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Resources: Career Exploration Events

 

Attend Career Exploration Events, Participate in Job Shadows, Go on Information Interviews, Intern, Apprentice.

These are all great opportunities for learning about jobs.

See videos from this Career Exploration Event.

Benefits for Students and Businesses of Attending GLOW with Your Hands

Business came out in droves to support GLOW with Your Hands Career Event. They see the need to help students find career pathways. They have openings in their businesses and want to encourage students to consider all of their options for going to work right after high school. They are willing to train their workers for specific skills needed. Students benefit from hands-on opportunities by better understand the changes in fields like agriculture, construction and manufacturing.

Area Businesses Meet the Future

Area Businesses Meet the Future Workforce at GLOW with Your Hands

Out of the Classroom Career Exploration

Construction Careers at GLOW with Your Hands

What Do Students Learn At Camp HardHat?

Camp Hard Hat: Exploring Construction Careers

How do Career Exploration Events Change Lives?

Career Exploration Events Draw Students Into New Career Pathways

GLOW with Your Hands Virtual is a companion website to an annual hands-on event for students from schools in the GLOW region. The website provides on-demand career video content highlighting opportunities available right here in our GLOW region, ladders of educational pathways to employment, and a panorama of programs and events designed to excite students about the world of work, create career awareness, and offer exploration. Learn More: Connect to GLOW with Your Hands Virtual 

GLOW With Your Hands Virtual

Caring Forward: Roadtrip Nation On-Demand

 

Meet Alma, Samuel, and Ryan—three young people eager to transform the healthcare landscape and find work worth doing—and follow them as they travel across their home state in search of fulfilling and inspiring career paths. See how they and other inspiring people are meeting the moment to provide holistic health care in new ways to those who need it most.

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Chip In On-Demand

 

Episode 1 Leading Edge: Meet semiconductor pros building our futures one microchip at a time. See how these tiny building blocks help make sci-fi concepts like artificial intelligence and advanced robotics into a reality, and meet some of the people training the next generation to lead the charge on even more innovations.

Episode 2: Making Micro: See how far microelectronics have already brought us into the future and how much further they’ll take us soon. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how microchips shape the worlds of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and other future-focused industries.

About Chip-In: Semiconductor chips may be tiny, but they have a giant impact on the world around us. They power how we communicate, travel, entertain ourselves, and live our daily lives. Follow three young people as they explore the huge, future-focused, and exciting world of microelectronics. From Roadtrip Nation.

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Empowered State On-Demand

 

Episode 1: Powered for Good: Meet the “Empowered State” roadtrippers: David, Leila, and Julia—three New Yorkers interested in finding their place in the clean energy revolution; then follow along as they explore hydroelectric power’s potential at Niagara Falls and visit Ithaca, one of New York’s greenest cities.

Episode 2: Under the Ground and Through the Air | Empowered State: Air travel currently emits over one billion tons of carbon dioxide each year—but a cleaner choice is coming. In this episode, the roadtrippers climb inside the next generation of electric planes to imagine how battery-powered flight could help save our climate. Plus, they learn how to harness the Earth’s natural power through geothermal energy, and see how sustainable skyscrapers take shape.

Episode 3: A More Equitable Revolution | Empowered State: How can we make sure the clean energy revolution creates a better future for all—without leaving anyone behind? In this episode, the roadtrippers talk to policymakers and activists about the human side of the switch to renewable energy—including a visit to a sustainable community farm and a sitdown with environmental attorney Elizabeth Yeampierre.

Episode 4: We Power New York | Empowered State: As the road trip comes to an end, interviews with clean energy executives and entrepreneurs help the roadtrippers feel empowered to personally take on one of our planet’s biggest, most urgent challenges—and find career fulfillment along their paths.

Watch Empowered State On-Demand (All episodes) Electric planes. Towns powered by waterfalls. Offshore wind farms. This isn’t the far-off future of clean energy—it’s what’s happening right now in New York State. Join three New Yorkers as they explore the clean energy revolution taking place in their backyard.

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PBS LearningMedia: New York’s Largest Classroom

 

PBS LearningMedia offers FREE educational resources for everyone, PreK-12 educators and students. Empower and engage your students with resources that are designed for educators, vetted and curated to support your educational needs by quality content producers in public media and their educational partners.

It is the go-to destination for instant access to education-ready, digital resources including videos, audio, photos, images, lesson plans, handouts, primary & secondary documents, self-paced lesson modules and more for preK-12 classrooms and students! You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all, the service is free for NY educators and students. Made possible by PBS & the NY Public Broadcasting Stations: Go to: http://ny.pbslearningmedia.org  No accounts required for access. 

