Career Education and Related Special Events
Career Education means exploring and learning to manage one's pathway through life, including work. Exploring various careers is important, rewarding, and exciting, but ... sometimes confusing. EIPS helps smooth the process by giving students encouragement, advice, and practical experiences as they explore their goals and opportunities for the future. EIPS has built the process of career planning into many of its curricular and extracurricular programs.
Programs and events available to our students as they move through Elementary, Junior High and Senior High school may include:
1. Career concepts are integrated within all courses, as appropriate.
2. It's a Matter of Choice Career Fair - An annual information evening with post-secondary institutions, strives to assist students and parents with planning for life after high school.
3. Career and Technology Studies Program (CTS) helps junior and senior high school students to develop skills they can apply in daily living now and in the future, investigate career options and make effective career choices, use technology...
4. Work Experience - Students actively participate in the world of work.
5. Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) is a way for registered high school students to become apprentices, and earn credits toward an apprenticeship program and a high school diploma at the same time...
6. Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) by post secondary and work site.
7. Young Authors Conference - for students in grades 4-9.
8. Take Our Kids to Work - Federal and Provincial initiative to have students job shadow a parent's work role.
9. Young Scientists Conference - Sponsored by Agrium and hosted by the University of Alberta, the conference provides the opportunity for students from Elk Island Public Schools, Sturgeon School Division, and Elk Island Catholic Schools to investigate real-world applications in the field of science.
10. Career and Life Management (CALM) is a compulsory Senior High course.
11. Student Skills Portfolios - Business and education initiative that sponsors a portfolio binder for students' skills and accomplishments.
12. School Career Centres - Career resource centres within schools.
13. Occupation Information Interviewing - Students interviewing work role models in the work place.
14. Job Shadowing - Students spending a portion of one day experiencing a specific work role in the workplace.
15. Green Certificate Program - Its apprenticeship style of delivery ensures that participants learn through actively performing the skills required. This means going out into the barn, or field or corrals and getting dirty.
16. Skills Canada - Trade and technology-based skills competitions.
If you would like more information about the above mentioned programs and events, please contact:
Phone: (780) 417-8147 or
Send an e-mail to EIPS Student Career Education via our contact form.
