Career Program Coordinators
P. Dubé and S. Ferguson
Administrative Assistant – D. Havens
Careers Office (250) 692-7347
Fax (250) 692-4231
Lakes District Secondary School
Main Office (250) 692-7733
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES)
LAKES DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL
CAREER PROGRAMS
Ø Career Preparation Programs Ø Secondary School Apprenticeship
Ø Work Experience Ø Central Interior Regional Career Technical Centre (CTC)
Ø Health and Career Education 8/9 Ø Alternative Education Programs
Ø studentcounsellor.com Ø workfutures.bc
WHAT ARE CAREER PROGRAMS?
Career Programs consist of prescribed course packages and work experience. Career Programs give students access to school arranged Work Experience to help them toward their career goals. Lakes District Secondary School and School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) currently offers the following programs: Career Preparation, Secondary School Apprenticeship, Central Interior Regional Career Technical Centre and Alternative Education Programs Work Experience.
CAREER PREPRATION PROGRAM
Career Preparation programs are designed to prepare students for further study in a particular field at a post-secondary institution, and provide entry-level skills for employment. In addition to normal graduation requirements, Career Preparation programs consist of 16 credits of studies related to a career field, including a minimum of four credits (120+ hours) of related work experience.
Normal graduation requirements combined with: 16 credit of study related to the career field; four (4) credits of work experience related to the career field.
CAREER PREPARATION PROGRAMS
Business and Applied Business Fine Arts, Design and Media Fitness and Recreation Health and Human Services
Liberal Arts and Humanities Science and Applied Sciences Trades and Technology Tourism, Hospitality and Foods
CENTRAL INTERIOR REGIONAL CAREER TECHNICAL CENTRE (CTC)
The CTC delivers programs to students in Grades 11 and 12 in the trades and technology areas. The CTC programs are Welder/Fitter, Culinary Arts, Hospitality (Administration) Tourism, Millwright, Machinist, Residential Electrical and Ecotourism. CTC students attend CNC for their program in the second semester of grade 11, do a summer work experience and attend the first semester of Grade 12 at CTC. In the second semester of grade 12 students attend their home school to complete graduation requirements.
PROJECTS AND OUT OF DISTRICT FIELD TRIPS
Students can participate in hands-on career experience at such annual projects as Project Forest Management held in our local Community Forest in May, Project Trades held in Prince George in March, Project Health held in Prince George in June, Project Agriculture held on a farm north of Vanderhoof in September, Project Natural Resource Management held at a logging camp south of Vanderhoof in October and Project Heavy Duty held north of Vanderhoof during break up. This year we will be introducing Project Firefighter. The Ministry of Forests (Fire Base) works with some of our students in the Junior Initial Attack training program. Student can also become involved in out of district field trips such as the CNC Regional Career Fair and CourtLink in Prince George, Encounters with Canada in Ottawa as well as
Rotary Clubs Adventures Program (Adventures in Forestry, Aviation, Technology, Wilderness, Music, Industry, etc.).
TYPES OF WORK EXPERIENCE
The following types of activities qualify as a community-based work experience:
WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT
Students gain hands-on work experience. A work site sponsor in the business or volunteer organization supervises them. The objectives for the placement are based on the Student Learning Plan.
JOB SHADOWING PLACEMENT
Students explore a career by “shadowing” people in the community as they perform their work. Although these placements do not include hands-on performance of duties, they are useful to all students who are unsure about what a specific career entails. We appreciate all the volunteers from the Burns Lake Ambulance and Ministry of Water, Air and Land Protection who participate in our program by providing ride-alongs for our students. The College of New Caledonia Daycare assists students with weeklong placements. Our job placement program is quite flexible taking into account student’s schedules.
WHY SECONDARY SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP?
There is a shortage of skilled trades people in Canada.
Apprentices in the program earn while they learn.
Trades professions can provide students with the economic resources to pursue other career-related interests and goals.
Apprenticeship Programs are designed to prepare students for work based apprenticeship training. Students need to be in grades 11 or 12 and be working in a field recognized on the SSA list of occupations under a certified tradesman. For every 120 hours completed in this area of study, students will qualify for four credits up to a total of 16 credits.
For more information on Career Programs, please call the Career Centre at Lakes District Secondary School at (250) 692-7347.
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Students who are enrolled in Alternate Education (Alt. Ed) or Special Learning Resource (SLR) have the opportunity to participate in Work Experience. The emphasis of these programs is on school to work transition and the nature of the work experience is often exploratory.
CAREER SEMINARS, TOURS AND CONFERENCES
Our students can enjoy presentations given by guest speakers from various trades, careers and post-secondary colleges and universities. This type of career exploration is beneficial when a large number of students are interested in one career area and there are limited opportunities for work experience placements. It is also useful in career areas involving work that is dangerous or confidential, such as police or social work. Students also have the opportunity to attend courses such as FoodSafe, CPR (Level 1) Emergency First Aid and Transportation Endorsement offered by outside agencies.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Students may apply current or past out-of-school employment for full or partial work experience credit. To qualify for credit, the work must meet work experience placement criteria.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Students may apply current or past out-of-school volunteer work for full or partial work experience credit, providing the work meets experience placement criteria.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Students may apply out of school entrepreneurial ventures for full or partial work experience credit, providing the work meets work experience placement criteria.
