Career
Day
Experience Adventures
"Career
Experience Adventures" are a dynamic way of
extending the boundaries of classroom confines and inspiring students
to new personal horizons and experiences. Classrooms ideas and themes
are extended and applied out into the world to "real"
job situations and career possibilities: through our tours, students
reach out, explore and incorporate the many educational hopes and
goals which teachers have for them by adventuring into an actual
"hands-on" career workplace experience.
Career Day Adventures are
designed for teachers & students with specific
academic objectives and career-focus in mind - these tours may be
multidimensional and include a variety of career opportunities or
specifically "in depth" upon a specific career in particular.
Each
suggested career module has been developed over
time and "tried and true" to include a variety of preferred
venues & professional contacts that we work closely with each
season. In identifying and defining your personal tour objectives,
our reservations office will create a tour itinerary that is interesting
and pertinent to your students and educational as well. A world
of opportunity awaits you and your students!
And the end results can be life-altering…
we are confident that your students will be enriched
and inspired after participating in a "Career Day Adventure."
Most students come away feeling even more certain that they have
chosen the ideal career path and find that the venues & professionals
that they meet on our tours offer future networking potential &
industry insight. Other students may realize that what they had
previously imagined to be an ideal career choice is, in actuality,
not ideally suited to them. Either way, they come away enlightened
by a valuable exploration of options and a "teachable moment"
has been realized!
Career Day Experience Modules
HEALTH
& HUMAN SERVICES -
Hospital visits, College & University Tours, Schools of Veterinary
Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacology & Nursing Programs, Anatomy
Lab visits, Rehabilitation Units, Professional Industry Leaders
& Academic Administrators to host private "Q & A"
sessions with your students. Discover and explore a variety of diverse
employment opportunities & career options within the Health
& Human Services sector.
MASS
MEDIA, FILM & COMMUNICATIONS -
Advertising Agencies, Video Production Houses, Mobile Editing firms,
Digital Graphics firms, TV news stations, Casting Agencies, Fashion
Houses & Private Studio Visits, Still & Video Photogs in
the industry as venues & professional sources of inspiration
available to your students with just one phone call!
BUSINESS
& FINANCIAL SERVICES
Financial Banking Institutions, "Behind the Scenes" Retail
& Corporate Organizations Tours, "Q&A" sessions
with Controllers & Accounting Directors, Sales & Marketing
Directors, & CFO's to uncover the daily workings of the hugely
volatile Banking & Finance sector
HOSPITALITY,
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Hotel Administration, Concierge Services, Travel & Soft Adventure
Experts, Food & Beverage Operations, Visitors & Conventions'
Bureaus, Event Planning & Culinary Institutes are all incorporated
into our "Hospitality, Travel & Tourism" Module giving
your students a broad overview of the varied options available within
this popular industry.
LEGAL
& PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Coast Guard, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Firefighters &
Police Officers, Ocean Rescue, "LawTrain"- higher learning
in the field of Law or Political Science, Visits to the College
or University Law Schools of your interest… Each visit and
venue offers your students the opportunity to "Q&A"
with working professionals in their respective work fields or area
of expertise.
MARINE
BIOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Daily and multi-day Marine Science & Ocean Studies program working
with Marine Researchers, Point Lobos Nature Reserve, In-Depth Aquarium
visits including the Long Beach Aquarium, MBARI, Moss Landing School
or Oceanography, Monterey Bay Aquarium & Birch Aquarium, Sea
World. You might easily incorporate a College or University visit
at a school that offers a "School of Marine or Environmental
Studies" program as an additional educational perk to your
tour.
TRANSPORTATION
STUDIES
The challenges of rapid transit metro systems and traveler safety
are two popular themes incorporated into this module and we meet
a real life Human Crash Test Dummy or visit B.A.R.T (Bay Area Rapid
Transit), CALTrans, various Automotive Manufacturing Plants, Maritime
Academies, Cable Cars & Electric Bus Transport, Ports of Call,
Air Transport & the Federal Aviation Administration sites. The
professionals we meet all play integral roles in the transportation
industry.
AGRICULTURE
& FOOD PRODUCTION
A wide variety of ag-tours and exploration adventures are easily
explored in the "bread basket of the world" and the "salad
bowl of the world." Visits to local Herb Farms, Berry Growing
& Manufacturing Plants, Apple Farms, Ag and Husbandry programs
at schools, Flower Markets, Wineries & Viticulture programs,
Culinary Institutes in Organic Cooking, Raw Foods Restaurants, Grocery
Buyers & Sellers, Working Farm programs, Steinbeck theme visits
including Historic Cannery Row & the Steinbeck Center!
Group
and Corporate Team Building Challenge yourself &
support your team mates these cultural, historical or art-based
tours allow teams to complete the hunt "on-task," cooperating
with one another and building team spirit in a fun and interesting
way!
Guaranteed
to take you where you & your students want to go,
see what you want to see &
do what you want to do!
All GREAT ADVENTURE DISCOVERY TOURS
include:
- LODGING – centrally located lodging accommodations at
recognizable and notable nationwide chain hotels (i.e. Radisson,
Marriott, Holiday Inn, Days Inn, Hampton Inn…)
- FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE ITINERARIES – entirely flexible tour
dates & tour
lengths to suit your calendar and travel needs
- TRANSPORTATION - Air and Motorcoach tours available - deluxe
Eurostyle Motorcoaches (S.P.A.B. certified to transport students
on our overnight and single day adventures) Coaches with VCRs
and Restrooms aboard!
- PROMOTION & REGISTRATION PACKET – complete advertising,
registration sheets, rosters, room lists…. Included in each
tour to get you started!
- RESERVATION ARRANGEMENTS MADE by GAT – all desired travel
and
exhibit entry reservations made for you by our office
- PROFESSINAL TOUR GUIDE ESCORTS aboard each tour as desired for
full
time tour assistance – leave the tour facilitation to us!
- MEAL OPTIONS on all packages – as desired!
- COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE for you and your
school protection as sponsor of the tour
- TWO CALIFORNIA OFFICES LOCAL TO YOU TO MEET YOUR NEEDS!
- FREE TRIP FOR YOU AS THE TOUR SPONSOR!!!
We know what it takes to get the job done…
We have over 38 YEARS EXPERIENCE doing it right!
Join us on a Great Adventure Tour this year!
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