New Jersey Public Schools

Career Preparation

There has been criticism over the years from the business and corporate community about the lack of workplace skills among young employees. In addition, modern workers are faced with rapidly changing work opportunities that require all of us to have a greater variety of skills in order to survive the career changes we are likely to encounter.

In 2004, the State Board of Education adopted the revised Standards and Assessment code that contains the Core Curriculum Content Standards and the statewide assessment system. The Department of Education proposed changes that would create greater flexibility for high school students to select courses and establish new paths to a high school diploma that place priority on demonstrating proficiency in required content areas. If adopted, the proposed changes would also accommodate the new senior year project that allows students who have passed the High School Proficiency Assessment the option of pursuing other experiences in high school.

The department's 12th-Grade Pilot Program was designed to encourage high school seniors who have finished all graduation requirements to enroll in college-credit courses or seek volunteer opportunities for both personal and intellectual growth. It also encouraged districts to offer high school seniors a variety of out-of-school options, such as online courses and community service work.

The department has also focused its attention on partnerships among business, school districts, and institutions of higher education to create career academies for students interested in pursuing certain careers. Under this program, the Department of Education has helped to launch four different career academy programs during the 2002-03 school year. The first was the partnership of Pfizer and Morris School District to build a career exploration laboratory for a medical/health program that will ultimately benefit all students at Morristown High School.

The second partnership was PSE&G with the Trenton School District and Mercer County Community College to develop a utility engineering program. Third were the Academies at Englewood that have the involvement of Verizon and feature programs in law and public safety and informational technology.

Fourth was the partnership of Commerce Bank and the Cherry Hill School District that launched the Cherry Hill Business Academy for Studies and Experiences (BASE).

The academy is available to the more than 3,600 high school students from Cherry Hill's two high schools and involves three colleges -- Drexel University, Camden County Community College and Rutgers University. There are plans for additional partnerships to create career programs in local districts.

Source from Department of Education New Jersey

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