Career Academies in Northeast Florida
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Career Academies on Florida's First Coast are unique "schools-within-schools." Career Academies offer structured, personalized learning through career-related classes with focus on technical skills for a chosen industry. Exciting opportunities for students offer them a chance to succeed academically while gaining valuable knowledge towards a lifetime career. By partnering with its host community, a Career Academy is able to benefit students and employers alike, giving graduates advanced skills, and their potential employers a capable, specialized workforce from which to hire.
Why Career Academies?
Students study all the basic courses AND get a skill they will keep for a lifetime... all while getting a head start on a career path. It's like choosing a major... they can always change later, but national data shows that many young people stay in the same field for a long time. And Career Academy students go to college more often than other students.
Solid academics AND career skills… That's what Career Academies are all about. Here in Northeast Florida, we are setting the pace for educators and business leaders across the US.
Why Career Academies are right for... businesses, educators, students, parents
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Did You Know
There is a famous (at least in some circles) online video that highlights the challenges of the global economy and how America is preparing for the future. And although now dated—it was first shown in 2004—its essential premise remains thought-provoking: There are more folks in other countries competing for jobs, and emerging technology that will change how we all work. Career Academies are an important avenue to address this shift. Some excerpts from the seminal video (remembering that this information is over six years old).
- The Chinese citizens with the top 25% IQs (and 28% of Indians) number more than the entire population of North America
- Translation: They have more honors kids than we have kids
- The US Department of Labor predicts that new entrants to the workforce will have between 10 and 14 jobs... by the time they turn 38
- Name this country:
- Richest
- Largest military
- Center of global business and finance
- Strongest education system
- Innovation center of the world
- Highest standard of living
- ... Answer: England, in 1900
- Watch the original video for yourself by clicking here
