SUTHERLAND Career Center: Volunteer ---Canada Day on Granville Island!!!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Volunteer ---Canada Day on Granville Island!!!

Granville Island is celebrating Canada Day and we need your help!

Canada Day on Granville Island is an exciting and dynamic event celebrated every year, bringing together community members from the Lower Mainland and around the world, in a fun and positive way.

We are looking for volunteers to help in some of the following ways;

being a Greeters, helping out at the Tattoo Station, marching in the Parade

assisting in our huge cake ceremony and more!!

If you are an energetic, helpful, outgoing, polite individual, we would love to have you on board!

volunteer@granvilleisland.com for a registration form. deadline June 8th
Or copies on the WEX Bulletin Board outside of the counselling office.

Be sure to get back to us soon as we need to know your T-shirt size by Friday, June 8th!

If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Lemay, Volunteer Coordinator for Canada Day.

Nicole Lemay and Mark Hsu

Canada

Day Volunteer Coordinators CMHC Granville Island

1661 Duranleau Street

Vancouver, BC V6H 3S3

Phone: 604-666-6832 or 604-666-6451

Fax: 604-666-4937

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

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Volunteer ---Canada Day on Granville Island!!!

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