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Stride Career Prep

Are you looking to get a jump start on your future? With Stride Career Prep, you can use your middle school and high school years to figure out where you want to go and how to get there. In addition to core courses, you'll take career-focused electives to explore your options and find your passion—all while earning your high school diploma. Discovering what you want to do now can prepare you to dive into a career right out of high school or help you make the right decision about your college major.

 

Career Fields

Take career-focused electives in the high-demand career field of your choice:

Health Science

Information Technology (IT)

Middle schoolers can take explorations courses to discover where their interest lie.

Student Success Coaching

NMDCA high school students can meet with Stride Success Coaches to get advice on creating résumés, networking, interviewing, financial aid, college preparation, internships, and more! These virtual sessions are free to students at K12-powered schools.

Our Success Coaches also host live, interactive webinars to better prepare students for their futures with expert insight and advice on college and career prep. These events are open to all high school students.

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Internship Listings

Students can search and filter hundreds of internship listings to find on-the-job learning experiences they can complete before graduation. A perfect complement to a Stride Career Prep education, a high school internship is another great way to get ahead on future goals. We also offer tips and advice about building a resume, honing interview skills, and keeping motivated on the job. Internship listings are updated daily, so be sure to check back often.

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    Students can also:

    Participate in career clubs 

    Prepare to take industry-recognized certification exams upon graduation* 

    Gain workplace skills 

    PARTICIPATE IN CAREER CLUBS 

    PREPARE TO TAKE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION EXAMS UPON GRADUATION*

    GAIN WORKPLACE SKILLS

    Job Shadow Week

    Schools powered by Stride K12 teamed up with businesses across the nation to give students the opportunity to explore different career fields while discovering their passions. Watch as our students experience Job Shadow Week.

    Career Clubs

    Students can enroll in career clubs, also called career technical service organizations (CTSOs). CTSOs give students with similar career interests the opportunity to connect, practice professional skills, work on service projects, take field trips, and compete against other schools at the local, state, and national levels. Stride Career Prep at Destinations offers the following CTSO:

    SkillsUSA

    With curriculum that covers 130 job categories and more than 600 national partners—businesses, trade associations, and unions—SkillsUSA gives students the opportunity to:

    • Practically apply what they learn in the classroom

    • Take courses in addition to those offered by the Destinations course catalog

    • Participate in academic competitions and community service activities

    • Connect with like-minded students who have similar career and academic interests

    • Earn scholarships offered exclusively through SkillsUSA

    *Many Microsoft®️ Office certificates can be earned after completing one course. Other certificates require more classes to be better prepared, and students who participate in the program for at least two years will have further preparation for certification testing.

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