Careers for Future Ready Students

A video that discusses general aspects of what biotechnology is, career choices, and what educational options are available for students will be presented by community college and university representatives. This video was created by the BioNetwork Bioprocessing Center and East Carolina University.

This video illustrates how the Pitt County College Tech Prep Consortium increased participation in concurrent enrollment. Lauren Starling, a high school student who will earn an AA degree before her high school graduation, answers questions about her experience as a concurrent enrollment student.

Students at Person High School learn many practical skills using the Electrical Trades program. They are able to apply their learnings from other courses especially math.

One hundred twenty-six sophomores representing all Pitt County Schools attended the first Career Connections Expo on March 11th at Pitt Community College. Students were given the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities related to specific program areas of their career interests. The departments that participated in the Expo were: Architectural Technology, Automotive Technology, Construction Technology, Early Childhood Education, Gaming & Design, Health Occupations, Human Services, Paralegal, and Welding.

"In the video you see the Electrical Power Production Technology lab in PCC's new Technical Education Building. Also, Person High students in Huskins programs have class in the building and use the equipment on a daily basis. "

This presentation reviews the steps involved in making videos for marketing some Winston-Salem/Forsyth CTE programs. A couple of the videos are embedded in order to see the final product as well.

We did work with the National Academy Foundation on three of our academies and integrated our own individual needs into our model. Major points used to create our model are provided.

AHEAD (Academies of Health, Engineering And Design) is a new program that allows students to explore fields such as engineering or health. This video focuses on the health aspect of the program that is offered to Health Sciences Academy students. These students participated in the first Health Sciences Academy Day at Wayne Community College. Thirty-three students in grades 10 & 11 participated in hands-on activities designed by Science & Biotechnology, Nursing, Dental, Medical Assisting and Phlebotomy faculty at WCC. Overviews of careers and opportunities in Allied Health fields are presented.

This podcast discusses the planning and execution of a career day for high school students. We share successes and challenges in putting on such an event.

AHEAD (Academies of Health, Engineering And Design) is a new program that allows students to explore fields such as engineering or health. This video focuses on the engineering aspect of the program that are offered at Charles B. Aycock Engineering Academny. Students are engaged in projects such as Battle of the bots. Fifteen sumobot robots were built by students in the CBA engineering academy. Students came to Wayne Community College to finish construction and programming their robots with the help of second-year engineering students at the college. Sumobot competition piqued the students' curiosity in electronics.

Project E2, which began as a program solely for educators, has been enhanced to include students. Each month student/teacher teams from a given cluster from each high school visited the corresponding area at Surry Community College and a business/industry in the area. Students and teachers were able to see the educational opportunities available at SCC first-hand, as well as the employment opportunities available in the two-county area.

College Tech Prep Conferences are an excellent way to bring together career-oriented educators such as career development coordinators and school counselors in order to provide up-to-date information about College Tech Prep. This podcast steps viewers through the event components used successfully by Wake Tech Community College and the Wake County Public School System for many years. Included are examples of program content that can be replicated easily in any location.

This presentation showcases SYSTEM website, as well as the corresponding parent newsletter. By having a website that links to each partnering institution's site, we can be assured that everyone is getting the same information. The page has been created and linked to each school.

Summer Technical Institute is a summer day camp for students who have graduated from the eighth grade and will be entering high school in the fall. The four-day institute is held on the campus of Sampson Community College. During the camp, the students experience several career tracks and develop soft skills such as leadership, team building, oral and written communication, as well as presentation skills.

A Group of Sampson County High Schools' seniors participated in the IGO-IPOD-CTP project funded by CTP. These students toured Sampson Community College, job shadowed and learned how to create their own music and podcasts with Garage Band using MacBooks.

Presents an overview on the initiatives between the PSRC and RCC regarding their efforts with the CareerReady Partnership, RCC/PSRC Career Day, and Huskins/Dual Enrollment classes.

This is an overview of the Richmond County Schools Parents Night Out program, which introduces students and parents to Career Technical Education programs and Community College opportunities

In order to recruit into the Associate Degree Nursing program, the faculty at the community college developed a pilot program entitled: Camp S.C.R.U.B.S. (Students Can Reach Upward, Beyond the Stars) "Be a Nurse". The goal of this camp is to reach a target audience of rising juniors and seniors in high school in order to better prepare a post-high school cohort through dual enrollment. The nurse camp promotes the retention of academically prepared students who will graduate from the ADN program and pass the NCLEX to practice as registered nurses.

To better address academic attainment and skills valued by stakeholders, John A. Holmes High School has initiated a program to add value to student diplomas by offering three academic credentials: Career Readiness Certificates based on the WorkKeys assessment, College Tech Prep Readiness Certificates based on the ASSET, and College University Prep Certificates based on the SAT. This video provides information regarding the role of the ACES (Academic Credential Evaluation Services) Center in this credentialing program.

The Career Expo targets high school juniors and assists in connecting career goals with postsecondary training opportunities at community colleges within a reasonable distance of Onslow County (50 miles). Participants receive information on identified career employment trends, educational requirements and earning potential.

Learn how students at two Early College Career Academies get a Fast Start on their postsecondary education and career. Through an accelerated program of study, these students are provided an opportunity to complete a College Tech prep course of study within three years, earn industry recognized certifications, while qualifying for articulated and dual-enrollment college credits.

Trades Day: Champions at Work! is an event designed to elevate trades occupations from blue- to gold-collar status. In addition to showcasing student talent, it develops strong community partnerships while helping students transition to postsecondary training or employment.

