What is Career Focus?
CF is a learning collaboration between a business and a high school to provide opportunities for students to learn work place skills in real-world settings.

Who can apply?  How much time is needed?
Juniors and seniors may spend two to three hours each scheduled school day in a community business gaining insight and skills relating to their career interest.

Why would a student want to enroll in Career Focus?

• gain specific employment skills
• explore career opportunities
• apply learning in the real world setting during the school day
• earn credit
• develop leadership skills
• opportunity to learn in a different setting
• gain experience which will provide an advantage when applying for paid employment
• class is designed to enable students to pursue unique interests while attaining academic foundation for future learning

How do students learn?
Students apply classroom learning in a community setting.  Students will interact daily with a full-time teacher/coordinator, business supervisor, employees and peers.  Learning is individualized and designed, in part, by the student.

Program goals and student outcomes:

• gain specific knowledge and skills in the workplace.
• reach specific measurable outcomes which are individually designed.
• focused, sequential "hands-on" learning.
• show two-way connection between classroom content and application in the world-at-large.
• show students how to relate new information to what they already know
• learn what careers are available in our area.
• provide personal development through seminars on business topics and issue.
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