High school curriculum for the electric power industry
CAEL has developed an innovative high school program for EPCE called Light Up Your Future. This program is implemented at a local level through a partnership between CAEL, Virtual High School, a local utility employer, and local high schools. EPCE’s partner Virtual High School (govhs.org) offers the high school online course and CAEL helps to facilitate with the utility local Career Connection activities.
Light Up Your Future
Light Up Your Future is designed to excite high school students about math, encourage exploration into energy industry opportunities, and connect students to energy-related college programs and internships leading to high potential career opportunities in energy.
Specifically, the online course –Mathematics of Electricity: Careers in Electric Power - combines career awareness and math concepts applied in real-world electrical power industry assignments. The course is aligned with ITEA and national mathematics standards.
Students take this 15-week online high school course (for elective credit) and participate in career-related activities, such as utility tours, career panels, internships, summer camps, and additional online courses designed for utility workers.
If you are a student interested in participating in this program, or a company interested in developing a site-specific recruiting model of this program in your area, please contact us.