Ninth and tenth grade students receive weekly career development and guidance within their family focus group. Each family group is assigned a guidance counselor who attends planning sessions with teachers twice a week. The group works to coordinate their instruction and to establish the connections that exist between subjects. Curriculum development resources have been designated for incorporation of career development and guidance activities within the curriculum. The students attend activities at the downtown Milwaukee Career Counseling Center where they participate in career exploration activities and utilize resource materials.
Students can also use the career guidance program available on their library computers.
Selection of a career major, development of a career plan, and initial work on a career portfolio was achieved by one hundred percent of the ninth and tenth graders. The goal is for students to maintain these portfolios through their senior year. Counselors have specific responsibilities to help plan and implement classroom based developmental career guidance activities so that educators and business, industry, and labor representatives become actively involved in the delivery. They must ensure that all students have interest and aptitude testing, labor market information, and information about postsecondary options. South Division is proud of its tradition of parent involvement.