GRADUATION TRANSITIONS
Helping you plan for your future.
Four of the 80 credits you need for graduation come from Graduation Transitions.
Transitions encourages you to:
· Take ownership of your health and learning; participating citizen;
Graduation Transitions is an opportunity for students to reflect on their knowledge and abilities and plan for life after graduation by collecting evidence of their achievements in the following required areas:
PERSONAL HEALTH
It is expected that you will demonstrate the attitudes, knowledge and positive habits needed to be a healthy individual, responsible for your own physical and emotional well-being.
Requirements |
Engage in at least 80 hours of moderate to vigorous physical activity in addition to PE 10. Develop a long-term personal healthy living plan appropriate to your lifestyle. |
How do I reach this goal? |
Start in grade 10 (in addition to PE 10), 11 or 12. Complete a log sheet tracking your activities provided for you in the Career Centre. Complete a Healthy Living Plan provided for you in the Career Centre (or complete in Planning 10). |
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
It is expected that you will demonstrate the skills required to work effectively and safely with others and to succeed as an individual and collaborative worker.
Requirements |
Participate in at least 30 hours of work experience and/or community service. Describe the duties performed, the connections between the experience and your employability and life skills as well as the benefits. |
How do I reach this goal? |
Start in grade 10, 11 or 12. Complete a work experience or Community Service form provided for you in the Career Centre. Provide verification of the work completed by attaching a Work Experience Evaluation and Attendance report. |
CAREER AND LIFE
It is expected that you will demonstrate the confidence and competency needed to be a self-directed individual.
Requirements |
Develop a comprehensive plan that indicates you are prepared to successfully transition from secondary school. Present selected components of your transition plan to members of the school and/or community. |
How do I reach this goal? |
Completed in grade 12 only. Complete a Graduation Transition Plan provided to you in the Career Centre. Put together a presentation showcasing significant accomplishments and indicate how those learning experiences prepare you for successful transitions to life after secondary school. |
Daily Physical Activity Hours (DPA)
Please be advised that, as of September 2008, all schools in British Columbia must implement the provincial government’s daily physical activity (DPA) requirements. These requirements are part of the Graduation Transitions plan.
Grade 10 and 11 students, as well as any grade 12 students who did not complete their 80 hours sheets, will have to complete their 150 DPA sheets. These sheets will have to be handed in weekly to the Career Programs staff. Students will be given a “Requirements Not Met” if they do not complete and hand their forms in each week.
Students must document and report a minimum of 150 minutes per week of physical activity at a moderate to vigorous intensity. They are given a number of choices for how they can meet the daily physical activity requirements at school, at home and in the community. Daily physical activity can be as simple as walking, running, jogging, bending and stretching. If your son/daughter is in a PE or Dance class, they will not have to complete DPA sheets for that semester. However, during the semester that they do not have these courses, they must hand in the weekly sheets.
Physical Activity Log Personal.pdf
WEBSITES TO HELP WITH PLANNING
FOR YOUR FUTURE:
Listed below are the student counselor logins for students from:
username: BC250Lake
Password: water
Candy Striper/Cadet Junior Program
How the program Works
An appointed Candy Striper Advisory or Auxiliary liaison person works closely with the Manager of Volunteer Resources at the Healthcare facility utilizing the program. Together they determine how young people may help meet the needs of the patients and residetns in the healthcare facility.
How do I join?
- be between 13 & 18 years of age
- Still be in school ( or home school)
- Complete an application
- Attend an interview
What will I have to do?
- commit 2 hours per week
- Wear a uniform
- Wear a name tag
- Obey healthcare facility rules and regulations
- Take instructions from staff
For more information contact:
Burns Lake and District Health Care Auxiliary
P.O. Box 812
Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0
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Prince George
P.A.R.T.Y.
PREVENT ALCOHOL AND RISK RELATED TRAUMA IN YOUTH
P.A.R.T.Y. is a program that was developed at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, in 1986. Since then it has been making its way across Canada.
P.A.R.T.Y.'s mission statement is "To promote injury prevention through reality education, enabling youth to recognize risk and make informed choices about activities and behaviours".
P.A.R.T.Y. is a sub-licence of the SmartRisk Foundation. This national injury prevention organization is a great source of knowledge and support.
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Five students attended Project Agriculture 2009 in Vanderhoof
Five LDSS students attended the 19th Annual Project Agriculture in Vanderhoof on Tuesday, September 22nd to Friday, September 25th.
The students attended presentations during the first two days on careers in veterinary science, food inspection, range land management, livestock auctioning, fertilizing and modern farm operations/management. The last two days exposed students to day_to_day farm maintenance, dairy operations, cattle handling, industrial applications, farm stewardship, ATV safety, heavy-horse, and small machinery operations.
Thank you to everyone involved for another successful project.
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Students attended Project Natural Resource Management 2009 near Vanderhoof
On October 15th and 16th, several LDSS students participated in Project Natural Resource Management near Vanderhoof. They attended sessions on topics such as Bear Aware/Safety Orientation, Ecology, Forest Health, Wilderness Survival/Orienteering, Fish Management, Wildlife Management, Timber Cruising, Silviculture and Careers in Resource Management.
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