Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences

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Preparing Students with Disabilities for Career
Opportunities and Post-High School
Activities School-Wide Strategies that Involve
All Categories of Students with Disabilities
James Frasier, Ph.D. Researcher Center on
Education and Work University of
Wisconsin-Madison http//www.cew.wisc.edu jfrasier
_at_education.wisc.edu
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Chicago High School for Agricultural
Sciences (CHSAS)
CHSAS was the first urban, college prep
agricultural high school in the nation. While
many schools offer agricultural courses, in this
school every student majors in agriculture.
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Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences

• http//chicagoagr.org

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CHSAS - School Report Card

• http//iirc.niu.edu/default.aspx?tsourcehome

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Inclusive Career Preparation
All Students
9th Grade Full year of Introduction to
Agricultural Occupations
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Inclusive Career Preparation
All Students
9th Grade Full year of Introduction to
Agricultural Occupations
Members of Future Farmers of America (Grades 9
12)
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Inclusive Career Preparation
All Students
10th Grade 4 Week Summer School 3.5 hours day
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Inclusive Career Preparation
All Students
10th Grade 4 Week Summer School 3.5 hours day
10th Grade Supervised Agricultural Work
Experience
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Inclusive Career Preparation
All Students
10th Grade 4 Week Summer School 3.5 hours day
10th Grade Supervised Agricultural Work
Experience
SAE into personal online portfolio
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Inclusive Career Preparation
All Students
11th Grade Focus on one of 5 Agricultural
Career Pathways Agricultural Mechanics
Technology Animal Science Horticulture Food
Science Agricultural Finance
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Inclusive Career Preparation
All Students
11th Grade Focus on one of 5 Agricultural
Career Pathways Agricultural Mechanics
Technology Animal Science Horticulture Food
Science Agricultural Finance
11th Grade Job Shadow for 1 Day
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Adapted Career Pathways Program For Students
with a Moderate to Severe Cognitive
Disability Focus on one of 4 Agricultural Career
Pathways Agricultural Mechanics Woodshop
Technology Animal Science Horticulture Food
Science 55 minute class 5 Days Each Week
Taught by regular agricultural education
teachers
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Southside Occupational Academy Rotation Program
Students with Severe Physical and/or Neurological
Disability 10 Week Experience at CHSAS Taught
by Southside Occupational Academy
Teachers Exposure to non-disabled
peers Agricultural Occupational Experiences
in Animal Science Horticulture Food
Science Food Retail Sales
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CHSAS Program for Students with Severe Physical
and/or Neurological Disability Full School Day
½ day at CHSAS and ½ day in community Taught by
2 Special Education Teachers Exposure to
non-disabled peers Participate in Adapted Career
Pathways Program Animal Science Horticulture F
ood Science Swimming in school indoor pool
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Westminster High School Orange County, California
http//www.whslions.com
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Transitioning Students with Disabilities into
Adult Activities
Begins in the 8th Grade IEP Meeting
Transitioning Students with Disabilities from
Middle To High School. Teaching Exceptional
Children Plus. Volume 4, Number 2. December 2007.
http//escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus/vol4/
iss2/art2
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Transitioning Students with Disabilities into
Adult Activities
All Students
9th Grade Career Exploration Pathways Rotate
to 1 Each Quarter Business and Marketing Arts
and Communication Agriculture and Environmental
Studies Industrial Technology
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Transitioning Students with Disabilities into
Adult Activities
All Students
9th Grade Career Exploration Beginning of
School Year Job O --- Commercial Set of
Career Exploration Activities Job O ---
Emphasis is on personality fit to career choice
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Transitioning Students with Disabilities into
Adult Activities
All Students
9th Grade End of School Year Job Prep ---
Teacher led activities to ID jobs, fill out
applications, read classifieds Career
Center --- Staffed with 2 full-time counselors,
internet-based career information
focus, local job openings
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Transitioning Students with Disabilities into
Adult Activities
All Students
9th Grade End of School Year Career Project
Road to Success Poster Divided up into 9th,
10th, 11th, and 12th Grade Education and
Career-Related Activities
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Transitioning Students with Disabilities into
Adult Activities
All Students
11th 12th Grade Regional Occupational
Program (ROP) Held after regular school
hours Attend with Adults Pay Tuition 5
Career Pathways
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Transitioning Students with Disabilities into
Adult Activities
All Students
12th Grade STAR Program Completing
Concentrated Area of Study Survey
Certificate Advanced Certificate
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Preparing Students with Disabilities for Career
Opportunities and Post-High School
Activities School-Wide Strategies that Involve
All Categories of Students with Disabilities
James Frasier, Ph.D. Researcher Center on
Education and Work University of
Wisconsin-Madison http//www.cew.wisc.edu jfrasier
_at_education.wisc.edu