[Counselors] Job Shadowing

[gdubois at ridgerunners.net]

Our Alternative Academy students do a job shadow each semester.  First, 
they take an interest inventory (on OKCIS) and then pick out the three jobs 
they are most interested in.  They have to do some research on the jobs, 
find out educational requirements, salary, etc.  They pick one of the three 
to job shadow.   Our Alternative Ed director finds businesses in town that 
have those jobs or something close to it.  They have done this for several 
years, so she has contacts with most of the businesses in town.  The 
student then writes a letter to the person at the business they wish to 
shadow, along with the letter they enclose a form that the business must 
sign and send back.  The student also signs an agreement form, basically 
saying they will follow school rules and that they will behave 
appropriately on the job site.  Parents sign as well if the student is 
under 18.  All students job shadow on the same day, and it's only 2 hours 
(9-11).  This is partly because our Alternative Academy is on a shortened 
school day.
To my knowledge, this has always worked well and we have not had any issues 
with our students.  A couple of students have even had job offers through 
this program.

Gayle DuBois
Grove High School

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