SUTHERLAND Career Center: 2014-11-23

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Key Volunteers / Volunteers - Children's Festival

Vancouver International Children's Festival

are currently recruiting

Key Volunteers for their 2015 Festival!

May 25 to 31, 2015

Key volunteers will recruit and coordinate the volunteers at your school and get a Key Position the week of the Festival. Great for anyone considering a career in Event Planning & Management.

Act Quickly! Key Volunteer Meetings begin on December 6

To make the Festival run smoothly, volunteers are needed in many areas including:

Arts Activities
Ushering/Box Office
Hosting & Info Traffic
Sales
Administrations
Security
Pre-festival Office Assistance

For more information contact: Diana Stewart-Imbertvolunteer@childrensfestival.ca 604.708.5665 ext 105

or see Ms.Abad / Ms. Watson

Find a Career That Fits (Dec 11)

BC's growing economy will lead to one million job openings by 2020!

The WorkBC's 'Find Your Fit is an interactive event where students 8in grades 8-12 have the opportunity to try the skills they will need for different careers that are in demand across the province.

When:      December 11, 2014
Time:       Parents and Families 5:30-7:00pm
Where:     Mountainside Secondary Gym
                 3365 Mahon Avenue
                 North Vancouver

There is no cost to attend, booking is not required.

Gift Wrap Volunteer (Park Royal)

Wrapping for a good cause!
Please also invite your friends to join you and sign up for shifts together.

Lions Gate Hospital Foundation is seeking volunteers for our Holiday Gift Wrap Centre at Park Royal Mall from December 6 - December 24. All proceeds from the Wrap Centre will help support the LGH NOW campaign to build a new Outpatient Care Centre and a contemporary Atrium – the new heart of LGH.

We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to sign up for 4 hour shifts on weekdays and weekends.

You will be responsible for:

showing up to their shift on time
greeting and interacting with customers
wrapping gifts for customers
oversee gift wrap stock
help customers choose appropriate paper and ribbons
ensuring the safekeeping of client gifts and accept donations

Gift wrapping training and orientations will be held during the week of December 1^st.

Please sign up for your shifts online: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/holiday-gift-wrapping-tickets-14177987743

For more info:
Stefanie at wyerrose@telus.net
604-984-5785

see Ms. Abad if you want the volunteer hours for school credit

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Work Experience Courses ~ WEX12A & WEX12B

WORK EXPERIENCE provides an opportunity for students, explore career options, build employable skills, possibly land their first job, give back to the community, add to their resume, scholarship, university applications and is a great life experience!!

Work experience takes place in the community providing students with an opportunity to explore a career of interest to them. Typically it is a school-arranged, non-paid placement which may lead to an apprenticeship or employment.

Requirement:

1. Complete WorkSafe BC Program (see Mr. Nevison)
2. Meet with the Work Experience Facilitator (Ms. Nieken-Spence) to determine career focus & arrange a placement
3. Complete 30-100 hours of volunteer or work experience
4. Submit a written report

Students may choose to register in the following Career programs:

1. Grade 10 Science COOP = 100 hours of career exploration (Planning 10 and Science 10 are the courses associated with the program. Incorporates WEX12A by allowing students to attend a work placement every Monday and Thursday afternoons, to complete the required 100 hours.

2. Grade 10 Explorer Program = 30 + hours of career exploration (Social Studies & PE Leadership are the courses associated with the program). Includes an opportunity for students to complete the minimum 30 hour Work experience requirement for graduation. Students attend work placement every Thursday afternoon.

3. Grade 11 and/or 12 Work Experience Program = 100 hours of career exploration (can be completed within the timetable of outside of the timetable including summers and other school break times. Register in WEX 12A/12B.

4. SSA (Secondary School Apprenticeship) = 4 courses for a total of 16 credits (can be started as early as age 15/can be done part time or over summer and other school breaks/ can be scheduled as an entire semester outside of the school classroom).

SSA is a career program that allows students to begin an apprenticeship while still in school and earn high school credits for doing so and be eligible for a $1000 scholarship!!

An apprenticeship is a paid training program for trades and technical careers that involves a combination of on the job training and classroom instruction. Register in SSA11a / SSA11b/ SSA12a/ SSA 12b.

For a list of apprenticeable trades, go to http://www.itabc.ca/

5. ACE IT Training = Foundation Level studies in a variety of trades (Cook Level 1 @ Carson Graham / Carpentry @WVSS / other trades at the Post-Secondary Institute – BCIT, VCC, etc)

Hidden Apprentices -- If you are working, you may already be a Secondary School Apprentice.

New resources to Help Students Find A Career in Skilled Trades: http://www.tradestrainingbc.ca/

For further information, please contact:

James Nevison (Teacher/Career Advisor) jnevison@sd44.ca
Yolanda Nieken-Spence (Work Experience Facilitator) YNieken-Spence@sd44.ca