Career Education is a comprehensive, lifelong educational process, which encourages and empowers ALL individuals at ALL levels of their development to make appropriate personal applications of learning to prepare for and achieve a satisfying career and lifestyle. In high school, career education includes many activities, experiences, and opportunities that will assist students to reach the goals of career education:

• Make learning more relevant to students.
• Instill the desire to be lifelong learners.
• Assist students to set post secondary educational and career goals.

As freshmen, 9th grade students complete a 4 year plan to assist them in establishing long-range goals and developing a plan to meet these goals. Students also complete a career exploration unit using the CHOICES/BRIDGES web-based assessment that includes an interest and skills inventory and college search. Based on the inventory, consultation with parents/guardians, and counselors, students in the Elk Grove Unified School District can begin their career preparation via academies, majors, career paths or Regional Occupational Programs (ROP).

What is an Academy?

EGUSD academies are 3 or 4 year programs to which students must apply. The academy curriculum integrates academic and career/technical education. While providing students with a solid background for a college major. academy programs incorporate business partnerships to provide opportunities for students to learn about and experience work while in school. Students who complete an academy program have completed all district graduation requirements and are prepared to attend college and/or enter the work world.

What is a Career Path or Major?

A career path or major is a series of specialized courses concentrated in a particular career or academic area. Students are provided with the introductory skills and knowledge necessary to pursue post-secondary education or work immediately after graduation from high school.

Academies, majors and career paths in the Elk Grove Unified School District include courses in these specific career fields: agriculture, athletics, business, communication and media, consumer and family, engineering, health, industrial technology, information technology, and visual and performing arts.

What is ROP?

The Regional Opportunity Program is a tuition- free career preparation program for high school students, 16 years or older, operated by the Sacramento County Office of Education. Most ROP programs include initial classroom instruction followed by four days at a training site and one day classroom instruction. Classes are one or two semesters in length and are usually two or three hours daily.

Listed below are some of career paths at each of the EGUSD high schools. For specific information about academies, major, career paths or ROP, contact your school counselor and/or refer to the EGUSD course catalog.

Elk Grove High School

Agriculture: Agribusiness, Environmental and Animal Science, Fabrication with Wood and Metal, Ag Mechanics. Ag Science Academy

Consumer and Family: Career paths in Child Development, Foods and Nutrition, Fashion and Clothing Design

Industrial Technology: Auto Mechanics

ROP: Sales and Service

Florin High

Agriculture: Animal Science, Ag Mechanics, Floriculture/Horticulture. Ag TECH Academy

Athletics: Preparation for careers or advanced studies in Athletics, Sports, and/or Physical Education in the related fields.

Business: Business/Marketing, Computer Technology. Business Education Technology Academy

Communication: Communication Connection Academy

Consumer and Family: Child Development, Foods & Nutrition

Health: Health Services Major

Industrial Technology: Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CADD), Engineering and Technology

ROTC: Navy JROTC

Visual and Performing Arts: Art, Animation, Graphic Design, Photography

ROP: Auto Mechanics Tech 1, Computer/Business Technologies, Culinary Arts, Floral Design and Merchandising, Military Careers: Naval

Franklin High:

Agri-Science: Environmental Science

Computer Technology: Computer Technology, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering

Industrial Technology: Engineering, Media, School of Technology, Engineering & Media Academy (STEM )

International Studies: Language Arts, Social Science and World Language

ROP: Computer Programming Intro, computer Tech Service & Repair, Networking, Television Occupations

Laguna Creek High

Business: Networking, Marketing, Computer Programming. Business Careers Academy

Industrial Technology: Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CADD). MPTA (Manufacturing, Production, Technology Academy)

ROP: Retail Sales and Merchandising Careers, Computer Assisted Design/Drafting

Monterey Trail High

Arts: Visual and Performing Arts Major

Business: Business Major

Communication: Global Communication Academy - Media (Communications Graphics, Journalism, Speech Communications, Radio/Video)

Computer Technology: Design Technology Academy - Digital Domain (Network Systems, Programming, Information Systems)

Consumer and Family: Consumer and Family Major, Child Development

Engineering: Design Technology Academy - Digital Domain (Engineering Design)

Environment: Design Technology Academy - Enviroscapes (Landscape Design, Environmental Design)

Government: Global Communications Academy - Governance (Pre-Law/Political Science)

Human Services: Public and Human Services Major, Health Services Major

Industrial Technology: Design Technology Academy - Transportation Technology (Aeronautics, Electric Vehicle Design and Production,Fuel Cell Development, Flight Technology)

ROP: Law Enforcement: Legal Careers I

Pleasant Grove High

Computer Technology/Media Communication & Design: Computer Technology, Office Engineering, Programming, Help desk,

Industrial Technology: CADD/COMM Academy

Media Communication: Digital Video Production, Television Studio Production, Multimedia Design

Public Safety: Fire Science, Legal Careers, Public Service Academy

Sheldon High

Art: ARTWORKS Academy

Business: Computer Programming, Marketing.

Industrial Technology: Building trades, engineering. Engineering/Building Trades Academy.

Government: Equitas Academy

Science: Biotechnology Academy

ROP: Visual Communications/Graphics Portfolio

Valley High

Business: Accounting, Computer Programming

Consumer and Family: Child Development, Foods and Nutrition

Health: Health Tech Academy

Human Services: Teacher Academy

Industrial Technology: Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CADD)

ROP: Careers with Children, Hospital and Community Health Services, Medical Assistant, Military Careers: Air force, Retail Sales and Merchandising Careers, SMall Business Ownership/Virtual Enterprise

ROTC: Air Force.

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