Academy Career Development Program Proposal

You have been hired as a consultant for a private academy for grades 9 through 12. As part of your consultation contract, you are to prepare a Career Development Program Proposal that will help the academy provide high quality career exploration and decision-making services for its students. Please note that the proposal is to address the unique student population and recommend, not only programmatic suggestions, but also suggest staffing needs.
The school is private academy located in central Indiana and is owned and operated by a conservative Christian philanthropic foundation. The 660 student population is made up of 56% Caucasian, 33% African American, 6% Hispanic, and 4% East African. The academy has, in recent years, provided generous scholarships to most of its students. These scholarships have reduced the yearly $18,000 tuition to a more manageable $7000 to $8000 for most families. In addition to reductions in tuition, the school has been involved in several student exchange programs which accounts for the portion of East African students and the addition of 15 to 20 students from Moldova.
The academy recognizes, in this difficult economic period, that they must provide some sort of career services to their student population. They are just not sure how to accomplish that objective.
Using the scenarios just mention you will write a 5-7 page paper.
Discuss the career development needs and issues related to the unique student population for this school.
Identify the career development theories you will use to support the program and discuss in detail how those theoretical perspectives underpin or support your recommendations.
Outline how your program will address the students' career exploration needs listed below:
Career awareness
Self-awareness
Career decision-making skills
Economic awareness
Employability skills
Education awareness (Approximately 64% of the students at the academy go on to University settings around the world).
How might you facilitate the students' development a sense of life purpose or direction that will inform their career decisions? Explain in detail the program you would propose to facilitate this objective.
Discuss how you will know if your program is successful. What outcome measures will you use? How will the students be different because of the implementation of your program?
Include a summary paragraph review what you wrote.
The paper should use 12 point font, double-spaced, with at title page and reference page. Your paper should be formatted in APA style including in-text citations with reference page.
When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor using the Dropbox by the end of the workshop.