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High School Students
Gear Up for Job Shadowing
 High
School students throughout Yolo County will join students across
America "shadow" workplace mentors as they go through
a typical day on the job. The students get to see firsthand how
the skills and knowledge they gain in school relate to the workplace.
Students are typically matched based on their areas
of interest with employers who offer jobs/careers in those areas.
Students usually spend a half day with employers meeting employees,
talking about workplace attitude and job requirements and duties.
Job shadowing is a win-win situation for all involved!
Each participant gains unique benefits from job shadowing. Job
Shadowing begins February 1.
Students
- Provides them with answers to the questions, "Why do
I have to learn this?" and "Would I want to make this
job a career?"
- Lets them observe not only job characteristics and responsibilities
but also what each profession requires on a day-to-day basis.
- Allows them to learn first-hand what it takes to make it
in their fields of interest from the people who know best--
working professionals!
Educators
- Helps them motivate students to learn by demonstrating the
link between classroom lessons and “real work world.”
- Helps them to craft lesson plans around students' career
interests
Employers
- Allows them to build student career interest in different
industries
- Creates a feeling of personal satisfaction that comes from
mentoring a young person
Yolo County Office of Education is partnered with LEED (Linking
Education and Economic Development) of Sacramento through the
Capital Region Youth System Collaborative (CRYSC) which allows
Yolo students to participate in job shadow activities throughout
the 10 county region, including Sacramento employers.
 National
Job Shadowing is a joint effort between America's Promise, the
National School-to-Work Office, Junior Achievement and Society
for Human Resource Management. It is lead by the National Job
Shadow Coalition and is supported though a national sponsorship
by Monster.com and a co-sponsorship by News Corporation.
Last year, more than one million of America's youth
were able to explore more than 100,000 workplaces throughout the
nation.
To sign up to participate as a student, teacher, or employer,
please contact Gayle McLevich, Yolo County Office
of Education, High School Coordinator, at mclevich@ycoe.org
or 530-668-3710 or Theresa Milan, LEED, 916-858-0686.
Yolo
County looks forward to the 2004 National Groundhog Job Shadow
Day and invites you to participate!
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