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DuBois Area Senior High

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Career Exploration - Job Shadow

CAREER EXPLORATION
DRMC is offering a Medical Explorer Program that allows students to visit multiple areas of the hospital each week.  Students will meet and learn about many professions in the health care field during this 4 week program. The program is offered to current juniors and seniors. Students should sign up to attend the information session if they are interested in C-106 with Mrs.Way.  It will be held Jan 24th at 1:00.  The course will be WEdnesday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00.  
 
DRMC also offers a JOB SHADOW experience. You must be a junior to attend. Please click on JOB SHADOW and INFORMATION SHEET to apply and learn more.
 

Here are some helpful websites for

Career Exploration

v  www.educationplanner.com

v  www.careercruising.com

v  www.bls.gov/OCO/

v  www.explorehealthcareers.org - health careers

v  www.mymajors.com

 
JOB SHADOW INFORMATION
Students must complete job shadowing experiences for their Graduation Project.  Here is the  Job Shadow Permission Form to be completed front and back, instruction on how to completed are listed at the top of the form. Job shadows MUST BE PRE-APPROVED.  Students should scan their completed forms and save them to their studnet drives for their electronic portfolio. If students need ideas of places to call or careers to shadow this LIST may be helpful.
 
 
 
 
 
The 8th Annual Groundhog Job Shadowing Day will be Friday, February 1, 2013.  All high school studnets are encouraged to contact a professional or place of employment to request a job shadowing experiecne of a career they are interested in.  Job Shadowing experiences are now required as part of the DAHS graduation project. Students are to contact sites and arrange a shadow between the hours of 7:45 and 2:35. They must complete the Groundhog Day Permission Form and return it to school by Wednesday, February 6th with all required signatures to be considered and excused absence. If students need ideas of places to call or careers to shadow this LIST may be helpful.  Although students can coordinate a job shadow for any day of the year, Groundhog Day is is set aside for this special learning opportunity.  Read Below for more details.

 

 

DuBois Area High School

Groundhog Job Shadow Day

 

On Friday, February 1, 2013, DAHS students are encouraged to participate in the 8th Annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day. This is an opportunity to expand their education outside the walls of the high school by having an on-the–job experience of a career of their choice.  Recently, the requirement of job shadowing has been added to the DAHS Graduation Project.  Students must complete one job shadow in the ninth or tenth grade and one in the eleventh or twelfth grade.

 

Students will arrange their own job shadow of the career they are interested in or they may let their History Teacher know if they would like to meet with their counselor or go to the career room to get contact information and/or assistance setting up their job shadow.

 

Students should arrange the shadow for February 1st between the hours of 7:45 am to 2:35 pm.  Visits should be arranged for at least 4 hours. Transportation is the student/parent/guardian’s responsibility.

 

Students will complete the Student Section and have a parent/guardian complete the Parent Section. Forms need to be turned in to their History Teachers by Wednesday, January 23rd for preapproval.  Before Groundhog Day, forms will be returned to students so that during the shadow the students can have the site supervisor complete the Job Shadow Supervisor Section.  The students will also need to consult with the supervisor to complete the questionnaire.

 

Students are reminded to dress appropriately during their experience and to thank their site supervisor for the opportunity.  If for any reason your plans change or you are unable to make the appointment, remember to notify your site supervisor.

 

After the shadow, fully completed forms must be returned to History Teachers by Wednesday, February 6th to ensure that the job shadow was completed and to provide documentation of a legal excuse to the attendance office.  This will be counted as an unexcused absence on your permanent record, unless you return the completed form by February 6th.

 

Original forms will be returned to students to be scanned by the student and saved to Student Drives for their electronic portfolios.