There is a strong demand for construction and related skills within the service area of Onslow CTP Consortium. To help promote the career potential in these fields, the Onslow CTP Consortium, with businesses and industries, developed a one day event of contests to demonstrate technical skills to employers and parents, as well as celebrate student achievement.

This virtual program gives the viewer a look at a promotional video for schools and counselors to give to students and parents. The video gives them information about how the program works and encourages interested students to take advantage of the apprenticeship opportunities.

This presentation shows how a rural partnership met the challenge of providing professional development opportunities at a reasonable cost. Explore strategies on how to create affordable, flexible and sustainable professional development opportunities by tapping in-house expertise!

The Lincoln/Gaston Consortium presentation identifies how College Tech Prep is promoted through guidance, articulation, integration of literacy and the dissemination of these materials at high school curriculum fairs. Also shown how College Tech Prep is marketed using various types of media.

The podcast focuses on being involved with and giving back to the community. It highlights three programs areas and how they interact with the local and extended communities.

This podcast illustrates the steps taken to create a local articulation agreement between Beaufort County Community College and three local county school systems.

This podcast shows the value of Henderson County Public School's work-based learning program to students, employers, and the community.

This presentation provides the background information about the creation of the first two Duplin County Career Academies. The Agribusiness and Computer Information Technology Academies are described and marketing materials are shown.

Medical Sciences students at Ledford HS are training in the DCCC Mobile Medical Simulation Lab. Students simulate medical situations, view simulation videos, learn health sciences careers/programs at DCCC, and teachers critique their simulation responses.

This presentation describes how the Dare County Schools/College of The Albemarle consortium planned and implemented a Health Science Career Fair.

We have offered a new summer camp 'Robotics Rock' and have a project with Trout Unlimited harvesting trout eggs to be released into streams. Both opportunities yield hands-on, problem-solving projects while infusing 21st century skills into the curriculum

A brief look at four of our College Tech Prep funded programs. Marine Science, Computer Tech, Early Childhood Development, and Professional Crafts.

Cumberland County CTP Partnership offered 5-day summer camps on the FTCC campus to help students transition from HS to comm. college and expose to career opportunities. In June 2010, rising high school seniors chose from three different camps.

With a grant from Piedmont Biofuels, Craven County Schools bought a used school bus and had a custom-built 40 gallon biodiesel processor and seed press installed on the bus. The Bio Bus will be used by students as part of the local option agricultural education course Renewable Energy and Agriculture.

The Cumberland County Partnership has an extensive College Connections program encompassing Huskins, Concurrent Enrollment, Learn & Earn Online, and Articulated Credit. Learn how we've streamlined our processes and have made opportunities increasingly available to high school students.

Learn about The Craven EDGE (Earn a Degree; Graduate Early) program, how the logo is used in marketing and information materials to help students understand the value of Huskins, dual enrollment and Learn and Earn.

Planning for and organization of the Student Leadership Institute, selection of student participants, topics, community business panel, competition categories and selection of winners are discussed.

Review of the staff development sessions held in the consortium for the Math-in-CTE model. The Making Math Work PowerPoint supplies details about the Math-in-CTE model; the five core principles and seven elements of pedagogic framework.

Learn about the creation of Health Sciences Career Pathway. A community partner, which provides a unique internship opportunity as a culminating work based experience. This out-of-the-box idea is applicable to many different program areas.

The BE allows students to meet with A-B Tech instructors, Biltmore employees and will have opportunities for college classes, as well as job shadowing, internships, and apprenticeships in retail/marketing, culinary technology, and hospitality management.

Overview of how to make the relationship work from the perspective of a superintendent and a community college president.

Enrollment, marketing strategies, and general information with respect to tech prep program used in BCS and BCC schools.

Then learn how a state and national award winning college tech prep consortium promotes its curriculum, articulation agreement, and concurrent enrollment program.

In an attempt to keep faculty members current with business and technical realted issues/skills, BCC's Professional & Technical Program faculty members interned at various businesses/industries realted to their curriculum program area.

See how a collaborative effort among the high school, community college, local universities, and College Tech Business Partners prepares students for seamless transition from secondary to postsecondary schools. Find out how the Associate in Applied Science degree programs offer students an alternate pathway to the university and a savings on tuition and fees through the College Tech Prep Scholarship.

Guilford County Schools creates an upbeat production to gain student attention about Career & Technical Education and College Tech Prep. Podcast showcases the multiple ways our consortium worked together with College Tech Prep Business Partners to provide opportunities for students, parents, and the community to learn about College Tech Prep programs.

The tech prep grant was used to supplement the high school academies. The students take their beginning courses at their local high school and then finish their academy at Edgecombe Community College. The students earn a certificate from Edgecombe Community College after their completion of the academy. The focus this year was on the Health Science Academy along with the Electronics Academy.

Edgecombe Community College and Edgecombe County Public Schools have a strong partnership, which has added afternoon academies for our high schools students. If a student completes the academy, then he/she is awarded a certificate from the college. In order to create a smooth transition from high school to college, these academies lead directly to a diploma or degree from the college.

The Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Center, North Carolina Northeast Partnership, Edenton-Chowan School System and College of The Albemarle sponsored the Career Futures Forum in April of this year. Students will explore the careers, skills, and trends of various career paths associated with their chosen cluster, as well as have the opportunity to network with individuals who work in some of the career pathways associated with the cluster.