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Career Inquiry/Career Development Course Syllabus

2024-2025

Name: Annie Hughes- Career Development

Andre Grayson- Career Inquiry

Email: annie.hughes@dvusd.org

andre.grayson@dvusd.org

Classroom: Rm #A177

Office: (623-376-3000)

Course Description:

The Transition From School to Work (TSW) course will prepare students for the world of work by exploring career options, individual career preferences, and employability skills. This course is aligned with Arizona College and Career Ready Standards and/or national content standards and supports school-wide efforts to increase student achievement.

Course Objectives:

Topics covered align with the Career and Technical Education standards which focus on the following skills:

Complex Communication

Collaboration

Thinking and Innovation

Professionalism

Initiative and Self-Direction

Intergenerational and Cross Cultural Competence

Organizational Culture

Legal and Ethical Practices

Financial Practices

In addition, the course will focus heavily on self-advocacy, which refers to an individual’s ability to effectively communicate, convey, negotiate or assert their own interests, desires, needs, and rights. It involves making informed decisions and taking responsibility for those decisions. As part of the self-advocacy process,

students will learn how to develop their educational plans and present them to their team. Further communication will come when the student’s meeting is scheduled.

Link to CTE Standards:

Classroom Rules and Consequences:

No one has the right to interfere with the learning, safety, or well-being of others.

Consequences:

1. Warning

2. A phone call home/email and an after school detention with instructor.

3. A phone call home and a referral written. *Instructor will go directly to step 3 when deemed appropriate.

Grade Book Category Weighting: (District Wide)

80% Assessment

20% Coursework

0% Practice (This is optional)

Grading Scale

100% - 90%

89% - 80%

79% - 70%

69% - 60%

59% - 0%

…No extra credit 

Report Cards

In an effort to conserve resources and harness the capacity of our electronic grade reporting program (PowerSchool) district schools will no longer print hard copies of report cards unless requested by individual parents. To request a hard copy of your student’s report card, please contact the front office at 623-376-3000. To receive your PowerSchool login, please stop into the office with a valid photo ID.

Power School Online Access:

Grades and attendance may be accessed 24 hours a day online with your Power School access code. Access codes are available in the Counseling Office or Front Desk Monday – Friday 7:00 AM– 3:30 PM. You may check student progress regularly on the PowerSchool site using the same login for one or more students. For Mountain Ridge parents/guardians without home computer access, a computer with guest log-in capability is available in the Counseling Conference Room.

Academic Assistance/Office Hours:

In addition to the Academic Prep times built into our schedule each week, additional assistance/tutoring is provided on a weekly basis both by MRHS and individually by instructors. These office hours will be posted in my classroom, website, and/or Canvas at the start of each week. I will demonstrate to the students how to find my availability each week.

Make-up Policy:

Absences: After an absence, a student has one school day for each day missed to make up work/tests, regardless of the number of days absent. If many days were missed, please schedule an appointment with me to formulate a plan for the completion of make-up work. Make-up work for extended absences (over 3 days) may be requested through the Counseling Office and picked up there.

Missing Work

An assignment is considered missing work when it is not submitted by the due date.

Missing work will be treated as such:

The assignment will be marked with the “Missing” special code in the gradebook

A zero (“0”) will be entered as the score for the assignment in the gradebook

No Evidence (NE) will be entered for the standards attached to the assignment

Late Work

An assignment is considered late work when the assignment is not submitted by the due date that was established but is submitted within the parameters listed below.

For Late Work to be accepted, students must meet the following parameters:

Assignment is not due within the class period

Assignment is not a timed activity (such as a Quick-Write Essay)

Assignment is not a Long-Term assignment (over multiple weeks)

Assignment is turned in within the following time frame (By the end of the Unit)

Test Retakes – Assessment Category Only

The student completes another assessment of the same learning targets. The assessment to be retaken may be in the same format or a different format and will be at the same difficulty level. The higher of the two scores will be entered in the gradebook.

To earn a retake opportunity, a student must complete all of the following:

Consult with the teacher

Submit a reassessment plan or application, if required by the teacher

The reassessment plan may include all formative coursework related to the content/skill assessed 

Reassessment Plan

The student must initiate contact with the teacher within 5 school days of the assessment score being posted. The student must communicate with the teacher to create a reassessment plan.

Assignment is not a timed activity (such as a Quick-Write Essay)

Assignment is not a Long-Term assignment (over multiple weeks)

Assignment is turned in by the end of the instructional unit.

Daily Device Use (Chromebooks)

Students should come to school with their Chromebooks charged and ready to use in each class every day. Devices may not be used to record or take photos of other people without their consent. Consequences for classroom disruptions and misuse of devices will follow a progressive discipline model, beginning with a phone call home and progressing to office referrals for repeated or more serious offenses. See the Student Rights and Responsibilities consequence chart in the handbook for more specific descriptions of infractions and consequences.

Recommended Supplies for this Course:

School provided chromebook (charged)

Writing utensils

TSW USB (optional)

AI Statement

In the Deer Valley Unified School District, we are committed to providing our students with the best possible education while ensuring their safety, privacy, and well-being. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance learning experiences, teachers may incorporate generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom for students.

Students must adhere to the specific guidelines provided in the assignment details. If no guidance around the use of generative AI is provided, students should follow the “restrictive” level (see chart). Teachers should direct students to contact their teacher before submitting classwork if the student is unsure if the tool or website they are using is permitted on a specific assignment.

Vocational Rehabilitation: Students are required to remain in frequent contact with their VR counselor in order to remain eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation. Please see below for your VR counselor’s contact information.

Kayla Eckerson

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Arizona Department of Economic Security

Mobile: 602-880-0742

Email: keckerson@azdes.gov

The Deer Valley Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. For any inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies contact the Superintendent's Department, 20402 N. 15th Avenue, ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp, AZ 85027. 623.445.5000.