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Teacher

Externships

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WiFi Access (select SPC-PUBLIC)

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There are many opportunities to partner with the Office of College and Career Readiness(OCCR) :

  • Paid student internships
  • Industry Certifications
  • Sponsorship of a course or program
  • Funding
  • Career Speakers
  • Student-partner networking
  • Career & Technical Education Advisory Council
  • Educator Externships (this session)
  • Mentoring
  • Job Shadows

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Teacher Externship

Opportunities

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What is an Externship?

  • It’s an experience in which teachers spend time in a workplace to learn through direct experience about trends, skill requirements and opportunities in industries related to their subject in order to enrich and strengthen their teaching and bring relevance to student learning.

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  • The purpose of a teacher externship is to engage in activities in business and industry, and/or service-based organizations, to learn how classroom content and learning strategies are applied in the workplace.

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Why are Teacher Externships Important?

  • Helps teachers build the bridge between skills-based and knowledge-based education.�
  • The externship experience helps teachers connect classroom content with students’ future career interests and helps students develop both the academic and technical skills required in the world they are preparing to enter.

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Benefits of an Externship

  • Reinvigorates teachers to re-enter their classroom with new and exciting applications�
  • Students learn about career opportunities tied to their interests�
  • Students learn how to prepare for careers in the industry�
  • Students more engaged with their community�
  • Industry receives more committed employees�
  • Helps change mindsets of planning for post-secondary training
    • What is the career I’m interested and what is my post-secondary path to get there?
    • Students complete their post-secondary training

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  • Summer Program
    • Much like an internship, but recruit teachers. �
  • Offer 8 hour externships related to a unit of study. Expectation is to learn more about a specific topic, current industry standards, hiring practices, and begin making industry relationships.

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Teacher Externship Opportunities

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Career Curriculum Integration

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  • Lesson(s) embedded in a unit that relate to a high wage/in-demand Career Pathway�
  • Integrated Unit aligned throughout the district. I.E. Every geometry course will have the same SPPS Career Field integrated lessons embedded in a unit�
  • Teachers will participate in an employer externship related to their unit of study. Expectation is to learn more about the topic, current industry standards, hiring practices, and begin making industry relationships.�
  • Every unit will close with a reflection students will add to their Personal Learning Plan in Xello�
  • At the end of English 9, students will declare a Career Pathway they want to explore

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Every SPPS HS course will have aligned lessons relating content standards to relevant, high wage and in-demand careers. �

9th grade units happening this year:

  • World History: comparing Industrial Revolution to the Green Revolution
    • Teacher Externship: UMN CFANS, Industry visit in green energy
  • Intermediate Algebra: Investing
    • Teacher Externship: St. Thomas, CFA Society of Minnesota
  • Physical Science (with Earth Science standards): Air Quality
  • English 9: Career Exploration lesson- Argumentative Essay (Career Pathway Choice)
    • Teacher Externship: Right Track (Ramsey County) and Junior Achievement (JAU with Metro State)

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Career Curriculum Integration

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9th grade Career Integration Pilot

Post-Unit Survey

(89 students in core content areas)

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60% became interested in a career they did not know about before

100% want all courses to make connections between coursework and career pathways

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Considerations

  • Our goal is to work expose students to careers in high wage and in demand fields
  • Talking to HR about hiring practices and things students should know about the industry is important
  • You may want to help with lesson planning in addition to being hosting an externship site
  • May be asked to host field trips to supplement the lesson for students
  • If you are interested, but not sure what courses would be the best fit, we are here to help and bridge those conversations

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Questions