Under the direction of insightful principals, high schools are making a
commitment to improve their students' future employability prospects by
better preparing them for the workplace. Part of that commitment is a
willingness to work with a variety of partners to enable young people to
acquire the academic and general workplace readiness skills they will
need to survive in an increasingly competitive economy. Those partners
include parents, employers, community agencies, and postsecondary
schools and colleges. Preparing young people for the workplace is too
big a task to be left solely to the schools, but schools can coordinate
the activities of other stakeholders.
Guidance counselors, with the proper resources and support, are key to school-to-career programs that prepare students for the challenges and complexities of today' workplace. (Robert Gordon and Leonard Elovitz)
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