CAREERS GETTING A JUMP-START; GRANT TO PREPARE STUDENTS.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Recognizing work done in preparing students for careers, the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale has been awarded $600,000 in the first year of a five-year federal grant. The money will allow the district and the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Career Prep Council to continue efforts on its plan developed in 1992, the Antelope Valley Bridge from Education to Careers, in which officials from education, business, industry and government laid out a career development process for students. ``They have school-to-career integrated to academics and work-based learning like the medical magnet,'' said Sophia Waugh Waugh , Evelyn (Arthur Saint John) 1903-1966. British writer whose satirical novels, such as Decline and Fall (1928) and Vile Bodies (1930), lampoon high society. , a member of Gov. Pete Wilson's school-to-career advisory council that selected the district. ``They are connecting with Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. and linking youths together with all activities, with the employer and with learning.'' Antelope Valley was one of 15 districts or programs selected for funding by the state for the 1998-99 year, said June June: see month. Battey, the district's coordinator of school-to-career and regional occupational programs. Funding is provided in the first four years of the grant and the amount of money received in subsequent years depends on how well the program is working and how much money is available. Battey said the total could add up to $2 million. The 1992 plan included making Antelope Valley youngsters more aware of potential careers and what they need to accomplish in acquiring them. ``It's a process to help students open options and then focus by high school on areas of interest,'' Battey said. With the grant, the district and council will identify career activities for elementary school elementary school: see school. students and come up with different lesson plans on careers. ``It might simply be understanding different types of careers,'' Battey said. ``The purpose is to help students zero in and open up opportunities available to them.'' At the high school level, the plan calls for helping students gain experience through job-shadowing and internships, and develop plans beyond high school, Battey said. The money will be paying teachers to work outside school hours to help write lesson plans and come up with career activities, purchase career resource information, and conduct a regional labor market labor market A place where labor is exchanged for wages; an LM is defined by geography, education and technical expertise, occupation, licensure or certification requirements, and job experience study of local industry to identify the kinds of jobs available and the skills required. |
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