Yangcheon-gu Provides Customized Career Exploration Opportunities for Four High Schools

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Pilot class 'Creating My Timeline' conducted last year with students from Mokdong High School

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) will operate a customized career exploration program befitting its reputation as an ‘education special zone’ starting June 3.

As part of the ‘2021 Regional Characteristic Career Project,’ the ‘Again! Meet - Career Program at the Library’ is a customized career exploration program utilizing local libraries in collaboration with the Career and Job Experience Support Center and the Yangcheon Cultural Foundation.

This program is conducted with Galsan Library, Haemaji History Library, English Specialized Library, Central Library, and Bangadari Literature Library, targeting students from Mokdong High School, Gangseo High School, Da-il Tourism High School, and Gwangyoung Girls’ High School, based on prior applications received through the High School Career Guidance Teachers’ Association.

Leveraging the characteristics of each library, the program operates the following career programs: ‘Wise Book Curation’ at Galsan Library, where participants learn about and practice being a book curator; ‘Be(非) Creator’ at Yangcheon Central Library, exploring book trailers; ‘Making Parody Picture Books’ at Bangadari Literature Library, reflecting on rewriting and illustrations in picture books; ‘Making My Timeline’ at Haemaji History Library, organizing one’s life from growth to the present; and ‘Ready, Action!’ at the English Specialized Library, learning the structure and methods of storytelling and preparing and presenting an English play.

In particular, this career exploration program is not a one-time event but an in-depth program composed of 2 to 4 sessions, designed to develop the diverse inherent career competencies of youth and enable students to plan and explore career content on their own.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “Our district is a well-established educational city with many distinctive public libraries, and we have attempted a customized career exploration program for youth in collaboration with the Career and Job Experience Support Center.” He added, “We will continue to develop customized programs by maximizing local resources to provide various career experience opportunities for young people.”

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