ECAP (Education and career action plan)
Implementation
What:
In addition to earning a high school diploma, Pima Vocational High School has, since its inception, been committed to the goals of helping students…
When:
Where:
What:
In addition to earning a high school diploma, Pima Vocational High School has, since its inception, been committed to the goals of helping students…
- learn sustainable job skills
- create a career plan
- complete an academic and career portfolio that details a comprehensive career/academic path for their chosen career or trade. New students participate in an introductory class that explains the portfolio requirement. The completion of this portfolio is required for graduation. Graduating senior presents his/her portfolio to a panel that includes a chosen teacher, an administrator, a chosen student (under classman), a parent or other family member, a community member, which can include a school board member, a workplace member or other.
- Career and job readiness classes called Modular 1, Modular 2, and Modular 3
- Work experience both during and after school, including internships in chosen career field
- Weekly Advising classes – Advising classes entail three credit groups coordinated by school colors and progress according to each color with regard to College and Career Readiness:
- Teal – A student who has 0 – 9.75 credits
- Purple – A student who has 10 – 15.75 credits
- Gold – A student who has 16 credits or more
- Curriculum Mapping that is designed to be relevant in the real world and life post high school
- An Advisor is assigned to each student to help him/her with academic, career, and post-secondary goals
- Youth Specialists work with students in career and job readiness (Modular) classes as well as with individual goals and plans
- Work Place Mentors come alongside students to teach them on-the-job skills and evaluate for student reflection and improvement
- Teachers plan curriculum that is relevant to the real world and life post high school
When:
- New students enter the PVHS program every six weeks after a 2-day orientation; these six-week sessions allow students to see their success right away through course completions. Students come in with a varying amount of credits and are placed in an advising group the first day of a new session.
- The school year runs from mid -July through mid-June, with six 6-week sessions, providing for an opportunity for students to accelerate their earned course credits. Students earn .25 credit for each of five classes, but may earn more for work experience, volunteering or completing Independent Studies. They may earn 7.50 or more credits in one year for a total of 22 credits needed for graduation.
- The school graduates 50 – 60 students a year, either in December or in June.
Where:
- PVHS has two sites, strategically placed in the Tucson area.
- Students choose their site based on proximity to home as well as the job placement opportunities in which they are interested.
