Career Awareness
Career Awareness starts with learning about work. Employers can help by building awareness of the variety of careers available by offering workplace tours, participating in a career fair, offering to allow a student to participate in an informational interview, or by being a guest speaker in an Orange County classroom. | Career Exploration
Career Exploration activities provide students with the opportunity to explore fields of interest related to their career goals and academic learning. These activities may include job shadows, a virtual exchange with a business partner, or a career mentoring activity.
| Career Preparation
Career preparation activities provide an in-depth discovery of a particular career, linking the skills learned in the workplace with academic learning in the classroom. These activities may include participation in an integrated project with multiple interactions with a professional, or participating in work experience, or an internship connected to the curriculum learned in the classroom. | Career Training
Career training activities will offer training for employment in a specific range of occupations in a career field. It may include interactions with business partners over an extended period of time. The student may participate in an apprenticeship, on-the-job training, or complete certifications or other requirements of a specific range of occupations. |
