Project SEARCH puts students on path to employment
December 5, 2019
Charleston County School District proudly boasts a program that provides career readiness skills for children with exceptional needs. Project SEARCH, which was implemented last year in partnership with AccessAbility, Embassy Suites Hotel, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, is a program that prepares students for meaningful employment in the modern workforce.
Interns started this August.
The Project SEARCH Transition-to-Work Program is a unique, business-led, one-year employment preparation program that takes place entirely at the workplace. Total workplace immersion facilitates a seamless combination of classroom instruction, career exploration, and hands-on training through worksite rotations. The program culminates in individualized job development.
This year, students from Burke, School of the Arts, Wando and West Ashley High School are enrolled in the program which is held on-site at Embassy Suites.
Grant and district money fund the program which was the result of high-level collaboration coordinated by Mary Stahl, Special Education Coordinator for the Department of Exceptional Children.
