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Sonja Burwell, Sanderson High School Academy of Finance Director

Joann David, Sanderson High School Advisory Board Member

Sonja Burwell – Academy of Finance Director

Married, 3 children

Over 15 years of business practice experience and 8 years of business education experience

Joann David – 1st year Advisory Board Member

Over 15 years experience in financial services industry

Employed by American Institute of CPAs

Sanderson High School, Raleigh, NC

School Comprised of 2,200 students

Academy of Finance launched at Sanderson High School in 1995

90 students at all grades levels are members of the Academy

Presenters

WBL Strategy Agenda

Session Introduction

A Walk in the Students Shoes (IceBreaker)

Group Job Shadow Experience: Best Practices/Practical Strategies

Tools & Resources

Questions & Answers

Job Shadowing Program: Immersing students through Work-Based-Learning explorations.

Do you want to have a solid action plan for implementing job shadowing through work-based learning explorations into your academy?

This session will provide your academy with the tools necessary to implement meaningful job shadowing opportunities in the world of work, where students can get first-hand information, and learn of the real life experiences about job skills and careers.

See how a strong WBL plan can include meaningful activities, lesson plans, as well as development procedures for utilizing your community businesses outside the classroom.

INTERACTIVE EXERCISE:

Pair up into teams of two

Grab a zip-lock bag

10 minutes to complete:

First two teams to complete correctly win a prize.

Career Cluster Descriptions

THE RESULT – www.ed.gov and www.bls.gov

Career Cluster Descriptions

INTERACTIVE EXCERCISE:

Each table will elect one drawer and one recorder. Remaining table participants are the guessers.

Drawer will pull the secret word (job title) from the bag

Drawer will not reveal the secret word to the guessers

When facilitator starts the 4-minute clock, drawer will “act-out”, sing or describe the job title without revealing the job title.

If guessers name the job title correctly, the recorder notes the win and drawer moves on to the next secret word.

Continue drawing secret words and guessing until timer at the 4-minute mark is called.

Team with the most correct secret word matches wins!

Who am I?

CAPTRUST offered to engage 50 students with goals of the following:

Provide workplace exposure

Build networking skills with business professionals

Provide pre and post work learning opportunities to students

Job shadow various roles and explore the responsibilities of each role

CAPTRUST, Junior Achievement, and SHS Collaboration

Tasks: Series of conference calls

Development of pre-event and post-event activities

Coordinating travel (permission slips, transport, etc.)

Volunteer management

Document repositories

Development of time-line

Setting the game plan (expectation of the students: dress code, etiquette, professionalism, etc.)

Collaborative Venture Job Shadow Experience

Learning Objectives

Pre-work consisted of:

Workplace Ready

Skills Pre-Self-

Assessment

Interview Preparation

Techniques

Resume Techniques

Career Cluster

Descriptions (Demo)

On-site event consisted of:

Workplace Tour

Exposure to a variety of

positions and

departments within

company

Site Visit Worksheet

Post-event activities

included:

Post-Assessment

(Student, Business

Host)

Personal Action Plan

The overall learning objective resulted in the following:

Builds rapport (academy, student and employer)

Conflict resolution and negotiation skills

Solve problems & make decisions

Evaluate career interest

Build character and enhance soft-skills

Explore networking skills

Job Shadow Outcomes

The overall learning objective resulted in the following:

Realized connection between learning & earning

Explore interview skills

Observed how technology is used in the workplace

Build connections between what is learned at school and what is expected in the workplace

Research & Development in the workplace

Job Shadow Outcomes (Cont.)

Job Shadowing Pre-Assessment Questionnaire

Job Shadowing Post-Assessment Questionnaire

Success Skills Self Assessment Form

Career Assessment (group activity)

Interviewing and Resume Skills Checklist

Tools & Resources

On-site workplace worksheet (organization mission and objectives and observations)

Personal Action Plan Worksheet

Roads to Success Job Shadow Guide

Courtesy of:

Juniors Achievement

www.juniorachievement.org

RoadtoSuccess

www.roadstosuccess.org

Tools & Resources

Questions & Answers

Documentation is available in electronic format