CAREER LOCK-INS
This is a career day that is designed to take professionals from multiple various career backgrounds to come in and do what they do best, teach and talk about their careers. This event is designed to be a full day of the career experience. This is achieved by a revolving door of children rotating throughout the day to various rooms with professionals waiting in them. This is done like a college schedule rotation.
This rotation is done every 40 minutes to give them a good intimate interaction yet not fry their brains by keeping them confined to long in one setting. This becomes specialized and streamlined by pulling the counseling staff in to help them gravitate these children to some of their potential interest when we establish scheduling. The other events give a good introduction to the craft or school with an extended hand with financial resources. This program gives them the 3-D interaction.
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Career Lock-In is an immersive, full-day career exploration experience that gives students the opportunity to move beyond simply learning about careers and experience meaningful, face-to-face interaction with professionals who work in those fields every day.
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Prior to the event, students are encouraged to identify four career pathways that interest them. This helps them begin thinking intentionally about their strengths, interests, and possible futures. In collaboration with school counseling staff, students are then placed into customized schedules designed to expose them to professionals and career fields that align with their interests while also introducing them to new possibilities.
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The experience follows a college-style rotating schedule, with students moving to a different career session approximately every 60 minutes. Each session provides an intimate setting where professionals can share their personal career journeys, explain the education and training required, discuss day-to-day responsibilities, answer questions, and offer firsthand insight into what it takes to succeed in their field.
The smaller, focused sessions allow students to have meaningful conversations without becoming overwhelmed by lengthy presentations. Students can ask questions, explore career realities, and gain a deeper understanding of pathways they may not have previously considered.
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While Ascend’s other career initiatives provide students with broad exposure to colleges, skilled trades, specialty careers, and financial resources, Career Lock-In provides the opportunity to go deeper by putting students directly in the room with professionals.
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The result is a personalized career exploration experience that helps students connect their interests to real-world possibilities and begin envisioning themselves in the careers they may one day pursue.
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Four interests. Multiple possibilities. One day designed to help students discover what comes next.