Almost 1,000 eighth graders participated in this stem career awareness program which was followed by "Middle School Precision Machining Career Awareness Day" which teamed each of the schools with a local precision machine shop.
Middle school career awareness programs such as the one developed by the career and technical education leaders in Chesapeake, Virginia, are helping students to do just that.
Boys are not overlooked: DUDE Tech introduces male students in grades 8-11 to careers in culinary arts, horticulture/floral arranging and child care/education during a one-day career awareness program.
On November 11, the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) will air Build Your Future 2004, its eighth annual career awareness program.
Past recipients and organizations include: -- Barbara George, Little Red School House (1994) -- Gwen Beighle, Multifaith Aids Project (1994) -- Lonnie Franklin and John Perkins, Central Youth and Family Services (1994) -- John Little, Seattle 4-H (1994) -- Belinda Lafferty, Youth Eastside Services (1994) -- David Kelly-Hedrick, Youth Volunteer Corps of King County (1994) -- Janet Trinkaus, Rise `n Shine (1995) -- Francia Russell, DanceChance/Pacific Northwest Ballet (1995) -- Melvin Minnis, Accounting Career Awareness Program for Minority -- Youth (1995) -- Sister Kathleen Ross, Heritage College (1995) CONTACT: SAFECO Corp.
The four recipients of SAFECO's 1995 Rudy Award are: Melvin Minnis of Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP) for minority high school students, Janet Trinkaus of Rise `n' Shine, Francia Russell of DanceChance, which is part of the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and Sister Kathleen Ross of Heritage College.
com Circle # 23 on Free Information Card Career Awareness Instructional Materials American Careers classroom career awareness programs for high school, middle school and elementary students provide content, lessons and performance assessments that allow teachers, counselors and administrators to integrate the study of careers into the curriculum in ways that support school improvement.
