Los Angeles Unified School District

Career Academies


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Contact:	Kathy Halsey, Coordinator
Office:	333 S Beaudry Ave., 25th Floor LA, CA 90017
Phone:	(213) 241-7510
FAX:	(213) 241-6940

Overview

In its efforts to prepare students to meet the demands of the future workforce, the Los Angeles Unified School District has developed and/or sponsored Career Academies located in its senior high schools. Data gathered from these programs support findings that the academy model for instructional organization at the senior high level fosters improved student motivation, attendance, interest, and achievement.

It is important to remember that a Career Academy is a program, not a place, that engages youth by integrating their academic instruction into career content that gives students a context and purpose for learning. For more information on creating and improving Career Academy programs, please see related links on this page.

To access other sites to view their definitions of Career Academies, please see California Partnership Academies, below, or click on http://casn.berkeley.edu/Definition.html.

Career Academies

For more information about LAUSD's exisiting Career Academies, including a list of the components that make up a true District-Sponsored Career Academy, please click here.

California Partnership Academies

Many of our Career Academies have also received ongoing support from the State Department of Education, that provides California Partnership Academy grants to academies that apply and qualify.

For more information about CPA grants and grantees, click above.

Small Learning Communities

For information on why LAUSD's Career Academies are part of the district's Small Learning Communities initiative, click above.

Qualified Zone Academy Bonds

QZABs are a great resource with which Career Academies can enhance their programs by renovating their existing facilities, improving existing technology and infrastructure and purchasing appropriate equipment that will make academy students' learning experiences more "real world."