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Shadowing Days

Type: Activity: WorkReady Career Exposure

Description:
Area businesses and organizations welcome students for a one-day career exploration experience. Dates will be scheduled for winter 2011. Host sites identify at least five employees to participate, attend an orientation session, and prepare information about the workplace and industry-related careers to share with students.

Youth Eligibility	9th graders interested in career exploration Recommended by coordinators in one of the participating schools listed below
Participating Schools	Abraham Lincoln High School Ben Franklin High School Germantown High School John Bartram High School Frankford High School Overbrook High School Simon Gratz High School Thomas Edison High School Thomas Fitzsimons High School University City High School West Philadelphia High School

Funding: Regional Career Education Partnerships (PA Department of Labor and Industry) and School District of Philadelphia

System connections:

WorkReady Philadelphia and Project U-Turn
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Philadelphia Council for College and Career Success
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Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board