Job Shadowing

2012 Job Shadowing Day for Greeneville City Schools
and Greene County Schools will be Friday, February 3, 2012
 (snow date: Friday, February 10, 2012)

Vet Care Animal Hospital - Dr. Vickie Howell

Corley's Pharmacy Solutions - Alan Corley

Greeneville Middle School - Amanda Gricunas

More than 180 students from Greeneville City and Greene County school systems casted a shadow by participating in Job Shadowing Day 2011 on Friday, February 4, 2011.

Family Practice Associates - Dr. Philip Thwing

Ottway Elementary School - Ms. Looney & Palmer

                                                  
Students were matched with hosts businesses/sites and spent the school day (8-2:30 p.m.) learning about their chosen career paths.  The event is coordinated by the Greene County Partnership's Education & Workforce Development Program and is sponsored each year by Junior Achievement.  This was the 13th year that Greeneville and Greene County students have participated in the national Job Shadowing Day Program.

Greeneville Police Department - Mike Ottinger

Greene County Veterinary Medical Center -    Dr. Doug Woolsey

                
Students are selected to participate by an application-and-selection process.  Students in grades 9th - 12th are eligible.  Schools participating this year include Chuckey-Doak High School, Greeneville High School, North Greene High School, South Greene High School, West Greene High School, and the Greeneville-Greene County Center for Technology.  Over 100 businesses, both locally and regionally, offered the opportunity to host students for job shadowing experiences.

Hal Henard Elementary School - Ms. Kelly Kilday

Takoma Regional Hospital - Nursing

                                                          
By participating in the job shadowing program, students are provided the opportunity to get a "snap shot" of professions that will give them a realistic idea of what people in those jobs do on a daily basis.  Students also see the connection between what they are learning in the classroom and how those skills are important in the workplace. 

For more information about the Job Shadowing Program or any of the Education & Workforce Development programs, please contact Kelly Burrell, Education & Workforce Development Director, Greene County Partnership, (423) 638-4111, or via email at kburrell@greenecop.com.