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Our Mission: To build academic and career competencies giving all students a foundation for lifelong learning and enabling them to secure a place in the workforce. |
Five-Year Overview:Year One 1997-1998
Year Two 1998-1999
Year Three 1999-2000
Year Four 2000-2001
Year Five 2001-2002
California's STC vision is that every student will develop a love of learning, and be fully prepared for rewarding high-wage, high-skill careers; productive citizenship; and personal and professional growth. California's STC initiative is designed to offer all California students exposure to the broad range of career opportunities; access to relevant and rigorous educational programs that help them achieve their career and life aspirations; and opportunities to benefit from workplace learning experiences. |
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State Grant Staff - ICOE
Rebecca Blair (760) 312-6572 · STC Manager · rblair@icoe.k12.ca.us
Alba Nava (760) 312-6106 · STC Assistant · anava@icoe.k12.ca.us
Imperial County Office of Education, 1398 Sperber Road, El Centro,
CA 92243
Fax: 760/312-6565
Urban/Rural Opportunities Grant Staff -
IVROP
Alex Perrone (760) 336-2418 · U/ROG STC Employer Coordinator · aperrone@icoe.k12.ca.us
Mariza Arredondo (760) 336-2418 · U/ROG STC Assistant ·
Schools served under U/ROG: Heber School District, Calexico High
School, Aurora High School,
William Moreno Junior High School, Mains Elementary School
Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program, 1398 Sperber Road,
El Centro, CA 92243
Fax: 760/336-2780
School-Based Learning
- Career awareness and career exploration and counseling programs beginning at the earliest possible age, but not later than 7th grade
- Career major selection not later than the beginning of 11th grade
- A program of study that meets the academic standards the state has established for all students, including, where applicable, standards established under the Goals 2000 Act, and meets the requirements for post-secondary education preparation and skill certificate award
- A program of instruction and curriculum that integrate academic and vocational learning and incorporates instruction to the extent practicable in all aspects of an industry
- Regular evaluations of students and dropouts to identify their academic strengths and weaknesses, workplace knowledge, goals, and need for additional learning opportunities
- Procedures that ease student entry into additional training or post-secondary education programs and that ease the transfer of students between education and training programs
- Work experience opportunities
- Job training and work experiences coordinated with learning in school-based programs that are relevant to students' career major choices, and lead to the award of skill certificates
- Workplace mentoring
- Instruction and activities in general workplace competencies, including positive work attitudes, employability, and practicable skills
- Broad instruction, to the extent practical, in all aspects of the industry
- Matching students with work-based learning opportunities of employers
- School-site mentors to act as liaisons among school, employer and community partners
- Technical assistance to small- and medium-sized firms and other parties
- Assistance to schools and employers in integrating school-based and work-based learning
- Encouraging active participation of employers in cooperation with local education officials
- Assistance to participants in finding jobs, continuing their education, or entering additional training and linking them with other community services to assure a successful transition
- Collecting and analyzing post-program outcomes of participants
- Linking youth development activities in this Act with other employer and industry strategies
Service-Learning
The National and Community Service Trust Act of
1993
- A teaching strategy that links service to the community with school curriculum
- A method whereby students or participants learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that is conducted in and meets the needs of a community
- Is coordinated with an elementary school, secondary school, institution of higher education, or community service program and with the community
- Helps foster civic responsibility
- Is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students, or the educational components of the community service program in which the participants are enrolled
- Provides structured time for the students and participants to reflect on the service experience
The Report of the State Superintendent's Service-Learning Task Force, California Department of Education, 1999
- Students will understand the relevance of what they are learning in school and apply the knowledge and skills to the world outside the school.
- Students will remember and use the content information and skills that they learned in class through sevice-learning.
- Students will have an improved understanding of their role as citizens in a democratic society.
- Students will understand that every community has needs that are often unmet and learn how to identify those needs.
- Students will develop an ethic of providing service to others and to their community.
- Students will understand that working with other people as a team is often an effective way of addressing issues and solving community problems.
- Students will reflect on their service experiences and on the effect of those experiences on the lives of people they served, or on their own lives.
Examples of Service-Learning
- Elementary School: In 3rd grade, students partner with a nearby senior facility. Students conduct interviews with seniors, send greeting cards and present holiday programs. Students learn about social service careers catering to senior citizens.
- Middle School: In 7th grade Science and Humanities students study and reflect upon environmental issues while actively participating in the city recycling program. Students learn about jobs related to improving the quality of our environment.
- High School: 11th graders in U.S. History classes choose one topic from the course to study further, then get to experience careers firsthand by assisting at public or community based agencies or businesses.