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When Leslie Dulgar came aboard as Guidance Counselor for the el- ementary and middle schools in the Ridgewood district, she had some ideas on life skills she wanted to begin to introduce to students. With RWMS principal Mike Maslowski’s prompt- ing, Dulgar began a partnership with the Career Center and Co- shocton C.A.R.E.S. co- ordinator Brian Crilow to begin introducing students to career and college exploration ac- tivities designed to get them think- ing about their futures. Dulgar thinks it’s important to be- gin introducing career concepts and job responsibilities to students at the middle school lev- el, before they get inundated with diffi- cult choic- es in high school. “Students feel more confident about their futures when they have a clear understanding of their strengths, passions and what they have been successful in. at way, they can make choices that will af- fect their future paths,” explains Dulgar. “Sure, Guidance and par- ents help, but when a child feels in- vested in their own future, there is a much greater chance of success right out of the gate.” Career-readiness activities start at Ridgewood, expand across other districts Career Development Digest Spring 2012 CCCC Career Development Coor- dinator, Ginger Reiss, worked with Dulgar to bring hands-on career exploration activites to Ridge- wood’s Kin- dergarten, second, fourth and sixth grade classes. Other ac- tivities were introduced in Coshoc- ton City and River View Local distsricts later in the year “We like to bring our students in to share a little bit about themselves and their program. It gets younger stu- dents interested when the message is delivered by an older teen versus an adult,” says Reiss. “We also combine these per- sonal introductions with a hands-on ac- tivities or games that help to reinforces what the CCCC stu- dent - typically one of our program ambas- sadors - just shared.” e Career Center’s Career Development programs, along with programs offered through Coshoc- ton C.A.R.E.S. can help city and local county school districts collect infor- mation so that parents and adminis- trators can begin to recognize where natural aptitudes may occur and di- rect younsters appropriately. Luke Mathias, Culinary Arts senior, and re- cent RV graduate, shows Ridgewood Elemen- tary School second-graders how to hold pastry bags, while decorating a cupcake. Students got to try and taste their creations. Brianna Arnold, Natural Resources senior, and Indian Valley graduate, leads South Lawn sixth graders through a My First Resume activity to help them understand how their experiences map to future job skills. What folks are saying... “By partnering with the Coshoc- ton County Career Center, we were able to provide our 4th grade students an opportunity to explore their career interests by allowing them to participate in hands on career-tech activities. It was a very positive experience for our stu- dents and we look forward to con- tinuing our partnership with the Coshocton County Career Center as we explore and develop career readiness for our students.” Mike Maslowski 2011-2012 Principal Ridgewood Middle School “[e Career Center ambassador] who visited us did a super job entertaining and informing our young students in a such a posi- tive way about law enforcement. I know our teachers were very ap- preciative of the visit and we’ll be looking forward to more visitors from the CCCC this coming year. “ Jerry Olinger Principal Keene Elementary School “When we did the My First Resume activity, you could kind of see the light bulbs starting to come on. My students began to understand how odd jobs they do to earn allowance, or volun- teer at their church or even thei extracurricular responsibilities, could be translated into posi- tive information on a personal resume.” Tony Meiser 6th Grade Teacher South Lawn Elem. School . (See ‘ Career-Readiness ’ on reverse side)
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When Leslie Dulgar came aboard as Guidance Counselor for the el-ementary and middle schools in the Ridgewood district, she had some ideas on life skills she wanted to begin to introduce to students. With RWMS principal Mike Maslowski’s prompt-ing, Dulgar began a partnership with the Career Center and Co-shocton C.A.R.E.S. co-ordinator Brian Crilow to begin introducing students to career and college exploration ac-tivities designed to get them think-ing about their futures.
Dulgar thinks it’s important to be-gin introducing career concepts and job responsibilities to students at the middle school lev-el, before they get inundated with diffi-cult choic-es in high s c h o o l . “Students feel more conf ident about their f u t u r e s when they have a clear understanding of their strengths, passions and what they have been successful in. That way, they can make choices that will af-fect their future paths,” explains Dulgar. “Sure, Guidance and par-ents help, but when a child feels in-vested in their own future, there is a much greater chance of success right out of the gate.”
Career-readiness activities start at Ridgewood, expand across other districts
Career Development DigestSpring 2012
CCCC Career Development Coor-dinator, Ginger Reiss, worked with Dulgar to bring hands-on career
exploration a c t i v i t e s to Ridge-wood’s Kin-dergarten, s e c o n d , fourth and sixth grade c l a s s e s . Other ac-tivities were introduced in Coshoc-ton City and River
View Local distsricts later in the year
“We like to bring our students in to share a little bit about themselves and their program. It gets younger stu-dents interested when the message is
delivered by an older teen versus an adult,” says Reiss. “We also combine these per-sonal introductions with a hands-on ac-tivities or games that help to reinforces what the CCCC stu-dent - typically one of our program ambas-sadors - just shared.”
