Interagency
Academy is a career-focused alternative school whose mission
is to assist students in building bridges to community and
careers.
Career
assessment, research, exploration, and preparation and then community integration.
Career Assessment
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- Learning for Life Career Interest Assessment- this form generates
some of the Career Speaker and Field Trips
- WOIS Electronic Portfolio - www.wois.org
- Career Interest Activity
- Interest Profiler
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Career Research |
- WOIS Online research tool
- Bridges Online Program
- Seattle Public Library
- Career Speaker Series
- Career Field Trips
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Career Exploration |
- Career Job Shadows
- Exploration Programs - ACAP, DigiGirlz, Gene Juarez Career Explore,
John Robert Powers, Digipen, etc
- Career Internships:
- Unpaid Internship placement through preparation and motivation
- refer to Readiness Checklist
- Paid Career Internships:
- For the seriously prepared students there are some paid internshops
that are designed to prepare selected students for employment
and a career path.
- Accounting - through ACAP - teenjobs.org
- Microsoft
- WAMU
- SYEP
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Career Preparation
Phase I |
- Skills For Success
- Applicaytion for Employment
- Resume Completion - WOIS, Microsoft Tools
- Cover Letter Completion - WOIS
- Thank You Letter
- Interviewing Skills
- Attend Employment / Career / Job Fairs
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Career Preparation Phase II
Linkages to Trades and Vocational Apprenticeships
and Community College |
- Participation in Pre-Apprenticeship Programs
- C'West - Construction Trades pre-Apprenticeship
- City Campus / Tech Prep Courses - Health Occupations, Auto
Technology, Auto Collision
- XIP Program (IEP students) - Culinary Arts - NSCC, Mt St Vincent,
SSD Print Shop, Landscape Program
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Community Integration
5th Year Plan for Post High School |
- Vocational Technical Education research and exploration
- College / University exploration through online research and field
trips
- Financial Aid support - Local and Online financial aide - visit
NELA Foundation
- Military Service exploration - Recruitiment upon request, field
trips
- Internship to employment
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