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Find out more information about our new career academies: AAST & BISA. Check out http://knightdalehs.wcpss.net/careeracademy/ for additional information. What is a career academy?
A career academy is a personalized small learning community within a high school, selecting a subset of students and teachers for a three-year span. Students enter through a voluntary process; they must apply and be accepted, with parental knowledge and support. Academy classes are usually blocked back-to-back in the daily schedule, and students attend them as a group. Students are able to complete academy requirements within the regular school day, with the exception of work internships.
A career academy involves teachers from different subjects working together as a team. This team manages the program, with one member serving as the academy coordinator. Teams participate in professional development, particularly in implementing the key features of the model and gaining exposure to the career field. The joining of a group of students for several periods each day with teachers who they come to know well provides a family-like atmosphere, nurturing close student-teacher ties. An academy functions within the larger high school and requires administrator and counselor support.
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"CASN - Definition Narrative." CASN - Career Academy Support Network. 10 Sept. 2007 <http://casn.berkeley.edu/defin_narrative.html>. |
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Appalachian State University, Boone, NC |
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