In the eleventh and twelfth grades, career guidance is highly focused and more personalized. Students use print materials, videos and computers to link with career information. They combine this information with data in a portfolio, which contains material accumulated over several years, to develop career-related research projects for language arts. The research culminates in papers and presentations for all students. Teachers help students develop their resumes and practice interviewing through mock interviews conducted by local business people.
Students also have opportunities for internship experiences.
The Kuna career guidance program is a highly collaborative, integrated effort supported through professional development. While one high school counselor is assigned to career counseling, all the high school counseling staff believe career guidance is crucial to student development and focus much of their work with students on career exploration and planning. Parental involvement takes place at every level of career guidance activity. The Kuna Career Counseling Program is routinely evaluated in a number of ways. The program is part of the Federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act mandated evaluation process.