Career Academy Programs: Career Edge - For the New World of Work - Too many students leave high school underprepared and lacking a career direction. Kirkwood Community College (IA) struck up partnerships with area high schools and businesses to help students better prepare for their future. Read about Kirkwood's remarkably successful program in the May Learning Abstracts.
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CAREER ACADEMY PROGRAMS: CAREER EDGE – FOR THE NEW WORLD OF WORK
By David Bunting
In late 1998, Kirkwood Community College (IA) was approached by a local
school district regarding the need to create new, dynamic learning
opportunities for high school students that would help them be better
informed and better prepared for their future.
PROGRAM CATALYST
There was a need to make the last two years of high school more meaningful and focused. Too many students leave high school underprepared and without a career direction. These programs were needed at all area high schools, and there was an opportunity for collaboration throughout the Cedar Rapids-Marion area. A team of stakeholders convened to discuss this need. As a result of the meeting, a coordinating council of stakeholders was established to continue discussing this new vision for high schools.
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Dr. Susan Salvador
Office for Student Services
06/04/2004 |