Almost 800 Leander ISD students traveled all over Central Texas and beyond to explore different career opportunities during COOL Week.
COOL stands for Career Opportunities On Location. Students got a peek at almost 200 businesses, some as far as Houston, Dallas and Galveston, for the work-based learning experience. Destinations included a wide variety of places like newsrooms, government offices, veterinary clinics and hi-tech companies.
In this video, the spotlight is on COOL Week, a program within our College & Career Pathways program, where seniors have the opportunity to “try on” careers before they enter post-secondary education and training.
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More than 700 Leander ISD students gained real-world experience in professional settings as a...
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Teachers from all six Leander ISD high schools participated in COOL Week for Teachers, embarking on professional externships to broaden their knowledge of modern industries and how it pertains to their classrooms.
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Leander ISD offers a one-of-a kind opportunity for 12th-grade students to “try-on” a career before graduating high school. The structured, work-based experience places students inside an industry to understand the day-to-day life in a career path in which they are interested before committing to pursuing that career in their post-secondary life.
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