SUTHERLAND Career Center: Lower Mainland GREEN Team needs volunteers

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lower Mainland GREEN Team needs volunteers

The lower Mainland Green Team is a group of volunteers who conserve, enhance and protect green spaces throughout the Lower Mainland. Specifically, we remove invasive plants, plant native trees/plants and do clean-ups.

Volunteers are needed for:

Mosquito Creek event on Oct 20th,10am-1pm details here:

Capilano Regional Park event November 9th,10am-1pm details here:

Instruction and supervision will be provided
Tools, equipment and refreshments will be provided

While this event is focused on encouraging youth participation, the event is open to the community

Through this initiative youth will:

Conserve and enhance green spaces

Learn about environmental issues facing parks

Develop stewardship, leadership and teambuilding skills

Improve self-esteem

Spend time in nature

Engage in physical activity

Fulfill volunteer hours that are required at school

Learn curriculum material in a new way. Teachers are encouraged to help students determine how much invasive plants (e.g. calculate cubic meters) were pulled and teach them about ecology (i.e. plants)

If you are interested in participating in either of these events please email: l owermainlandgreenteam@gmail.com.http://www.meetup.com/The-Lower-Mainland-Green-Team/events/26301061/http://www.meetup.com/The-Lower-Mainland-Green-Team/events/25529101/

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

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lower Mainland GREEN Team needs volunteers

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