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Career Education
You can share your career experience with students through two different programs:
Career Speakers Bureau
Career Advisory Board
Career Speakers Bureau
Be a special guest at career days and during career exploration classes. Provide students real life examples of potential professions.
Career Speakers’ role:
- describe what you do
- explain which school subjects you use during a day-in-the-life of your profession
- explain what type of schooling you needed after high school (ex. college, vocation, apprenticeship) to prepare you for your job
- answer student questions (ex. ballpark salary, what you like most about your job)
When, where and how long are career presentations?
- When: Career speakers are needed throughout the school year. Teachers submit requests and we compile a calendar of the opportunities. The most popular time of year is February and March. The presentations are made during the school day between 8am-3pm.
- Where: The presentations happen at high schools and middle schools throughout the city.
- Time commitment: Opportunities vary but most career presentations are approximately 15-20 minutes long and include a Questions & Answer portion. We ask that career speakers commit to presenting three times in a school year. This can mean presenting multiple times at one career day or on separate days.
Training
We provide an online training to help you prepare a compelling and fun presentation.
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Career Advisory Board
Burton High School is looking for people from Engineering, Finance, Health Sciences and Information Technology fields to volunteer two hours a month on an advisory committee that provides the principal and faculty members with real life examples from your industry to make sure the school’s curriculum and activities stay on the cutting edge of those fields. Advisory committee members will also assist in identifying internship opportunities, provide leads for career speakers and job shadowing.