Jan Hughes, Career Center Instructor
*Partners in Education
*Dropout Prevention
e-mail Jan at: jhughes@rcsd.ms
Career Exploration and Planning
Northwest Rankin High School uses electronic portfolios. Electronic portfolios
may be accessed from any personal computer. The students are given the Site
ID and password and select a personal password and portfolio name of their
own. Each grade works on their portfolio for 45 minutes in the NWR Career
Center and then continues the assignment as homework. The students are given
ample time to complete the activity, and a grade is taken on selected assignments.
Eleventh and twelfth graders receive a grade in English. Tenth graders
receive a grade through World History, and ninth graders receive a grade through
STEM.
One of the many activities coordinated through the Career Center is the Business
in the Classroom. Faculty members invite professionals to discuss
their job and responsibilities to students during two different class periods.
Sessions are informative and students as exposed to the expectations of the
workplace. Please select the link to view pictures from the Business
in the Classroom. . Please click here for
pictures from the 9th grade Reality
Fair.
Links:
Mississippi State Department of Education
State Board for Community & Junior Colleges
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Mississippi's Career Resource Network
FastWeb: Scholarship/College Information WebSite