Mrs. Hollifield, the Career Center Technician, provides great assistance for FHS students.
April Nicks and Eric Traxter read through the current occupational/career information that is easily accessible for FHS students.
Sandy Stephens uses the latest computer software.
Lauren Bagley (left) and April Nicks (right) discuss the various career choices with Mrs. Hollifield (center).
Career Counseling
Forest High School Career Center
is easily accessible by high school students and provide current occupational/career information as well as various inventories, assessments, videos, software, and Internet access.
Teach - Advisors
serve as a link between professional guidance services and the student. Advisors assist students in completing the Career/Educational Plan and review these plans with parents annually.
Forest Career/Educational Plan
is a compilation of student data collected from seventh grade through high school. Students may take the plan with them to institutions of higher learning or directly to potential employers.
Articulation
creates a smooth transition from high school to community/junior colleges or the workforce. Institutions work together to coordinate instructional content, provide advanced placement, and create sequential courses of study.
Forest Tech Prep . . .
The Forest Tech Prep Initiative prepares young people for careers of the future. Tech Prep is based on principles of integrating academic and vocational education and enhancing applied teaching strategies. By combining innovative teaching methods and high-tech equipment, challenging and exciting classrooms have emerged. A major factor in the success of Tech Prep is a strong partnership between community/junior colleges and business and industry.
Applied Academic Instruction
- Infuses hands-on, laboratory-centered activities into academic courses
- Focuses on mathematics, science, and communications
- Empowers students to understand the purpose and value of education
- Agriculture/Natural Resources Technology
- Arts/Humanities
- Business/Marketing Technology
- Engineering/Industrial Technology
- Health/Human Services Technology
Innovative Courses
Career Discovery
- is an experiential hands-on course for seventh graders
- promotes career exploration and educational planning
- develops basic understanding of aptitudes, interests, and abilities as related to academic goals
- develops basic competencies related to problem solving, human relations and other core career skills
- is an innovative multimedia course for eighth graders
- focuses on microcomputer applications and telecommunications
- applies problem-solving, decision-making, and critical thinking skills
- is a state-of-the-art technology course for ninth graders
- explores technology resources, processes, and systems
- utilizes research, visualization, modeling, design, simulation, prototyping, journaling, presentations, demonstrations, problem-solving techniques, role-playing, and testing
For more information, contact:
Forest High School
469-3255
Hawkins Middle School
469-1474
or
East Central Community College
635-2111
FMSD & ECCC are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate on the basis or race, color, national origin, sex, handicap and age.
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