High School - Vocational
Assuring that vocational career options receive equal emphasis in an individual's educational planning
Learner Goal 1
Understand vocational options available.
Indicators
- Demonstrate knowledge of vocational training sites and programs in the community such as comprehensive school programs, vocational schools, tech-prep programs, technical schools, and community colleges.
- Identity secondary vocational programs related to personal career goals.
- Identity postsecondary vocational programs related to personal career goals.
- Integrate vocational training into the ICP document.
Learner Goal 2
Develop skills acquired through vocational education.
Indicators
- Identify immediate employment opportunities for vocational completers.
- Describe personal learning-style modes addressed through vocational education.
- Describe the financial and advancement opportunities for vocational completers in a career area related to personal career goals.
Suggested Activities
- On-site visits to vocational high school programs
- Job shadowing experiences with vocational students in program areas of individual interest
- Vocational graduates as classroom speakers
- Panel of vocational instructors and/or students
- Career fairs*
- Vocational presentations to parents*
- Informational materials to parents and students*
- Written or visual reports to identify vocational options related to personal career goals
- Tech-prep activities
- Technical fairs
* This and other starred activities facilitate parental involvement.
