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P6179
ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY Therefore, the Board of Education shall provide career education to all students at all grade levels. Career education in the elementary schools shall focus on instruction in self-awareness and career awareness. The middle school shall continue the elementary focus with special emphasis on positive role modeling, personal development, and the exploration of career and educational opportunities that relate to the academic skills. The Board of Education shall develop an individual planning system for each student beginning no later than eighth grade. This system should include all the necessary forms and procedures needed to develop educational and career plans. The guidance and counseling services should provide assistance to students in collaboration with parents or guardians and should include an assessment, advisement, and identification of short and long-range goals. At the secondary level, career education shall also incorporate college exploration, career guidance, job seeking and keeping, vocational training opportunities, experiential school-to-work programs, and personal planning. Legal: Missouri School Improvement Program Standard 11.1 R6179 ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULATION Curriculum Extensions Career Education The office of career education, in collaboration with the division of teaching and learning support and staff development will have the responsibility for: the development of a comprehensive career education program for the district; the coordination of preschool-grade twelve (12) career education efforts with the administrator and staff in each building; the development of a career education classroom curricula that supports the regular classroom instruction, the development of all career education activities that bring students and staff in contact with business, college and community persons to reinforce academic instruction; the monitoring of career education classroom curricula and activities within the K-12 schools; the selection and monitoring of people in business and the community who participate in career education activities and services; the maintenance of a career resource center; the continuous, ongoing assessment of career education efforts and needs. The Board of Education supports the inclusion of career education curricula and activities within the elementary, middle, and high school programs. As much as possible, these efforts will be planned and implemented with the agreement of the building administrator and staff and will be in harmony with the regular classroom curricula. The career education office shall be notified of any career activities not arranged by the career education staff.
Revised: December 07, 1999 Policy adopted: June 26, 1990 Revised: December 07, 1999 |
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