Job Shadow Project
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REMINDER!!!! Make sure you bring your question packet AND a phone (or a camera) with you on the job site!
You need pictures of you at your site, and primary data (brochure, business cards, artifacts, etc.)
Last year as 7th graders, students participated in an interest inventory, where they identified and researched occupations that interested them. This year as 8th graders they will also be working on a career unit in the Language Arts class called the "Job Shadow Project” where each student will spend a day at the place of employment of an adult other than a parent, guardian or close family relative. The adult may be a family friend, a neighbor or non-acquaintance. Students are asked to visit a job site that they are personally interested in, not just one that is convenient or comfortable to arrange. More details on this project are included in the packet on Google Classroom.
The purpose of this project is to introduce students to the “world of work”. In shadowing a professional in their field of interest, it allows the student to experience firsthand what it may be like to work in that career field. It gives them the opportunity to ask questions so that they may start thinking what they may like to do one day as a career. This project is a stepping stone to their future. As they progress through high school they will be making choices on course selections as well as making plans for what they will want to do in the future as a career. This project will help them to start formulating ideas on what direction they may want to take.
Each student must personally contact the potential adult host and make the arrangements for the job site visitation. We will help the student find contacts if they are unable to, only after they have exhausted all options. Each student is expected to stay for the entire workday with the host (a normal workday being eight hours). Transportation to and from the job site must be arranged by the students.
Requirements for picking a job site:
· Students may choose any job field that interests them, even if that job would be a long shot.
· Must be a job that interests that student, not one of convenience.
· Cannot be a family member (parent/guardian/close relative)
· May not go with any other 8th grade students. This is an independent activity.
· Must be outside of the Lebanon School District
The “On the Job Day” shadowing must be scheduled during a school vacation or a weekend. Vacation days are as follows:
October 9, 12
November 3, 11, 26-27
December 24-25, 28-31
January 1, 18
February 11, 12, 15, 16
April 2, 19-23
If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to call Mrs. Strong at 642-4702 ext. 5648 or Ms. DeLong at 642-5627.
[email protected] or [email protected]
DUE DATES
On the Job Contract due: October 8, 2020
Job Site Visit: October 2, 2020 through April 23, 2021
On the Job Phone Contact due via Google Form: November 13, 2020
On the Job Written Report due on Google Classroom: Before or by April 29, 2021
On the Job Visual due: Friday, May 7, 2021
On the Job Oral Report & Visual Expo: Friday, May 14, 2021
REMINDER!!!! Make sure you bring your question packet AND a phone (or a camera) with you on the job site!
You need pictures of you at your site, and primary data (brochure, business cards, artifacts, etc.)
Last year as 7th graders, students participated in an interest inventory, where they identified and researched occupations that interested them. This year as 8th graders they will also be working on a career unit in the Language Arts class called the "Job Shadow Project” where each student will spend a day at the place of employment of an adult other than a parent, guardian or close family relative. The adult may be a family friend, a neighbor or non-acquaintance. Students are asked to visit a job site that they are personally interested in, not just one that is convenient or comfortable to arrange. More details on this project are included in the packet on Google Classroom.
The purpose of this project is to introduce students to the “world of work”. In shadowing a professional in their field of interest, it allows the student to experience firsthand what it may be like to work in that career field. It gives them the opportunity to ask questions so that they may start thinking what they may like to do one day as a career. This project is a stepping stone to their future. As they progress through high school they will be making choices on course selections as well as making plans for what they will want to do in the future as a career. This project will help them to start formulating ideas on what direction they may want to take.
Each student must personally contact the potential adult host and make the arrangements for the job site visitation. We will help the student find contacts if they are unable to, only after they have exhausted all options. Each student is expected to stay for the entire workday with the host (a normal workday being eight hours). Transportation to and from the job site must be arranged by the students.
Requirements for picking a job site:
· Students may choose any job field that interests them, even if that job would be a long shot.
· Must be a job that interests that student, not one of convenience.
· Cannot be a family member (parent/guardian/close relative)
· May not go with any other 8th grade students. This is an independent activity.
· Must be outside of the Lebanon School District
The “On the Job Day” shadowing must be scheduled during a school vacation or a weekend. Vacation days are as follows:
October 9, 12
November 3, 11, 26-27
December 24-25, 28-31
January 1, 18
February 11, 12, 15, 16
April 2, 19-23
If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to call Mrs. Strong at 642-4702 ext. 5648 or Ms. DeLong at 642-5627.
[email protected] or [email protected]
DUE DATES
On the Job Contract due: October 8, 2020
Job Site Visit: October 2, 2020 through April 23, 2021
On the Job Phone Contact due via Google Form: November 13, 2020
On the Job Written Report due on Google Classroom: Before or by April 29, 2021
On the Job Visual due: Friday, May 7, 2021
On the Job Oral Report & Visual Expo: Friday, May 14, 2021