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Job Shadows

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STCHS students take on ‘The Real World’
Being backstage for a Broadway production, observing a morgue, riding with a police officer in a police car, and doing medical research with the FDA might seem unrelated, but they actually have something in common; these have all been experiences of STCHS students during various job shadows.
South Tama has offered job shadowing to students since 2014. Recently, it has been more encouraged for students to take the opportunity once each semester.
A job shadows allow students to learn about a particular occupation or career to see if it might be a suitable pathway for them. Job shadows are a one-time a semester, up to four hour work-based learning experience.
Students must be a sophomore and at least …show more content…

He asks about what the student wants to do and talks with the college to set up job shadows.
The Iowa Valley Intermediary Program at MCC run by Terri Hungerford and Connie Gardalen help coordinate the job shadows. Hungerford is the intermediary network coordinator and Gardalen is the coordinator of high school relations/student success specialist.
“Our students benefit from the excellent relationship between STC and MCC, whether it's through taking different college classes, job shadows, career fairs, and college fairs. I strongly believe that both Terri Hungerford and Connie Gardalen go above and beyond for our students,” said Lopez.
Together, they all work to try and find a place for the student to job shadow. They have to make sure it works with the student’s schedule and the place of business’ schedule.
“A student can choose almost any career and we can provide them with an experience,” said Hungerford. “However, there are some careers and businesses that do not allow student job shadows for privacy reasons. For those careers and businesses, we try to offer students with different alternatives, like a one-to-one meeting or a career that is

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