Education
To Career Programs |
| Barrington
High School is a member of the Northwest Suburban
Education to Careers Partnership, along with high
school districts #211 and #214 and Harper College
District #512. The purpose of the partnership
is to offer coordinated and specialized career awareness
and exploration services for high school, community
college and adult students. |
Career
Education Mission Statement |
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Barrington High School Counselors in alliance with
business partners, faculty representatives, parents
and students recognize the link between career satisfaction
and life fulfillment. We strive to enable students
to gain self-awareness, investigate options, and
plan for the future. Our goal is to expose
students to this career education planning process
as a resource for life-long learning. |
Career
Planning |
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Career planning,
including interest inventories and personality profiles
for students beginning the process of exploring their
interests, attitudes and goals is available. Career
treks and job shadowing experiences are also encouraged
as a means of exploring career ideas. Internships
are offered to second semester seniors who want to
gain in-depth, hands-on experience in a particular
career. Interns are assigned a specific job
site and may spend up to twelve hours a week for
a ten-twelve week period.
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| Career
Expo |
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Career
Expo is a joint effort of BHS, School Districts
211 and 214 and Harper College. This valuable
experience is helpful to students searching for information
about specific careers. Career Expo is held at Willow Creek Activity Center. Professional
career associations and career professionals offer
information and answer questions about careers. A
variety of panel discussions are scheduled that outline:
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Career
Trek |
This is a unique career exploration
opportunity available to seniors. Students spend
a day traveling to various job sites with one career
cluster. Usually 10-20 students along with school
chaperones participate in Career Trek. This program
is designated for students who are focused on a specific
career area and want to gain information and insight
into options and opportunities available within the
particular field. For more information contact Diane
Myers.
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Dual
Credit Courses, Shared Courses, Articulated Courses |
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