About PBS Learning Media (Download PBS LearningMedia Flyer)

  • Thousands of learning-ready resources aligned to state and national standards
  • Award-winning, educational content
  • Free access for every educator across New York (and beyond)
  • Teacher tools – class roster, quizzes, puzzles and more
  • Compatibility with Google Classroom, Schoology, Clever and Remind

PBS LearningMedia Tutorials (More here)

      Explore PBS LearningMedia

      Explore by Collections: Video Clips, Activities, Lessons

      Explore by Grade Level Resources:
      PreK-K | K-2 | 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 |

      Explore by Subject Area Resources:

      Science | Social Studies | Math | ELA | Engineering & Tech | Health & Physical Education | Preschool |
      Professional Development |

      Curated Collections of Resources

      Injustice At Home: Japanese Internment Camp Painting

      Injustice At Home: Classroom Collection On-Demand

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      PBS LearningMedia

      Veterans Connections PBS LearningMedia Collections & Military Families Resources

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      Climate and Our Planet

      Climate and Our Planet PBS LearningMedia Collection

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      Becoming Frederick Douglass with a photo of Frederick Douglass

      Becoming Frederick Douglass Educational Resources

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      Sourdough

      Culinary Arts: Cooking, Baking, & Kitchen Science Education Resources:

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      PBS LearningMedia

      Education Resources on Race, Racism, Civil Rights, & Diversity

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      Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March. People holding protest signs

      Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March PBS LearningMedia Collection

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      East Lake Meadows Public Housing

      Redlining, Housing and Civil Rights Classroom Resources

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      The Gene: An Intimate History Presented by Ken Burns

      The Gene: An Intimate History On-Demand & Education Resources

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      Niagara Movement The Early Movement for Civil Rights (Niagara Falls and Civil Rights Leaders pictured)

      The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights On-Demand

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      The U.S. and the Holocaust Film

      The U.S. and the Holocaust Educational Resources:

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      Training as a Nurse in High School & Beyond

       

      You can train for an nursing career while still in high school.

      Exploring nursing and medical careers can begin in high school through career technical education. The program allows training while in high school, and gaining work experience through internships and co-ops to gain their certification. 75% of graduates go on to work part-time and further medical training to become LPNs or RNs through 2 year and 4 year training programs. Programs are also available as part of Adult Education, community college and college/university programs. 

      Research Career Areas: Ask about training dollars and scholarships or on-the-job training programs

      Career Coach (MCC) Explore regional nursing career descriptions, education requirements & salary levels

      How COVID-19 Caused a Nursing Shortage and Inspired a New Generation of New Nurses (WXXI News) 

      Job Postings for  related jobs

      URMC Affiliated Hospital Nursing Job Listings & Nursing School

      Rochester Regional Health Nursing Career Programs

      Training Programs for High School Students, College Students, On-the Job Training and Certificates

      High School Level Programs
      Monroe 2 BOCES

      Genesee Valley BOCES

      Monroe 1 BOCES Eastern Monroe Career Center

      Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES

      Training Programs in Adult Education

      Monroe 2 BOCES Center for Workforce Development

      Genesee Valley BOCES

      Monroe 1 BOCES: Can attend high school level classes (see above)

      Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES Health Careers

      Rochester Educational Opportunity Center (SUNY Brockport): Programs including Health Careers

      Training programs in at Community Colleges

      Bachelor’s Degree Programs & Beyond:

      Serving Change On-Demand

      Episode 1: Start Small, Think Big: Meet the roadtrippers and other inspiring people changing the world on a local, countrywide, and global level. Along the way, the roadtrippers learn making small positive changes in their own communities can slowly add up to changing the entire world around them.

      Episode 2: From the Ground Up: How do you build a better world? One small change at a time. The roadtrippers meet with public service professionals doing their part to pave the way to a more just and equitable society.

      Episode 3: A New World: Change is always happening—the best we can do is influence it in a positive direction. The roadtrippers meet leaders working to do just that, and reflect back on how they can do the same.

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      The Next Mission On-Demand

       

      Three veterans set off on a road trip to discover their purpose in the civilian world.

      Roadtrip Nation: The Next Mission, shares stories presented prove there’s no one way to handle transition—each veteran has a different background and set of challenges. But they all share a common hurdle: after spending their lives defined by their military identity, they wonder who they’ll be when the uniform is gone. Helen Chandler has been in or around the military her whole life—she was literally born in an Army helicopter. But now that she has retired from her military career, she’s struggling to find an identity that doesn’t revolve around being a soldier. Army veteran Sam Shockley had everything stripped from him in an instant when he lost his legs to an explosive device during a tour of Afghanistan. But after trudging through post-traumatic depression, he feels he’s finally ready to take hold of his life and find a passion that will push him forward. Bernard Edwards has already figured out what his passion is—helping his fellow veterans transition out of financial and mental woes. Now he’s ready to execute his vision, and seeks to connect with other altruistic veterans like himself. From interviews with fitness entrepreneur Derek Weida, to skincare line founder Nicole Baldwin, author and businessman Robert Kiyosaki, and many more, the road-trippers discover that the skills cultivated in the military aren’t relegated to the battlefield; they can be translated to any number of exciting jobs.

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