{"id":103,"date":"2023-11-13T21:33:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:13:57","slug":"stride-career-prep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/stride-career-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Career and College Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section style=\"color:;\" class=\"section-with-bg position-relative bg-gray-box-pattern-left px-3 align wp-block-acf-section-with-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>What is career and college prep?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"me-lg-5 ms-lg-5\">Career and college prep is an innovative online program that combines traditional academics with industry-relevant, career-focused courses\u2014giving students a jump start on their college and career goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"me-lg-5 ms-lg-5\">While working toward their high school diplomas, students can choose from a variety of courses in several high-demand, fast-growing career fields. Teachers provide online instruction tailored to each student\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"me-lg-5 ms-lg-5\">Career and college prep brings students career-oriented clubs and various resources that can help them gain workplace skills and prepare them to take industry-recognized certification exams in their chosen career path.*<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Benefits of Career and College Prep<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-3\">Our innovative career and college prep program provides early access to potential careers through unique courses. Some of our parents\u2019 and students\u2019 favorite benefits of this program include:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-columns position-relative text-center has-dividers has-circle-images circles-white align wp-block-acf-content-columns\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 gy-3 gx-3 gx-lg-5 row-cols-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col flex-shrink-0 content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/cp1.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a path with a flag\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Illustration of a path with a flag\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-bold\">The opportunity to dive into various careers and explore different passions<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col flex-shrink-0 content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/cp2.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a guitar, a test tube, a musical note and a brush\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Illustration of a guitar, a test tube, a musical note and a brush\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-bold\">Exciting courses designed to pique interest<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col flex-shrink-0 content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/cp3.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a diploma and a graduation hat\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Illustration of a diploma and a graduation hat\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-bold\">The possibility of earning college credit**<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col flex-shrink-0 content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/cp4.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a laptop\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Illustration of a laptop\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-bold\">Courses related to a variety of the fastest-growing professional fields<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-columns position-relative text-center has-dividers has-circle-images circles-white align mb-0 mt-lg-4 wp-block-acf-content-columns\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 gy-3 gx-3 gx-lg-5 row-cols-md-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col flex-shrink-0 content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/cp5.png\" alt=\"Illustration of people with a bubble chat above them\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Illustration of people with a bubble chat above them\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-bold\">Career-oriented clubs to help build soft skills and the foundations of professional success<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col flex-shrink-0 content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/cp6.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a network\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Illustration of a network\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-bold\">Networking opportunities<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col flex-shrink-0 content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/cp7.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a women with a headset on\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Illustration of a women with a headset on\" style=\"max-width:100px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-bold\">Exclusive access to career coaches for high school students<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide mt-lg-5 mb-lg-5 mt-4 mb-4\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile mb-0\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pak12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-1.png\" alt=\"Boy with computer\" class=\"wp-image-2232 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pak12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-1.png 601w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pak12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pak12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pak12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pak12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-1-380x380.png 380w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pak12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-1-380x380.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Career Coaches<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>High school students participating in career and college prep have exclusive access to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12.com\/stride-career-prep\/career-exploration\/student-success-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>career coaches<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;who meet with students virtually on a regular basis to offer advice and assistance with creating r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, networking, interviewing, financial aid, college preparation, internships, and more\u2014all with no additional cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our career coaches also host live, interactive webinars that aim to better prepare students for their futures with expert insight and advice on college and career preparation. These events are open to all high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12.com\/stride-career-prep\/career-readiness-webinars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>View Upcoming Career and College Prep Webinars<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide mt-lg-5 mb-lg-5 mt-4 mb-4\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full-Time Option for K12 Private Academy Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Full-time K12 Private Academy students in grades 6\u201312 can start thinking about their future with our career exploration courses. As the students enter high school, they can continue their focus with more targeted classes. Students receive instruction that follows a project-based learning model, setting them up to solve real-life problems in a collaborative environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-2.png\" alt=\"Girl smiling at computer screen\" class=\"wp-image-2229 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-2.png 600w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-2-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-2-380x380.png 380w, https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/k12pa-career-and-college-prep-img-2-380x380.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section style=\"color:;\" class=\"section-with-bg position-relative bg-gray-box-pattern-left px-3 align wp-block-acf-section-with-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading me-lg-5 ms-lg-5\">Flexible Option Allows Students to Participate Without Leaving Their Local High School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"me-lg-5 ms-lg-5\">K12 Private Academy also offers part-time enrollment in our career pathways as a complement to your student\u2019s local high school education. Students can remain enrolled in their own school while taking career-focused courses online at home or anywhere they have an internet connection. Plus, they have access to the career and college prep learning support services including internships, networking opportunities, and career-oriented clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"me-lg-5 ms-lg-5 mb-0\">Whether they\u2019re headed for college, the professional world, or both, students can gain practical skills and prepare for industry-relevant certification exams, all while working toward their high school diploma in their current school district.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Explore High-Demand Career Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Career-focused courses are based on the knowledge and skills required for each career pathway in the following high-demand career fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-links-underlined has-link-color wp-elements-575b16bdda3f6dbdac1b2c7d80c39d8d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2025\/01\/2526-scp-pathway-slide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>25 &#8211; 26 Pathways [PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-columns position-relative as-cards line-style text-center has-circle-images circles-white align wp-block-acf-content-columns\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-columns-carousel\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-columns-carousel-container d-flex\" style=\"width:300000px\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\" content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"204\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/business.png\" alt=\"Graphic illustration\" class=\"img-fluid\" title=\"Graphic illustration\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/stride-career-prep\/business-management-and-administration\/\"><b>Business Management &amp; Administration<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Careers in planning, managing, and performing business activities to reach organizational objectives as well as managing and leading others.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" content-columns-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-container position-relative h-100 10\" style=\"background-color: \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-img-container overflow-hidden mb-3 d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"204\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/criminal.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a scale\" class=\"img-fluid\" title=\"Illustration of a scale\" style=\"max-width:90px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/k12privateacademy.com\/stride-career-prep\/criminal-justice-and-community-services-career-program\/\"><b>Law, Public Safety &amp; 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