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What does all of this mean for me (a pre-service teacher)?. EEDA is designed to help prepare you to be a career awareness, exploration and planning advocate for your students.Middle schools responsible for Career ExplorationHigh schools responsible for Career Exploration and PlanningBy the 2009-2
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1. SC Education and Economic Development ActEEDA Specific information for
Winthrop University
Middle and Secondary Level
Pre-Service Teachers
2. What does all of this mean for me (a pre-service teacher)? EEDA is designed to help prepare you to be a career awareness, exploration and planning advocate for your students.
Middle schools responsible for Career Exploration
High schools responsible for Career Exploration and Planning
By the 2009-2010 school year, the teacher evaluation system established in Chapter 26, Title 59 …. must include a review of performance in career exploration and guidance.
(In other words, you will be evaluated on your performance in career exploration and guidance as a part of your ADEPT evaluations.)
3. How is the EEDA implemented at the middle school level? Information on career clusters must be provided to 6th,7th and 8th grade students.
They must receive career interests inventories and information to help them make career choices.
8th graders will develop an Individual Graduation Plan (IGP), which they will update throughout high school. This will happen before the end of second semester collaboratively with the student and his/her parents.
4. What happens with EEDA at each grade level in middle school? 6th Grade
Students complete career inventory
Students participate in career awareness and exploration activities
7th grade
Students continue career assessments and exploration
Students have career shadowing or mentoring opportunities
5. What happens with EEDA at each grade level in middle school?8th grade
Students choose a Cluster he or she would like to explore.
Students begin developing an Individual Graduation Plan (IGP).
Students have an opportunity to participate in career shadowing.
6. Middle School To High School Transition Middle school students develop their IGP in 8th grade.
Their IGP will use clusters to help students decide how to plan for the courses they will take in high school.
Clusters will be discussed in more detail in the following slides.
7. 16 National Career Clusters The Career Clusters icons are being used with permission of the: States’ Career Clusters Initiative, 2009, www.careerclusters.org