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Employers Working Directly with STUDENTS |
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Tuesday, 06 February 2007 |
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Numerous businesses and organizations in the Victoria area partner with schools to allows students to gain an awareness of various future career opportunities.
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Career Awareness - Working Directly with Students
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Business Partnership - Current School
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| Career Talks: Employers and employees visit in the classroom and explain the work in their industry or company. (K-16) |
- Junior Achievement
- Red Lobster - Hopkins
- Mr. Gatti's - Hopkins
- Victoria Library - Hopkins
- Dow Chemical - Shields, Smith
- DuPont - Smith
- H.E.B. - Shields, DeLeon, Smith
- AEP - Shields
- Local Doctor's Offices - Shields
- Business Parents - Chandler
- Communities in Schools - Profit
- Victoria County Health Dept. - Smith
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| Career Days/Career Fairs: Special events are typically held to allow students to learn about education and work opportunities. (K-16) |
- Math & Science Spectacular - Juan Linn
- Career Fair - Patti Welder
- Gem & Mineral Show - Aloe
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| Workplace and Industry Tours: Students visit the worksite, talk with employees and observe the workplace activities. (K-16) |
- H.E.B. - DeLeon
- Bank Field Trips - O'Connor
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Career Exploration - Working Directly with Students
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Activity
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Business Partnership - Current School
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| Job Shadowing: A student follows an employee at a company location to learn about a particular occupation or industry. (6-16) |
- Texas Parks & Wildlife - MHS
- Testenger - MHS
- KAVU - MHS
- Formosa - MHS
- DuPont - MHS
- Dow Chemical - MHS
- Sheriff's Dept. - MHS
- Fort St. Louis - MHS
- Citizens Medical Center - MHS
- B Environmental - MHS
- Memorial HS - Smith Elementary
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| Job Rotations: At a worksite, students transfer among a number of positions and tasks that require different skills and responsibilities in order to understand the steps that go into creating a product or service; how their own effort affects the quality and efficiency of production; and how each part of the organization contributes to productivity. (9-16) |
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| Internships: Students work for an employer for a specified period of time to learn about a particular industry or occupation. Students' workplace activities may include special summer projects, a sample of tasks from different jobs, or tasks from a single occupation. These may or may not include financial compensation. (10-14) |
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| Cooperative Education: Students alternate or coordinate their high school. (10-12)
(Note: Many, many local businesses participate in a cooperative education program. For web publishing purposes, only a general cross-section of businesses which participate in the program are listed on the right.)
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- DuPont
- VISD (Various Departments)
- JHC Insurance Agency
- First Prosperity Bank
- Lone Star X-Ray
- YMCA
- Hollywood Video
- State Farm Insurance
- Oak Hills Food
- Victoria Builder Supply
- Victoria County
- Various Doctor's Offices
- H.E.B.
- Chesnick Furniture
- Victoria Presort Mailing Service
- Church's Chicken
- Popeye's Chicken
- Uncle Mutt's BBQ
- Halepaska's Bakery
- Carol Deatly School of Dance
- Courtesy Car Wash
- Various Day Care Centers
- Victoria Country Club
- Various Automotive Dealerships
- Various Plumbing Services
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| Youth Apprenticeship: A multi-year program that combines school and work-based learning in a specific occupational area or cluster and is designated to lead directly into either a related post-secondary program, entry-level job or registered apprenticeship program. These may or may not include financial compensation. (10-14) |
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Career Preparation - Working Directly with Students
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Activity
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Business Partnership - Current School
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| Apprenticeship (Registered): Registered apprenticeship programs meet specific federally-approved standards designed to safeguard the welfare of apprentices. (Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, US Dept. of Labor) (13-16) |
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| Mentoring: Employee(s) who possess the skills and knowledge to be mastered by a student, and who instructs the student, critiques the performance of the student, challenges the student to perform well, and works in consultation with teachers or youth organizations and the employer of the student. (9-16) |
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Junior Achievement of Victoria
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