As a local resident of Placentia, California I was able to better understand my city through my research. After overlooking my analysis a service that could help Placentia improve is a Career Development program. This is a long-term approach and focuses on the areas such as the La Jolla neighborhood that I will further discuss. The goal is to make Placentia well rounded and an appealing area to live in throughout all of its neighborhoods.
Median Age and Household The Placentia Library District Demographic Profile from 2010 listed the median age increased from 33 to 36 since 2000. This median age is a little over the state median of 35. Placentia is a traditional city and considering the dimensions the total area is 6.6 square miles, fairly …show more content…
The document stated “Early childhood, beginning in infancy, is a period of profound advances in reasoning, language acquisition, and problem solving, and importably, a child’s environment can dramatically influence the edge and pace of these advances”. The outcome is greater for the child, parent, and society when viewed in a larger perspective.
In the La Jolla neighborhood parents are unable to apply enough interaction with their children and consequently leads to a cycle of very little improvement. The important stages in a child or teenagers life will unfold as an adult, where responsibilities and building a career could be difficult. Through personal experience school was difficult for me growing up living in a low income household. The interaction that I had with my parents was limited due to their extreme work schedules, therefore I was often times teaching myself. Now that I’m an adult if there was a profound influence in my education I could have viewed school as less of a burden. The Career Development Program can progressively help those who view school negatively. It may not tackle all areas of childhood development but it is a foot in the door that wasn 't there …show more content…
Of those students, only 36% chose a major that fit their interest. The 44% of students that didn 't continue with what they thought was their desired major lost time and pushed back their graduation date.
The desired outcome of this Career Development Program is to increase the percentage of students that pick a major that best fits their interest. With this program mentors will be able to help guide these adolescents with research on specific careers and whether or not it is something they are interested in. It is just a start but can trigger certain questions to these students that can be answered, such as:
What do I like?
Can I make it a career?
What are the duties within this specific job?
How will I get
Median Age and Household The Placentia Library District Demographic Profile from 2010 listed the median age increased from 33 to 36 since 2000. This median age is a little over the state median of 35. Placentia is a traditional city and considering the dimensions the total area is 6.6 square miles, fairly …show more content…
The document stated “Early childhood, beginning in infancy, is a period of profound advances in reasoning, language acquisition, and problem solving, and importably, a child’s environment can dramatically influence the edge and pace of these advances”. The outcome is greater for the child, parent, and society when viewed in a larger perspective.
In the La Jolla neighborhood parents are unable to apply enough interaction with their children and consequently leads to a cycle of very little improvement. The important stages in a child or teenagers life will unfold as an adult, where responsibilities and building a career could be difficult. Through personal experience school was difficult for me growing up living in a low income household. The interaction that I had with my parents was limited due to their extreme work schedules, therefore I was often times teaching myself. Now that I’m an adult if there was a profound influence in my education I could have viewed school as less of a burden. The Career Development Program can progressively help those who view school negatively. It may not tackle all areas of childhood development but it is a foot in the door that wasn 't there …show more content…
Of those students, only 36% chose a major that fit their interest. The 44% of students that didn 't continue with what they thought was their desired major lost time and pushed back their graduation date.
The desired outcome of this Career Development Program is to increase the percentage of students that pick a major that best fits their interest. With this program mentors will be able to help guide these adolescents with research on specific careers and whether or not it is something they are interested in. It is just a start but can trigger certain questions to these students that can be answered, such as:
What do I like?
Can I make it a career?
What are the duties within this specific job?
How will I get