Internships Help Students Prepare for Workplace Job shadowing
also a tactic schools use for career readiness Internships and
job shadowing offer a close-up look at life in the workplace,
yet some high school students are so focused on academics that
they pass up the opportunity, or they are uncertain about their
interests and don't know where to start. But the push to improve
college and career readiness and produce a better-prepared
workforce is increasing the pressure on schools to build
partnerships with businesses. What's more, educators realize
that students are motivated when they see the relevance of what
they are learning. "The central goal is to get students out of
the classroom and into the real world so they can feel and see
the entire work process," said Randy McPherson, the director of
counseling services and college preparation for the Memphis,
Tenn., schools and the American School Counselor Association's
counselor of the year in 2011. "Otherwise, they don't really
grasp what a day looks like o