that asks the questions we want to ask. ie. Do students feel the career program and exploration opportunities they are provided in grade 10 help them identify a potential career path?
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Data Analysis/Narrative: |
It has been a challenge to track students from Jackson who enrol in Career Programs in grade 11 and 12 at SAS.
Students at Jackson participate in a variety of career field trips, spotlight sessions, seminars, etc. on a weekly basis; however, it is difficult to evaluate the impact of those experiences as, historically, we have not seen our students after grade 10.
Student Learning Survey data indicates that they do not feel like the school is not preparing them properly for their future career or post secondary education. During a recent Student Voice meeting some grade 11 students indicated that they did not feel comfortable approaching staff in grade 9 or 10 to discuss career opportunities as they didn’t have a relationship with them yet. The same grade 11 students indicated that they would feel comfortable now that they are in grade 11 and have built good relationships with many staff.
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