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About College and Career Awareness (CCA)

Overview

College and Career Awareness is a core requirement for seventh and eighth grade students. Through College and Career Awareness, students participate in activity-centered projects and simulations to utilize technology, develop workplace skills, and explore careers by expanding awareness. College and Career Awareness provides information regarding future academic classes and training related to each student’s career field of interest.

Technological advances and global competition have changed the nature of work. Jobs today require increased levels of knowledge and advanced technical skills. Learning is a lifelong process, and students need to be prepared with 21st Century Skills for the future. College and Career Awareness enhances students’ appreciation for the knowledge and skills they will need for ongoing success in college, careers, and life.

Technology continues to advance at an incredible speed; therefore, it is critical to be able to adjust to the evolving technical world. Whether you’re in school or not, you will be affected by the changing world, and you will want to know how to learn, adapt, and change with it!

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is College and Career Awareness?

College and Career Awareness offers exploration and preparation in college and Career Pathways focusing on jobs that are high skill and high demand, as well as satisfying and financially rewarding. The College and Career Awareness course is designed to help students identify their interests, abilities, and skills. With appropriate developmental information related to careers, educational Pathways, and self-knowledge, students are able to begin to make college and career goals for the future. College and Career Awareness is designed to acquaint students with the Utah labor market and the employment opportunities for which they can prepare by defining a College and Career Ready Plan.

Who Is College and Career Awareness For?

College and Career Awareness is a core requirement for middle/junior high school seventh and eighth grade students. Over 42,000 seventh graders currently participate in College and Career Awareness as part of their middle/junior high school experience.

Where Is College and Career Awareness Taught?

College and Career Awareness is taught in approximately 170 middle/junior high schools throughout the state of Utah.

Why Does a Student Need to Take College and Career Awareness?

College and Career Awareness broadens a student's scope of learning and assists each student in developing intellectual, social, technical, and academic skills that will be beneficial throughout their life. This course helps students identify Career Pathways to help guide their course choices in middle/junior high, high school, and postsecondary.

What Does College and Career Awareness Teach, and What Does a Student Learn?

College and Career Awareness broadens a student's scope of learning and assists each student in developing intellectual, social, technical, and academic skills that will be beneficial throughout their life. This course helps students identify Career Pathways to help guide their course choices in middle/junior high, high school, and postsecondary.

How Does College and Career Awareness Benefit a Student?

College and Career Awareness students develop skills that apply to every aspect of life. A few opportunities students will experience in the course are:

  • How to work in a team (interpersonal and teamwork skills).
  • How to positively encourage a team member (motivation and leadership skills).
  • How to put together a report and/or presentation in a manner that is understandable to the group (organization, planning, communication, and time management skills).
  • How to find a solution to a dilemma (problem-solving skills).
  • How choices and decisions affect a business or group (business ethics and personal responsibility)
  • Student will identify careers and Career Pathways that are of interest to them.
  • Students will learn how to prepare for educational Pathways in secondary and postsecondary education with degrees, certificates and licenses

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is College and Career Awareness?

College and Career Awareness offers exploration and preparation in college and Career Pathways focusing on jobs that are high skill and high demand, as well as satisfying and financially rewarding. The College and Career Awareness course is designed to help students identify their interests, abilities, and skills. With appropriate developmental information related to careers, educational Pathways, and self-knowledge, students are able to begin to make college and career goals for the future. College and Career Awareness is designed to acquaint students with the Utah labor market and the employment opportunities for which they can prepare by defining a College and Career Ready Plan.

Who Is College and Career Awareness For?

College and Career Awareness is a core requirement for middle/junior high school seventh and eighth grade students. Over 42,000 seventh graders currently participate in College and Career Awareness as part of their middle/junior high school experience.

Where Is College and Career Awareness Taught?

College and Career Awareness is taught in approximately 170 middle/junior high schools throughout the state of Utah.

Why Does a Student Need to Take College and Career Awareness?

College and Career Awareness broadens a student's scope of learning and assists each student in developing intellectual, social, technical, and academic skills that will be beneficial throughout their life. This course helps students identify Career Pathways to help guide their course choices in middle/junior high, high school, and postsecondary.

What Does College and Career Awareness Teach, and What Does a Student Learn?

College and Career Awareness broadens a student's scope of learning and assists each student in developing intellectual, social, technical, and academic skills that will be beneficial throughout their life. This course helps students identify Career Pathways to help guide their course choices in middle/junior high, high school, and postsecondary.

How Does College and Career Awareness Benefit a Student?

College and Career Awareness students develop skills that apply to every aspect of life. A few opportunities students will experience in the course are:

  • How to work in a team (interpersonal and teamwork skills).
  • How to positively encourage a team member (motivation and leadership skills).
  • How to put together a report and/or presentation in a manner that is understandable to the group (organization, planning, communication, and time management skills).
  • How to find a solution to a dilemma (problem-solving skills).
  • How choices and decisions affect a business or group (business ethics and personal responsibility)
  • Student will identify careers and Career Pathways that are of interest to them.
  • Students will learn how to prepare for educational Pathways in secondary and postsecondary education with degrees, certificates and licenses.