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Helping Your Child Prepare for High School
Educate Yourself. Find out the requirements, choices, and processes involved in planning your teen's high school program with your child's counselor. Your teen will need your assistance and advice.
Plan Carefully. Some high school courses are prerequisites for more advanced high school courses. As well, certain programs enable students to meet entry requirements for post-secondary programs or acquire the knowledge and skills to enter directly into a career/college. Keep future goals in mind when planning.
Prepare for Post-Secondary. If your teen intends to enter a post-secondary institution after high school, check the calendars of these institutions for admission requirements to plan his or her senior high school program accordingly.
Helping Your Child Plan for the Future
Even as an adult, career decisions can be overwhelming. Encourage your child and give them the time and space to make their own decisions.
Ask your teen about the kinds of careers they are considering and do not worry if it is accounting one day and nursing the next. They're thinking things over and imagining themselves in different roles. Encourage them to take this exploration a bit further. Help them learn more about these choices. Find out why these careers are attractive to them and look at other careers they may not have considered that could offer similar rewards.
Encourage your teen to think about the educational path they will need to follow to pursue the careers they're considering. Will they need to take certain subjects in high school to keep these options open? What kind of post-secondary education will they need? Where is the program offered and how long does it take to complete?
Know where you and your teen can go to explore options or get more information. Your childs counselor is a great resource for information.
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