{"id":1424,"date":"2021-08-06T14:01:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/?page_id=1424"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:05:11","slug":"career-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/career-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ij9zq-4fb1bceb9cbd4772f3f493d50092f32e\">\n.flex_column.av-ij9zq-4fb1bceb9cbd4772f3f493d50092f32e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ij9zq-4fb1bceb9cbd4772f3f493d50092f32e av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-huexi-954f55f6ff20859ec02046c0ff1c2302\">\n.avia-image-container.av-huexi-954f55f6ff20859ec02046c0ff1c2302 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-huexi-954f55f6ff20859ec02046c0ff1c2302 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-huexi-954f55f6ff20859ec02046c0ff1c2302 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1425 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1425 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe.jpg\" alt='' title='Girl Working in Cafe'  height=\"1618\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe-148x300.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe-509x1030.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe-768x1553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe-759x1536.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe-742x1500.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/Girl-Working-in-Cafe-349x705.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7lzta-8508ceabb524f5078aeb3d31c5906f23\">\n.flex_column.av-7lzta-8508ceabb524f5078aeb3d31c5906f23{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7lzta-8508ceabb524f5078aeb3d31c5906f23 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kpws6y6s-44e5a8f3973b3d8418ac10e086d11e8e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 class=\"pageTitle \">Career Centre<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Welcome to the Highland Secondary Career Centre!<\/h3>\n<p>Come and see us in the Student Services area! \u00a0We can help you with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identifying\u00a0<strong>Career Goals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Work Experience<\/strong>\u00a0placements and questions<\/li>\n<li>Information on\u00a0<strong>Work Experience 12<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Train in Trades<\/strong>\u00a0(formally\u00a0<strong>Ace-it<\/strong>\u00a0Accelerated credit enrollment in industry training)<\/li>\n<li><strong>SSA<\/strong>\u00a0(Secondary school apprenticeship)<\/li>\n<li><strong>DC<\/strong>\u00a0(Dual Credit)\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Help with the\u00a0<strong>\u201cGraduation Transitions\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>We are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:tracey.mckinney@sd71.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ms. Tracey McKinney<\/a> \u00a0&#8211; Work Experience Coordinator<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:wayne.kuhnert@sd71.bc.ca\">Mr. Wayne Kuhnert <\/a>\u2013 Work Experience Teacher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highland.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to view the Power Point that is shown to Highland students to initiate the discussion of what is available through the Career Centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sd71.bc.ca\/Programs\/careerprograms\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to go to the\u00a0<strong>SD71 Careers page<\/strong>, with info on district career programs such as ACE-it, Dual Credit options, and career planning.\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>More good links and resources for career and education planning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workbc.ca\/Resources-for\/Resources-for-Counsellors-Teachers-Parents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.workbc.ca\/Resources-for\/Resources-for-Counsellors-Teachers-Parents.aspx<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 An informative booklet that guides parents through career counselling for their child.\u200b<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationplanner.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.educationplanner.ca\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Guide to thousands of post-secondary programs in BC, including links to colleges and universities, overview of program length, costs, entrance requirements.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ita.essentialskillsgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/ita.essentialskillsgroup.com\/\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 Skill guide for most of the trades recognized in the province, particularly useful as it provides resources for skill improvement after the assessment quizzes are completed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itabc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITABC<\/a>\u00a0is the source for trades and apprenticeship information in BC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 18:03:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8708,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1424\/revisions\/8708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/highland-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}