Sponsors:

Emily Cross and Cynthia Crandol

Meeting Information: During class

EFE's purpose is to promote student interest in many careers while in high school and to guide students in the right direction in pursuing those careers. The goal is to transition the students from school to work by giving them the necessary educational tools in the classroom to sustain them while on a job and throughout life.

Students must be enrolled in the Education for Employment classes in order to be a club member.

EFE I: Students investigate various occupational fields, examine occupational requirements, and select a career pathway.  They begin to focus on improving and attaining skills required for specific occupations and practice solving real-world problems in the home, in school, and in the workplace.

EFE II: Students receive school-based and community-based instruction organized around an approved job that leads toward their career goal.  The teacher-coordinator, on-the-job training sponsor, parent, and student develop an individualized training plan that identifies learning experiences according to the student's occupational objective.  The on-the-job paid training is an extension of the classroom instruction coordinated by the classroom teacher with a set of performance objectives and skills.

During the 2006-2007 school year, EFE members participated in the Career Expo, toured worksites, gained interviewing for success techniques, and completed workplace readiness activities.