Here are upcoming events/opportunities for CBOs, individuals, and industry partners to get involved in our transformative career-readiness work. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sarah Kong, our Pathways and Partnerships Director.
Guest Speakers bring their expertise into the classroom within the context of a particular industry sector. They share their stories with our students, speaking extensively about who they were as a high school student, their postsecondary pathway, and how they got to where they are in their respective careers now. Guest Speakers are invited to engage with our students in their classrooms year-round.
Interested in being a Guest Speaker? Click here!
Capstone Mentors will provide 12th grade students with personalized support as they complete their capstone projects. Mentors support this process with their expertise and experience in their particular industry sector, as well as providing project feedback to our students. Capstone Mentorship takes place during spring semester, typically during the months of February-April.
Interested in being a Capstone Mentor? Click here!
Week Without Walls is an immersive experience designed to provide all 230 Burton 11th graders with impactful work-based learning experiences. During this week, our youth will be off-site participating in a series of career readiness workshops and academy specific work-based learning experiences under the guidance of industry partners across the Bay Area. The mission of Week Without Walls is to elevate young people’s interactions with their career pathway beyond academic learning, and to provide experiences that connect their learning to real world environments while listening to the stories from real people in those industries. Throughout Week Without Walls, young people are encouraged to and provided opportunities to envision their professional pursuits beyond high school, and are challenged to expand their skill sets and perspectives as working professionals. Week Without Walls epitomizes our Community School Model, inviting industry professionals and community-based organizations to support our work in this event as much as they have the capacity to. Here are opportunities for you/your team to support Week Without Walls:
Date: Friday, March 24th
Time: 11AM-1PM
Location: TBD
Do you have opportunities for our youth to gain real-world skills and knowledge during the summer and/or school year? We are seeking CBOs, Industry Partners, and/or Summer Program Opportunities to table to our students on the final day of Week Without Walls. This will be a great opportunity for you to meet our youth, scale participant interest, and recruit for your programs/opportunities.
Interested in Tabling at Week Without Walls? Click here!
Date: Monday, March 20th and/or Tuesday, March 21st
Time: 11AM-2:45PM (flexible)
Location: TBD
As a core part of the Week Without Walls experience, all students will participate in a total of four Career Readiness Workshops. Prior to Week Without Walls, students will have an opportunity to self-select the workshops they’d like to participate in. These workshops include, but are not limited to:
Interviews 101 + Mock Interviews
Resumes & Cover Letters
Emotional Intelligence
Self-Advocacy
Financial Literacy
Public Speaking/Impactful Presentations
Storytelling Through Portfolios
Time & Stress Management
Workshop Curriculum is provided. However, facilitators are welcome to revise and tweak as needed. All workshops will also have other staff to support with student engagement and behavior management.
Interested in being a Workshop Facilitator at Week Without Walls? Click here!
Date: Wednesday, March 22nd and/or Thursday, March 23rd
Time: 10AM-2PM
Location: At Your Job-Site
The most transformative part of the Week Without Walls experience is the opportunity for our students to participate in job shadows. Industry Partners will host a group of students at their worksites for one-two day job shadows. During this time, students will meet fellow employees, be provided with industry sector-related career projects/tasks, and fully immerse themselves into a work experience within that sector. Burton is currently seeking Job Shadow Hosts from the following industries:
Health Science: Industry Partners who are able to immerse our 11th grade Health Science students in clinical job shadows. This includes, but is not limited to: clinics, hospitals, research labs, etc.
Media/Marketing/Graphic Design/Broadcasting: Industry Partners who are able to immerse our 11th grade Arts, Media, and Entertainment students in media, marketing, graphic design, and/or broadcasting job shadows. This includes, but is not limited to: marketing/PR agenices, graphic designers, film/TV/radio producing, broadcasting, etc.
Performing Arts: Industry Partners who are able to immerse our 11th grade Performing Arts students in performing (pref. musical), directing, stage management, sound engineering, etc.
Interested in being a Job Shadow Host at Week Without Walls? Click here!
Are you interested in supporting our work but may not have capacity to participate in in-person engagements at the moment? Our Academies and Academy Teachers can always use support in funding supplies/materials in our classrooms! Here are opportunities for you to support our youth and teachers in engaging in transformative learning in the classroom:
Thank you so much for your interest in supporting our impactful career-readiness work! If you are interested in learning more about supporting our after school programming, enrichments, youth entrepreneurship, family resourcing, and/or community building. Please visit our Expanded Learning and Case Management pages!
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact Sarah Kong, our Pathways and Partnerships Director.