PROGRAM
FEATURES
STAIRWAY
TO SUCCESS: PREPARATION FOR LIFE
STAIRWAY
TO SUCCESS,
Springfield’s School-to Career process provides students
with the skills and training they need to succeed in school,
jobs, higher education, careers, and in the community.
STAIRWAY
TO SUCCESS
is a developmental, cumulative model incorporating the
Career Development Benchmarks developed by the Massachusetts
Department of Education. By providing early exposure
to the environment of lifelong work and learning and emphasizing
the importance of character-building traits - respect,
responsibility, relationships and citizenship,
students are provided with skills required for future
success.
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Each
developmental step in the STAIRWAY TO SUCCESS is coordinated
with the Massachusetts Frameworks and is supported through
the school system by staff at the central office and a
Curriculum Resource Library.
School-to-Career
interventions enable students to practice and internalize
the habits of mind?hands-on learning, critical thinking,
synthesis, reflection, and self-presentation - that are
tested by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
(MCAS) and by life.
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Workplace
experiences coordinated with academics align school-based
education with career development. |
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Work
place experiences link academics to the workplace helping
students achieve necessary employment competencies. The
Massachusetts
Work-Based Learning Plan is the tool used to
evaluate student knowledge and skills on the job. |
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Designed
to help students develop and practice skills necessary to
make successful career choices. Students will explore career
options, and develop knowledge of the workplace. |
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A
workplace readiness competency training program as measured
by the Massachusetts Work-Based Learning Plan. The curriculum
is delivered during or after school or in a community-based
setting. |
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A
“bridge” provided to help navigate the middle
to high school journey through a continuation of career
development education and interventions designed to illustrate
the relevance of education to the attainment of career goals.
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8th,
9th, and 10th grade students’ lives are transformed
when they shadow workers and see that success in life depends
on responsibility, teamwork, problem solving, and a friendly
attitude. The Job Shadow Guide outlines specific activities
to ensure shadowing experiences are rich and rewarding.
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The
career portfolio process provides students with tools to
begin to explore careers by assessing their interests, skills,
aptitudes and abilities. It also assists in the high school
of choice selection process which is a student’s first
important career choice. |
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Speakers
from all walks of life (business, college, sports, public
service, and the arts) make learning relevant by introducing
their life experiences into classrooms in any subject area
through structured career & workforce development programs,
i.e. career strand, career development course, career exploration
curriculum or entrepreneur class. |
Stairway
To Success - Printable Version (PDF)
