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Options and Opportunities: Citadel High School

Options and Opportunities: Citadel High School. Debra Wilson O2 Coordinator. What is O2?. Some key elements of O2 include: Work Experience Career Exposure Cohort Model Credentialing Hands-On Learning Opportunities. Work Experience. In Grade 10: CBL 10 - 3 job shadow days

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Options and Opportunities: Citadel High School

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  1. Options and Opportunities: Citadel High School Debra Wilson O2 Coordinator

  2. What is O2? Some key elements of O2 include: • Work Experience • Career Exposure • Cohort Model • Credentialing • Hands-On Learning Opportunities

  3. Work Experience In Grade 10: • CBL 10 - 3 job shadow days - 25 hours of volunteering - 75+ hours of career exposure In Grade 11 and 12: • Cooperative Education #1 – 100 hours • Cooperative Education #2 – 100 hours • Cooperative Education #3 – 100 hours

  4. Career Exposure • Career Cruising and Interest Surveys • Workplace Visits on Field Trips • Career Fairs • Resume, cover letter, interview skills • Guest Speakers

  5. What career areas can be explored?

  6. Tourism and Entertainment • Chef • Cook • Baker • Hotels (Maintenance, Front Desk, Housekeeping) • Recreation (Tours, Activities) • Music and Theatre (Audio engineering, light technician, directing, stagecraft)

  7. People Services • Nurse • Continuing Care Assistant • Dental Assistant/Hygienist • Office Administration • Recreation Therapy • Paramedic

  8. ‘New’ Economy • Computer Animation • Graphic Design • Game Design • Network Security • Entrepreneur • Small Business Owner • Film/Web/Media Production

  9. Skilled Trades • Carpentry • Electrician • Pipe Trades (plumber, gas fitter) • Welding • Auto Mechanic • Construction • Heavy Equipment Operator/Mechanic • Electronics • Environmental Technologies

  10. Field Trips – Some from this year: • Atlantic Film Festival • Geocaching • Dreamfest • IWK Career Fair • Techsploration/Tech Shop • Career Fairs • Airport Tour • NSCC Tours • Digital Bootcamp (for some)

  11. Cohort Model • 20-23 students • 2 courses together each semester in grades 10, 11 and 12 * • Same group stays together until graduation • Teamwork skills are essential 

  12. Credentialing • First Aid/CPR • WHMIS • Passport to Safety • OHS • Food Handler’s Safety Course • Fall Arrest/ Scaffolding

  13. Hands-On Learning • Some classes use many more hands on learning opportunities than ‘regular’ classes • Use of technology – netbooks • Many experiential field trips (outdoor survival, camping, Skills Canada competitions…)

  14. Come for a test drive! • There will be two days in February where you can come to Citadel for one day to try out O2. The day will be mostly hands-on with sessions of carpentry, building, baking and cooking. • Different groups include an all girls group, an academic math group and a foundations math group.

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