ing up benefits students

WITH THE business community looking more to the education
system for relevant training of future employees, and the educa-
tion system looking more and more to the business community

for resources and funding, it seems only natural that the two
should team up to put together Career Development programs,

West Vancouver School
District 45 has a career progam
in place that is utilized by ap-
proximately 200 students an-
nually.

The program has a database
of close to 400 participating
businesses.

“The West Vancouver
school district has had to res-
pond to the challenge of
creating career education pro-
grams that will assist the stu-
dents to meet the demands of a
technologically accelerated
future,” the program’s in-
troduction says.

“No longer can traditional
forecasts and traditional career
options be the foundation for
career development pro-
grams.”

Career developmeni is a way
of integrating classroom theory
with practical experience in the
workplace through individu-
alized learning agreements.

According to District 45's
coordinator of career devel-
opment, Barbara Hunter, the
partnership between education
and business is mutually
beneficial, with studeris being

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the big winners.

“The partnership comes by
us working with them to get
some of their time and exper-
tise. Partnership from their
perspective comes from the
fact that they’re helping the
educational system which
eventually helps their future
ernployees and their whole
community and business
area.”

Students get help deciding
what careers they may find
interesting, while businesses
get to train the next generation
of employees.

The student is given the op-
portunity to learn the demands
and responsibilities of
employment, while the
employer receives an effective
way to involve business in
educational policy and cur-
ricula.

“They (the businesses) help
give kids an idea of what ca-
reers are like and help develop
some of those attitudes and

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skills that are pretty generic —
that help kids no matter what
they decide to do,” Hunter
said.

“They can be a part of de-
veloping a good work ethic
and attitude, then they feel
they've done their share of
helping educate young people
as well.

The program involves an in-
school component and an
out-of-school component.

During the out-of-school
placements, the students will
also be expected to attend
weekly integration sessions that
are coordinated by the career
development teacher.

Hunter said, ‘‘The
educators look to the business
community to help provide
opportunities for students that
are not available within a
school structure.”

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