Career coaches are helping high school students nationwide prepare for life in the real world. Students are leaving sessions with real outcomes and improved skills they need to succeed in life—job search techniques, interviewing, goal setting, financial aid tips, résumés, and more—along with a focused plan and the confidence to reach their career or college goals.

Creating a résumé

Interviewing

Job Searching

Professional communication

Career direction

Goal setting

*Based on responses collected during our post-coaching session survey

Pursuing a job or internship

Speaking about themselves

Interviewing and getting hired

If you're a high school student at a K12-powered school, you can sign up for five free sessions with one of our career coaches

Project-based learning (PBL) goes beyond traditional methods of memorization and test-taking to expose students to collaborating with others and developing skills they'll use in the real world.

Project-based learning has been incorporated into many of our career and college prep courses. With PBL, students solve realistic problems similar to those they will likely face after graduation. Teachers aren't merely lecturers but coaches and facilitators of students who control their own learning experiences. The traditional competition-based framework of grading curves and high-stakes tests is replaced with collaboration—mirroring the teamwork required to succeed in the modern workplace and college courses.

PBL's focus on rigor and realistic projects—often provided by industry collaborators—helps students in these settings learn as much as, if not more than, they would in a traditional classroom environment..

Does your student know what path they want to take when they graduate? Whether your teen is already sure of what they want to do and ready to get started, or curious about the different careers that exist beyond high school—Stride Career Prep has the resources to help them get started.

Give your student career guidance that transcends the classroom and prepares them for life after high school.

Your student benefits from the career guidance of counselors and teachers equipped with specialty industry expertise. As students explore the different career fields through Stride Career Prep, coaches help them to determine their best path forward.* These coaches can help students:

• Build a better resume
• Discover possible internships and jobs
• Learn interview skills
• Apply for college

Stride Career Prep students can benefit from a variety of social and professional clubs called Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs)* to help them network with peers and meet others interested in similar careers. CTSOs offer an array of different activities, from field trips to interscholastic competitions, and even community service projects. These activities give students an opportunity to connect with others who share their passion and to start building a professional network.

A key component of Stride Career Prep is work-based learning—virtual or in-person. Possibilities span job shadowing, apprenticeships, internships, and more.*

Field trips to local and regional companies

Access to industry experts as part of coursework

Job shadowing, internships, and apprenticeships*

Schools powered by K12 team up with businesses across the nation to give students the opportunity to explore different career fields while discovering their passions at the annual Job Shadow Week event. Stride Career Prep students get exposure to an array of different career fields and positions while hearing from professionals at top companies.

For students that are ready to dive into their chosen career, Stride Career Prep includes  preparation for select certification exams—from dental assisting to computer coding languages.* These exams offer an industry-recognized measurement of your student’s skills, and how ready they are for the job.

Does your child want to go beyond the courses offered at their current school? Students in our career and college prep program get exposure to a different way of learning as they balance academic requirements with hands-on, project-based learning and career exploration. As they explore career fields, they have the opportunity to narrow their focus, prepare for industry exams, and even complete college credits while they're still in high school at select schools.*

K12's approach turns state-certified teachers into career coaches and lessons into life skills. Students learn leadership, collaboration, technology, and more—modern workplace expectations. Whatever path your child chooses, they'll be able to get a head start on their career as early as middle school.

Stride teaches core classes like English, math, and science with a modern flare. The core academics are required to graduate, just like in traditional school. But with a K12-powered school, students attend classes in a digital environment and get more freedom to pace their class assignments and homework around scheduled, teacher-led sessions called Class Connects. And they have the power to customize their schedules with their preferred electives like world languages. Advanced Placement®, dual enrollment, and credit recovery options* allowing for a more personalized education experience based on each student’s needs.**

Our core courses get you one step closer to graduating and starting your future. Subjects like English, math, and science are required to graduate. Customize your schedule with science and world language courses that interest you. With Advanced Placement®, dual enrollment, and credit recovery options, your class schedule can be all your own.*

ENGLISHMATHSCIENCEEnglish 9Algebra 1Earth ScienceEnglish 10GeometryPhysical ScienceAmerican LiteratureAlgebra 2BiologyBritish and World LiteraturePre-Calculus / TrigonometryChemistryJournalismPractical MathPhysicsPublic SpeakingProbability and StatisticsEnvironmental ScienceHISTORYOTHERADVANCED PLACEMENTU.S. HistoryPersonal FitnessAP Calculus®World HistorySkills of HealthAP English Language and Composition®GeographyPhysical EducationAP Biology®Modern World StudiesArtAP Chemistry®U.S. GovernmentMusic AppreciationAP U.S. History®U.S. Global EconomicsWorld Language (French, Spanish, German, Latin, Chinese)AP U.S. Government and Politics®Government and PoliticsSelection of credit recovery courses in Math, English, Science, HistoryAP World History®Anthropology AP Macroeconomics®  AP Microeconomics®