SUTHERLAND Career Center: 2013-05-05

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Volunteer at the Chinatown Festival

                                                         Chinatown Festival Aug 10-11

                                                           www.vancouver-chinatown.com

Volunteer for the                    Day Market        Cultural Corner       Kids Corner     Theme Area

                                                     Main Stage    Volunteer Tents         and Streetfest.

                        Share your culture with Vancouver and work experience hours needed to graduate.

                                             volunteers@vancouver-chinatown.com     604-632-3808

Register now for one week in Ottawa next year.

Encounters with Canada is now taking applications for the 2013/14 school year. Choose the week you want to go to Ottawa for one week!! Meet with 120 other students from across Canada while touring our capitol city.

YOUTH Program

https://www.ewc-rdc.ca/en/our_youth_program/index.html

Calendar for 2013/2014

https://www.ewc-rdc.ca/en/our_youth_program/calendar.html

Special promotion for early fall sessions

Sports & Fitness
: Sept. 8-14, 2013
Arts & Culture
: Sept. 15-21, 2013
Medicine & Health
: Sept. 22-28, 2013

Students interested in attending one of the three sessions listed above need only pay $575 (instead of the usual $675).Register asap to try to get one of the available spots.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Vancouver Aquarium Work Experience Register NOW

If you're interested in volunteering
at the Vancouver Aquarium
during the summer then you need to apply NOW

Registration is online at www.vanaqua.org/summer-wex

This is highly competitive........they will accept the first 200 applicants for 150 positions and then the application process will be closed....likely by the end of this week!!!!

· Students do not need to send in a cover letter and resume, but have to fill out the online registration form and answer questions

List of available placements is on the website

The work experience placements will be available to all youth between 14-18 years old

· Preference will be given to students in higher grades, due to requirements for specific placements

Students can use these hours for volunteer hours or work experience hours

There will be a set of core training that all students will have to attend before their training for their specific placement

Students can apply to 1 placement only. Choose multiple groups within 1 placement, but apply to only 1 placement. Students will really have to decide which placement is best suited for their skills, interest and availability

·         Process will still be competitive with group or phone interviews for some placements

                                                                    Apply NOW!

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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

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Volunteer at the Chinatown Festival

Register now for one week in Ottawa next year.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Vancouver Aquarium Work Experience Register NOW

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