SUMMER CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM
As one facet of the Calgary Catholic School District Career Pathways Project, the Summer Career Pathways Program provides the opportunity for students to gain real-life experience in a Career Pathway of their choice, during the summer break. Worksites are approved, a learning plan is established and a teacher supervises the student’s experience. Appropriate safety training is provided before the student enters a worksite.
‘What better way to prepare for a possible career than to actually try it out?

During the summer, while in high school:
• Experience your dream career firsthand in a real work situation
• Gain high school credits
• Earn a salary (in most cases)
• Make valuable contacts
• Acquire the skills and work habits needed to succeed after high school

Make informed choices about careers before committing time and money to post-secondary education.

Summer Career Pathways
(may vary from year to year)
Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP)
The Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) is an opportunity for high school students to earn up to 40 credits towards their high school diploma while also building hours towards their first year apprenticeship in one of Alberta’s more than 50 trades.
How does RAP work?
RAP students divide their time between an approved work site and their high school. At school, they take regular courses, such as English, Social Studies, Science and Mathematics in order to earn their Alberta High School Diploma or Certificate of
Achievement. At their worksite, they are indentured apprentices who can earn as many as 1000 hours towards their Journeyman’s Certificate. For every 25 hours as an apprentice, they also receive one high school credit, up to a maximum of 40.
 

Steps to becoming an Indentured Apprentice in RAP
• Students usually enter the RAP program in the summer of Grade 10 or 11 via a Summer Internship program. This probationary time allows the student and the employer to determine whether or not this trade is a good fit for the student.
• At the end of the summer, if students are interested in pursuing a career in the trade, and the employer feels they have the attitude and aptitude to be a success at the trade, they may apply to become indentured apprentices
• RAP apprentices set up a timetable agreed upon by their school and employer that allows them to complete the requirements for a high school diploma and also build apprenticeship hours.
• The time a RAP student spends at school and on the work site can be quite flexible. The student might work as a full time RAP apprentice for a semester, for half of each school day, or during summers, holidays and weekends.
Health Services Internship Program
High school students work with a health services provider to explore careers in health services. Opportunities include experience in a hospital, labor clinic. This program is for Grade 11 students only and involves a competitive selection process.

Career Discovery Program
This is an opportunity to gain real-life experience in Engineering, Law, Architecture or Veterinary Medicine. This program may be thought of as an extended two-week long (75 hour) unpaid job shadow in your possible future career. Students who wish to be part of this program, but want to explore a career in a field outside of these four areas, are asked to line up the position on their own and then provide an application to the Summer Career Discovery Program. Students may wish to discuss with their parents, friends, counsellors, career practitioners and off-campus coordinators possible leads in their desired career area who would be open to taking part in this two-week program as mentors.

Summer Work Experience Program
This is an opportunity for those students who are interested in gaining work experience credits for summer positions which students have arranged on their own. If a student requires assistance in securing a position, contact the counsellor, career practitioner and/or off-campus coordinator. They can give assistance in creating a resume and may be able to provide leads in finding a placement, but it will be the student’s responsibility to secure the placement.

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