The Fresno-Madera K-16 Collaborative and Central San Joaquin K-16 Partnership announced the inaugural Job Shadow Week, scheduled for Feb. 3 done 7. This initiative, inspired by National Groundhog Job Shadow Day, volition link students, chiefly from section precocious schools, with a divers array of professionals crossed the region, providing insights into assorted careers.
Throughout the week, students volition shadiness professionals successful fields specified arsenic wellness care, education, business, manufacturing and more. By observing and interacting with experienced workers, students volition summation a deeper knowing of however the skills they larn successful schoolhouse construe into real-world applications.
Local businesses and professionals are invited to unpaid arsenic occupation shadiness hosts. “Together, we tin animate the adjacent procreation and assistance them navigate their vocation paths with confidence,” said Karri Hammerstrom, enforcement manager of the Fresno-Madera K-16 Collaborative and pb for the Central San Joaquin K-16 Partnership.
The Fresno-Madera K-16 Collaborative – a Fresno State Foundation programme – is dedicated to equipping students with the skills, cognition and experiences needed to win successful their aboriginal careers.
“Job shadowing is an indispensable vocation improvement instrumentality that allows students to enactment alongside seasoned professionals, gaining first-hand acquisition successful antithetic occupation roles,” Hammerstrom said.
Groundhog Job Shadow Day, established by America’s Promise – Alliance for Youth, Junior Achievement, Society for Human Resource Management and the U.S. Department of Labor – serves arsenic a instauration for this initiative. It pairs students with mentors from participating organizations, helping them span the spread betwixt world learning and applicable vocation skills.
This year, some Fresno Unified and Sanger Unified School Districts are partnering with section employers specified arsenic the Fresno County Department of Public Health, the Better Business Bureau, CMAC IMAGO, Keiser Company, Fresno Chamber of Commerce, Cornerstone Care Center, ADCO Manufacturing, and Sanger High School to spot students. Participating employers get accrued visibility wrong the community, fortify ties to section acquisition and assistance signifier the region’s aboriginal workforce.
The Central San Joaquin Valley K-16 Partnership, a collaboration of the Fresno-Madera K-16 Collaborative and the Tulare-Kings College and Career Collaborative, was created to execute the equity-focused acquisition and socio-economic goals for the region’s K-16 students.
For much information, oregon to motion up arsenic a host, interaction Rachel Klassen astatine 559.492.7045 oregon klassenrachel@mail.fresnostate.edu, oregon Karri Hammerstrom astatine 559.916.4425 oregon khammerstrom@csufresno.edu.
