Program Overview

The Career Education Program is a coordinated system of programs, activities, and learning experiences that connect school and work. The program provides opportunities for ALL students to choose career-related coursework and workplace experiences that will advance them from school to post-secondary placement.

Students are more likely to succeed when they see a purpose to their studies. By linking academic lessons to real-world activities and situations, the Career Education Program helps to improve student motivation and academic performance, and prepares students to choose careers they are interested in.

The main components of the Grand Forks Career Education Program are:

• Career Awareness through the elementary social studies program
• Junior Achievement at the elementary level
• Systematic, institutionalized  Career Curriculum for Grades 6 - 12
• Volunteer opportunities through the summer Helping Hands program for ages 12 and older
• Student Education Career Planning conferences with their counselor for students and their parents in Grades 7, 9, 10, and 12
• Job Shadowing opportunity for all students in Grades 9 - 12
• Internship and apprenticeship opportunities for qualified juniors and seniors sponsored by our business partners as the job market allows.
• Individual help in fully staffed Career Centers in the high schools