Career Readiness

Career Readiness is a work-based program aimed at juniors and seniors who plan to enter the work force following their high school graduation.

Coordinator Jeff Branch (at left) has established partnerships with area companies, businesses and municipalities willing to give students opportunities to explore professions and careers that interest them. He also organizes and coordinates groups to attend career fairs and other events to expose students to different careers in northern Michigan.

Jessie Trumble and Alayne Hansen at Michigan Works assist with job fairs, job placements and job training for the students.

Individuals, companies, businesses and municipalities interested in forging a training agreement with the school district can contact Mr. Branch at 989-344-3500, ext. 3427.

Read more about the Career Readiness program in the Crawford County Avalanche.

Work Based Learning-2021-2022

1 GHS seniors at Michigan Works

2 Tour of Springs

3 Tour of Alro Steel of Grayling

4 Alro tour

5 Alro tour

6 Tour of Monarch Mill Work Grayling

7 Monarch tour

8 KCC wood tech program

9 New addition at KCC

10 KCC

11 WBL student at Jade Aubrie Hair Studio.

12 WBL student working at the Grayling Curator

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Work-Based Learning - 2020-2021

For trimesters 1, 2 and 3 of the 2020-2021 school year, 39 training agreements for students in work-based learning have been filled in our community. Field trips were canceled temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of May 2021, the following community companies and businesses have signed on for work opportunities or job shadowing experiences for students:

Grayling Hospital for Animals
Crawford County Sheriff’s Office
Crawford County Juvenile Court
Crawford County Probate Court
Michigan State Police Crime Lab
Innovative Fabrication
AuSable Eye Care
World of Floors
Jade Aubrie
Grayling City Police
NAPA of Grayling
Arctic Glacier
Lighthouse Title Company
Springs Window Fashions LLC
The Brook of Grayling
Hanson Hills
AuSable Family Dental
IMM
XPress Copy Center
Devereaux Memorial Crawford County Library
AuSable Artisan Village
River House Resale
Gaylord Regional Airport

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Work-Based Learning - 2019-2020

As of the beginning of the second trimester of 2019-2020, 19 training agreements were completed, including work-based learning placements and job shadowing.

The companies signed on as of December 2019 for work opportunities or job shadowing include:

J&J Heating & Cooling
Monarch Millwork
Springs Window Fashions
Feeny Ford of Grayling
Airway Automation.
Munson Healthcare Grayling
Grayling Hospital for Animals
Crawford County Sheriff’s Office
Crawford County Juvenile Court
Crawford County Probate Court
Michigan State Police Crime Lab
The Brook of Grayling
Deane Systems
Alro Steel
Grayling Middle School
Family Fare
Xpress Copy Center
SMK Beautification

October is Manufacturing Month. In October 2019, students attended job fairs and toured sites to learn about career opportunities:

25 students toured Weyerhaeuser's Grayling mill on October 3.
50 GHS and GMS students traveled to Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City for a construction trades career fair titled “Building Tomorrow,” where they were exposed to HVAC, different facets of construction trades, heavy equipment operation and line working on October 11.
20 GHS students toured the Arauco North America Plant in Grayling Charter Township and Kirtland Community College’s Wood Technology Institute on October 17.
15 GHS students attended STEM Day at Alma College on October 14, a 3-hour event where they participated in two different STEM labs of their choice and were given a tour of the campus.

When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, trimester 3 agreements had to be canceled.

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