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COMMUNITY SERVICE:
[COMMUNITY SERVICE—NON-PROFIT]    
COURSE NUMBER: 0524-0E
FULL YEAR--1 BLOCK ONLY                                    
GRADES: 11-12
PREREQUISITES: none

DESCRIPTION: This full year course is designed for students who want an opportunity to serve their community and in some cases participate with a non-profit service group or institution that embraces a possible career choice. Students will need to have junior or senior class status and provide their own transportation to their service site. All candidates who want to be considered for placement in this course will go through an application process. All juniors and seniors enrolled in this course will create a “competitive portfolio” during semester one that highlights individual and educational achievements, highlight their service-learning experience, and explores professional and career opportunities. All juniors will participate second semester in the Senior Project Presentation evening by creating a display highlighting their experience for the community to view. All seniors will be involved in the Senior Project presentation during second semester.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
[COMMUNITY SERVICE—SCHOOLS]        
COURSE NUMBER: 0524-0S
FULL YEAR--1 BLOCK ONLY                                      
GRADE: 11-12
PREREQUISITES: Completed application process prior to enrolling in course.  Application packet should be picked up from your counselor and returned to room 312.
DESCRIPTION: This full year course is designed for students who want an opportunity to serve local schools in a variety of capacities, both within individual classrooms and in the school as a whole that will embrace a possible career choice in education. Students will need to have a junior or senior class status and provide their own transportation to their service site. All candidates who want to be considered for placement in this course will go through an application process. All students enrolled in this course will create a “competitive portfolio” during semester one that highlights individual and educational achievements, highlights their service-learning experience, and explores professional and career opportunities. Students will be expected to respond to education related journal topics and complete a bulletin board display and/or lesson plan each grading period. All juniors will participate second semester in the Senior Project Presentation evening by creating a display highlighting their experience for the community to view. All seniors will be required to participate in the Senior Project presentation evening during second semester.

CADET TEACHING                                    
COURSE NUMBER: 0502-0E
FULL YEAR--1 BLOCK ONLY (MAY ALSO BE TAKEN WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE-SCHOOLS)                                        
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITES: Completed application process prior to enrolling in course.  Application packet should be picked up from your counselor and returned to room 312.
DESCRIPTION This elective course provides seniors organized exploratory teaching experiences in grades kindergarten (K) through grade nine (9). All teaching experiences should be preplanned by the high school Cadet Teaching Experience teacher-trainer and the cooperating teacher(s) who are interested in supervising prospective teachers and providing them with pre-training experiences in one or more classes. This course provides a balance of class work relating to:  (1) classroom organization, (2) classroom management, (3) the curriculum and instructional process, (4) observations of teaching, and (5) instructional experiences. Study topics and background reading provide the cadets information concerning the teaching profession and the nature of the cadet teachers’ assignments. Evaluation is based upon the cadet teachers’ cooperation, day-to-day practical performance, and class work including the cadets’ potential ability to teach. The total workload of the Cadet Teaching course is comparable to those for other subjects in the high school curriculum. Total credits are limited to four (4)—one per semester. Seniors having a desire to cadet teach on a daily basis should also enroll in the course Community Service—Schools. All seniors will be required to participate in the Senior Project presentation evening during second semester.

CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP:
[SENIOR INTERNSHIPS]                           
COURSE NUMBER: 0530-0E
FULL YEAR--2 BLOCKS                                          
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITE: Completed application process prior to enrolling in course.  Application packet should be picked up from your counselor and returned to room 312.
DESCRIPTION: The Senior Internship Program is an exciting and practical course that allows you to experience the rigors and responsibilities of working in a desired profession.  Although you don’t get paid, you are expected to accomplish the tasks of a normal employee.  Attendance, work performance, communication skills, growth, and reliability are all important qualities we evaluate you upon.  The Internship Program is focused on the following three components. 1) To provide an opportunity for you to link school to career while exploring the many facets of the workplace. 2) We will monitor you at your place of internship, be a liaison between you and your workplace coordinator, and be available to help evaluate performance, and 3) We want you to have a worthwhile, hands-on experience at the workplace.  You should be exposed to a variety of tasks and/or situations.  Your workplace coordinator will evaluate you as if you were a current paid employee. Students will spend a portion of their internship time in class discussing a variety of work-related issues. All juniors and seniors enrolled in this course will create a “competitive portfolio” during semester one that highlights individual and educational achievements, highlight their service-learning experience, and explores professional and career opportunities. All seniors will be involved in the Senior Project presentation during second semester.