Become a Partner

At KTEC High School, we believe that personal experience greatly impacts our students’ career decisions. By partnering with local industry, we are preparing our students with the employability and technical skills they need to prepare them for their future ambitions. Additionally, by participating in our career-based learning experiences, employers have the ability to create a clear pipeline of talent through participating in these unique opportunities. Please use this as a guide to find an opportunity for engagement with our school at various levels.

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Career Based Learning Activities:

KNOW

KNOW activities help build awareness of the variety of careers available and training needed to be successful. These experiences can be delivered as young as elementary and middle school and are common in high school. These are usually one-time experiences and require little time commitment. These can easily be conducted in a group format.

Speak to a group of students & teachers about your career, training and skills, or about general business topics. Oftentimes at the school/youth organization, but in some cases could be at your work site.

Tours allow classes of students and/or teachers to view an organization’s facility in operation.

Participate in a career fair by having a booth or by meeting with a small group of students/job seekers as they explore their career options.

Participate in a professional development workshop or conference for educators.

Provide educational scholarships for students through your company or foundation.

EXPLORE

EXPLORE activities provide students with a deeper understanding of the workplace and the careers found within. Students explore career options for motivation and to inform decision-making. These activities begin in middle school and continue into high school. These are short term with limited contact time for the professionals from the industry.

Provide support to students while they explore real-world problems and challenges. Assist students with projects by providing foundational knowledge/skills, giving feedback on progress and/or evaluating final results.

Help judge student projects, experiences or competitions (FBLA, DECA, etc) that are related to your industry and provide constructive feedback. Oftentimes at the school/youth organization, but in some cases could be at your work site.

Allow students to observe and engage in daily routines and experiences of your job. At your work-site and can be extended over multiple days.

Answer student’s questions about your job. Could be at your work-site, schedule as a phone call or at school/youth organization.

As a one-time event or over time, use your own experience and industry knowledge to guide individual or groups of students in researching career options that align with their interest and skills, and develop a plan for education/training and other career preparation experiences.

PLAN

PLAN activities allow students to connect deeper to the workforce while planning their own college and career readiness goals. These require an extended interaction with industry professionals to facilitate guided practice and provide feedback to the student or educator. These activities are typically conducted for 10–12th grade students.

Review the student’s resumé drafts and provide feedback either in person or virtually. Could be at your work-site, scheduled as a phone call, reviewed via email or at school/youth organization.

Help students develop their interviewing skills and provide constructive feedback. Could be at your work-site or at school/youth organization.

Review student’s collection of artifacts and provide constructive feedback.

Help prepare students for the transition from school to work or post-secondary education by providing work experience, typically run on school grounds.

Participate in a variety of workforce development and education preparatory committees.

DO

DO activities help students start to do work that places them on the path to a specific occupation. These are long term experiences that require a high contact by the industry professional with support provided by the educator. Most suitable for 11th and 12th grade students, these can also lead to industry recognized certifications or credential that will help in the transition to career or college.

Provide students valuable work experience that helps them develop employable skills and learn about career areas of interest.At your work-site. (Summer could be full time)

Provides an opportunity for students to perform tasks in a supervised, authentic setting.

Provide students/job seekers an opportunity to participate in a project at your company. This “hands-on” experience can also provide them with information in the area of their career interests, and real world context for essential skills. At your work-site.

Provide students valuable work experience related to their career interests and aligned with their high school courses through a formalized program. At your work-site and a partnership with the schools’ Youth Apprenticeship Coordinator is necessary. Learn more about the Youth Apprenticeship Program >

Provide students valuable work experience related to their career interests and aligned with their high school courses through a formalized program. At your work-site and a partnership with the schools’ Youth Apprenticeship Coordinator is necessary.

Provide educators with an opportunity to learn more about your organization, your industry and the needs in the region so that they can assimilate information into high school curriculum and programs. At your work-site.

64% of students identified personal experiences as having the greatest influence over their career decisions.

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The Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO) exists to incubate educational innovations, improve known best practices, and increase educational equity.

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As part of the University of Wisconsin System, we live the Wisconsin Idea by incubating new educational opportunities, sharing what we learn along the way with PK-20 stakeholders, and supporting efforts to close opportunity gaps and eliminate achievement gaps.