The Career Center’s Career Development programs, along with
programs offered through Coshoc-ton C.A.R.E.S. can help city and local county school districts collect infor-mation so that parents and adminis-trators can begin to recognize where natural aptitudes may occur and di-rect younsters appropriately.
Luke Mathias, Culinary Arts senior, and re-cent RV graduate, shows Ridgewood Elemen-tary School second-graders how to hold pastry bags, while decorating a cupcake. Students got to try and taste their creations.
Brianna Arnold, Natural Resources senior, and Indian Valley graduate, leads South Lawn sixth graders through a My First Resume activity to help them understand how their experiences map to future job skills.
What folks are saying...
“By partnering with the Coshoc-ton County Career Center, we were able to provide our 4th grade students an opportunity to explore their career interests by allowing them to participate in hands on career-tech activities. It was a very positive experience for our stu-dents and we look forward to con-tinuing our partnership with the Coshocton County Career Center as we explore and develop career readiness for our students.”
Mike Maslowski2011-2012 PrincipalRidgewood Middle School
“[The Career Center ambassador] who visited us did a super job entertaining and informing our young students in a such a posi-tive way about law enforcement. I know our teachers were very ap-preciative of the visit and we’ll be looking forward to more visitors from the CCCC this coming year. “
Jerry OlingerPrincipalKeene Elementary School
“When we did the My First Resume activity, you could kind of see the light bulbs starting to come on. My students began to understand how odd jobs they do to earn allowance, or volun-teer at their church or even thei extracurricular responsibilities, could be translated into posi-tive information on a personal resume.”
Tony Meiser6th Grade TeacherSouth Lawn Elem. School
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(See ‘Career-Readiness’ on reverse side)
Activities and assessments can mea-sure students’ interests, personality and learning styles, careers and ca-reer cluster understanding, percep-tion and communi-cation styles, lifestyle preferences, and even job readiness, in old-er students.
“It’s important to un-derstand how we and our member school districts track success in these programs,” explains Coshocton County JVS District Superintendent Deb-orah Kapp-Salupo. “We do that by team-ing with Guidance, administrators and teachers, to make sure we meet students’ individual needs.”
Kapp-Salupo wants to keep the focus on this effort. Beginning in 2013, the Career Center along with all other career-tech secondary schools in the
state, will begin to be measured on student performance in two new cat-egories: industry credentials earned and concurrent college coursework
sucessfully com-pleted. “We want to turn out students well-positioned to compete both in college and in the work-place, which makes it even more impor-tant to identify students geared for career-tech training.”
Finally, these programs, if publicized well, garner community goodwill and also help to engage parents in the career-de-velopment planning process. When parents are involved, they can work with school guidance departments and career development coordina-tors to identify where their child’s
natural skills and interests, and play a part in directing his or her future.
For more information on the types of assessments and activites offered, or to schedule an activity, give us a call at 622-0211, extension 1137.
Heath Careers junior Taylor Tay-tro shows RWMS 4th graders a sample of fat content in the typical American diet.
(Career-Readiness , continued)
Metal Fabrication junior Tyler Kreiger shows a visiting River View eighth-grade student how to set the program for a CNC Plasma Cutter.
CCCC Career Development Team Members:
Doug NagleGuidance Counselor, CCCC
[email protected], ext. 1105
Brian Crilow Director, Coshocton C.A.R.E.S.
[email protected], ext. 1161
Ginger Reiss Public Relations and Career Development Coordinator, CCCC
[email protected], ext. 1137
DID YOU KNOW??SB316 (FY12-FY13 Mid-Biennium Budget Review) requires that ‘Not later than June 30, 2013, the state board, in consultation with any office housed in the governor’s office that deals with workforce develop-ment, shall adopt model curricula for grades kinder-garten through twelve that embed career connection learning strategies into regular classroom instruction.’
...It’s coming. We can help.
Career Exploration and Career Development Activities Offered:
•Kindergarten Reading Buddies• Community Helpers Matching Game• Careers-For-Me Interest Assessments• Career-Readiness DVDs• My Student Edge Interest Surveys• My First Resume Activity• Introduction to Career Clusters • Am I Job-Ready? • OCIS (Ohio Career Information System - Various assessments and career research tools)• Kaleidescope Personality Profiler• ACT EXPLORE and ACT PLAN• CCCC Tours and Customized Visits
