Hey hey Edge high school squad. Mark your calendar. You don’t want to miss this Virtual Healthcare Career Connect Day on October 20th, from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. We care about your future and so do you. Here’s a great chance to get started.
The Pima County School Superintendent’s Office is offering a free half day virtual externship experience focused on healthcare careers. Edge students are invited and encouraged to attend the entire session as a virtual field trip. This experience provides our 9th to 12th grade students, and others across Pima County, with a 3-hour virtual learning opportunity. The session details medical field career paths and connects you to post high school healthcare program options. Why not get a jump on learning more about medical jobs to see if it’s a fit for you? This helpful career-planning session includes:
- Career path opportunities within Tucson Medical Center(TMC) & Carondelet
- Resources to explore careers
- Information on high demand/high wage medical jobs
- Technical and employability skills needed in the medical industry
The Schedule for Virtual Healthcare Career Connect Day
Because of quotas the county has, students must attend all sessions. Here’s the schedule:
Date: Wednesday, October 20th
Time: 9:30 to 12:30 pm
9:30 TBD, TMC Clinical Healthcare Education Department, TMC
10:30 Dave Nicholls, Clinical Education Manager, Carondelet
11:30 Yolanda McCoy-Stokes Nursing Instructor/Department Head at Pima Community College
These sessions are brought to you by The Pima County School Superintendent’s Business & Education Partnerships Program, The Center for the Future of Arizona, The Pima County Workforce Investment Board, and the Pima for Youth Program at Pima Community College. Be sure to register to receive detailed information about additional employers, internship opportunities, and medical programs at Pima Community College. Remember the cost is free!
While Pima County high school students are the intended audience — all are welcome; including Superintendents, Principals, Counselors, CTE Directors, CTE Healthcare Instructors, General Education Teachers, Parents, School Nurses, Teachers Aids, and PTO Members. And a shout out to the following organizations for making this valuable day a free reality for Edge students just like you:
- The Center for the Future of Arizona
- The Pima County Workforce Investment Board
- Tucson Medical Center
- Carondelet Health Network
- Pima Community College
One of the best ways to create the future you want is to educate yourself about the many options available to you. Seize this day! If medical jobs aren’t giving you the feels — check out some of your other professional options by using these career exploration resources:
STEP 1 – Take the Holland Code Test
Go to openpsychometrics.org and take the Holland Code test. It should take you about 5 – 10 minutes to complete.
STEP 2 – Check out Career Recommendations
Once you complete the Holland Code test and go to your results page, you will see your charts.
- Read through the information.
- Scroll down to “Suitable Careers.”
Explore Your Future
- Click the link that will pull up careers that match your RIASEC markers. You will be
directed to ONETonline. - Check out some of the recommended occupations.
STEP 3 – Visit PipelineAZ to find Local Job Openings
After you have explored different occupations and career clusters on ONET, look up job openings in your career in Arizona.
- Go to PipelineAZ.
- In the “Search” bar enter the career or occupation that interests you. This will bring up a
list of current openings in AZ. - Explore 3-5 of the positions.
STEP 4 – Start your Career Comparison Chart
Once you have explored a few career options, use this template to start your Career Comparison Chart.
If you’re not yet part of the Edge community — join us. We enroll year round and support every one-of-a-kind high school student we serve with 1:1 relationships, small classes, personalized learning, exciting externship opportunities and more. If you want to talk more about our amazing tuition-free high school or absolutely anything else — we are here for you. Reach out:
Himmel Park
Rob Pecharich, District Principal: robp@edgehighschool.org
Carla Rivera, Dean of Students: carlar@edgehighschool.org
Darryl Cornell, Academic Advisor: dcornell@edgehighschool.org
Lo Sanders, Counselor: counseling@edgehighschool.org
Northwest
Dave Thatcher, Principal: davet@edgehigschool.org
Lo Sanders, Counselor: counseling@edgehighschool.org
About Edge
EDGE is a Cognia accredited, tuition-free, charter high school, with two campuses in the greater Tucson area. We provide an alternative to traditional education, meeting the diverse learning and life needs of our students with our blended curriculum and flexible morning or afternoon class schedules. Our high-quality, passionate teachers are dedicated to individualized instruction in our small academic classes. Be you. With us. At Edge.