Career Pathways: Preparing Students for Life

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Corwin Press, 2004 - 336 páginas

Help students be more focused and team-oriented and become the true drivers of their own learning by directing their learning and planning down one of several broad career avenues.

 

Índice

The What and Why of Career Pathways High Schools
3
The Collaborative Career Pathways Model
24
Steps to Implementing the Model
47
In Review
69
Comprehensive Guidance to Prepare
83
Pathways Classes for Each Level
137
Scheduling in a Collaborative
164
The Cornerstone
179
Core and Elective Teachers as Support for
224
Public Relations Parents and Pathways
239
The True Classroom of Pathways
259
School Culture and Climate in a Pathways High School
276
Pathways as a Systematic Philosophy
300
Resources
309
References
327
91
330

Pathways Classes for Grades 10 Through
203

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Elaine Makas Howard has 25 years of experience in education. She has served numerous districts in Michigan in curriculum, career development and counseling processes as a regional director of Instructional Services. She is also a systems consultant with Curriculum Connections, a business she co-owns. Ms. Howard has a specialist degree from Saginaw Valley State University in Educational Leadership with an emphasis on curriculum. She has a master’s degree from Central Michigan University in school guidance and a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in history. She is certified in central office and secondary administration, counseling, and 7-12 social studies secondary education. Ms. Howard’s work experience includes secondary teacher, community education director, and curriculum consultant. She lives in Cass City, Michigan with three of her four sons. Pamela J. Ill has been a devoted classroom teacher for over 25 years and is currently an instructional consultant at Curriculum Connections, a consultant business that she co-owns, and a classroom teacher with the Unionville-Sebewaing Public Schools in Sebewaing, Michigan. During her 25-year career, she has taught a variety of secondary subjects, including language arts, French, and psychology. Ms. Ill has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and psychology from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In addition, she received her Michigan elementary certification from Saginaw Valley State University. Ms. Ill currently team teaches Freshman Focus and designs Pathways curriculum. Her school became a board certified Pathways High School in 1998. She resides in Vassar, Michigan, with her husband, son, and daughter.

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