Career Exploration

Your Custom Educational Development Plan

Everyday, CHS students are learning strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction. When they graduate, students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work. They will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

Every year, students of all grade levels will meet with their counselors to update their Educational Development Plans (EDP) through Xello. This is also a great website to use in exploring career and education options on your own.

For students applying to the Oakland Schools Technical Campus, you will need to hand in an updated EDP with your OSTC application at scheduling time. The Career Pathway that you select on your EDP must match the Career Pathway of the program that you are applying to at OSTC.

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POST HIGH-SCHOOL OPTIONS

Each year, juniors work on a unit in their English classes covering their post-high school options. The unit encourages students to begin thinking about the preparations they will need to start making their senior year in order to apply to colleges, the military, or enter the workforce.

Class of 2021 Post-High School Workbook

WORK PERMITS

Students who are under 18 years of age are required by the State Of Michigan to have a work permit completed by both their employer and the high school.

Students may obtain a Work Permit from the showcase in front of the Counseling office or from inside the Attendance office. Sections 1 and 2 must be completed first (by student and employer), then brought back to CHS to be signed and authorized by one of our secretaries.

Xello is an excellent career exploration website: Students can complete an interest inventory and link to career interests. Job descriptions, average earnings, Michigan employment outlook, and training program information, and links to colleges and universities that offer majors in a specific field are provided.

Career One Stop is sponsored by the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Provides links toexplore interests, careers, and planning tools.

"To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights."

Second Semester Transfer Request Window Closes November 29

Clarkston Community Schools is providing families an opportunity to decide if they would like their student(s) to continue with their current learning model or request a transfer to a different learning model at the start of second semester on January 19 (example: from Clarkston Virtual to elementary face-to-face learning in buildings with temporary distance learning contingency).

Transfer requests for the second semester will only be accepted until November 29, 2020 at 11:59pm. Requests will not be honored after the deadline date. This choice is a commitment for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year and no mid-semester transfers will be granted.

Who should complete the Transfer Request Form?

If your student(s) is currently participating in Face-to-Face/Hybrid Learning in buildings with Temporary Distance Learning contingency and you would like your student to be transferred to the Clarkston Virtual Program, please complete a Transfer Request Form.
If your student(s) is currently participating in the Clarkston Virtual Program and you would like to transfer to Face-to-Face/Hybrid Learning in buildings with Temporary Distance Learning contingency, please complete a Transfer Request Form.

Transfer Request Form

Who should NOT complete a Transfer Request Form?

If you wish for your child(ren) to remain in their current learning environment, please DO NOT fill out this form. Forms are required only for families requesting a transfer to a different learning model.
If you are not certain your family can commit to a new learning model from January 19 through the end of the school year, DO NOT complete a form. Mid-semester transfers cannot be accommodated.
If your student is not currently enrolled in Clarkston Community Schools, please DO NOT fill out this form. Visit our website at www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/enroll to enroll a new student. During the enrollment process, you will be given the choice to participate in Face-to-Face/Hybrid Learning in buildings with temporary Distance Learning contingency or the Clarkston Virtual Program.

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