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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

New Reference Tool - Roadmaps

Some of you heard the Career Pathways presentation at the ASPIRE conference – or when the rep from Chemeketa met with us.

One of the most helpful take-aways for me was learning about the Career Roadmaps.

These are pretty straightforward schematics showing how a student can progress from a certificate on up to AA or bachelor’s degree by building on courses already taken.

We’ve printed out the Roadmaps for the programs at PCC and Chemeketa (many more options are available at other community colleges as well.)

I also put a Career pathways overview in the pocket at the front of the binder – which I put on the shelf (under the cabinets) in front of the PCC file box

These are the Roadmaps for Portland Community College

·         Accounting / bookkeeping
·         Bioscience technology
·         Computer applications / office systems
·         Web development and design
·         Computer information systems
·         Corrections technician
·         EET renewable energy
·         Emergency management
·         HVAC/R installer
·         Fitness technology
·         Manufacturing technician
·         Retail sales and service
·         Solar voltaic manufacturing

These are the Roadmaps for Chemeketa:

·         Accounting
·         Automotive technology
·         Business technology
·         Computer software and information technology
·         Criminal justice / law enforcement
·         Drafting technology
·         Early childhood education
·         Electronics technology
·         Health information management
·         Hospitality & tourism management
·         Machining technology
·         Management
 

New Scholarships

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS!


BLUEBERRIES GOOD FOR YOU – The Oregon Blueberry Commission is offering scholarships up to $5,000 for students involved in some aspect of AGRICULTURE. www.oregonblueberry.com/scholarship. Deadline is Jan. 31, 2015.

BELIEVE IN YOU – Scholarship and Principal’s Award sponsored by Herff Jones, Inc. Looking for candidates with leadership and community service experience and solid grades. https://aim.applyists.net/HerffJones. Deadline is Feb. 8, 2015.

RINGLING (no – not the circus but the creative arts college!)  --National story-telling Contest with awards that range from a 3- to 28-day stay there. Tell your story, based on “The Giver” novel/play, in 100 words plus photo or illustration; or 250 word essay, poem, song lyrics. Ringling grads work for DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, Disney, Target, Pixar, Sony, Hallmark, Apple, Leo Burnett, Nickelodeon – to name a few. www.ringlingcreativeawards.info. Deadline is Feb. 15, 2015.

CONSTRUCTION – Schweiger Memorial Scholarship Fund grants awards to students pursuing careers in construction or related fields. Internship possibilities, too! www.CallAAC.com. Deadline is March 2, 2015.
 

College Admissions Resources from the Khan Academy

College admissions and financial aid can be confusing. I grew up with a single mother who made less in a year than many colleges were charging for tuition. If I didn't have an older sister who had navigated the process herself, I don't think I would have had the same higher education and career opportunities, and Khan Academy might not exist.
This is why Khan Academy has created resources to help students and parents navigate this challenging process. These resources include video interviews and conversations with successful students from all walks of life and admissions officers and counselors at some of the nation's top schools.
Online resources can never be as good as a great mentor. However, we hope that we can help students get a solid start and to provide teachers, parents and counselors with a useful tool to help the students in their lives.
Check out College Admissions resources!
If you're a student considering college or know someone who would like these resources, I hope you'll take a look at and share our new College Admissions resources.
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First in the World Grant

Improving Access to College through Games, Technology and Social Media
 
A First in the World Grant
What We Are Trying to Accomplish/Model
William G. Tierney + Zoe B. Corwin
 
The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education recently received a $3.2 million grant from the United States Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education through their First in the World (FITW) Program. The new investment will enable the Pullias Center to drastically expand the reach of its online college access game, Mission: Admission, created in collaboration with USC’s Game Innovation Lab directed by Tracy Fullerton.
 
The purpose of the project is to implement and evaluate an innovative game-based intervention designed to boost college-going outcomes in high schools throughout California. The key project innovation is in meeting students where they spend time—in online and game spaces—by using games, technology, and social media tools to motivate, educate, and support students in applying to college and for financial aid. Through a random-control trial and case studies from selected sites, researchers will explore the effects of game-based learning on students’ college-going efficacy, college knowledge, FAFSA completion, and college enrollment.
 
 
 
 
The goal of FITW grants, totaling $75 million, is to enable the United States to assume primacy once again in college-going and postsecondary graduation. A core belief in the United States throughout the country’s history has been that education plays a major role in enabling people to move out of poverty. These grants are a continuation of that idea. 
 
The Pullias Center has worked at improving college access on several fronts through our mentoring and writing programs, research on community colleges, analyses of postsecondary performance and productivity, investigations of the for-profit sector, and most recently, how technology, games, and social media might enable more individuals to gain access to higher education. The need for purposeful change in the secondary and postsecondary sectors, and a dedication to innovation and creativity are core assumptions that drive the Pullias Center’s work. We are gratified that this FITW grant will enable us to test some of our key hypotheses surrounding the use of games in increasing access to higher education.
 
The project will enable the Pullias Center to convene a stellar group of researchers, practitioners, and game designers across disciplines and institutions to tackle a persistent problem in a new way. Over the course of four years, the project team will implement the college application game Mission: Admission in 50 schools across the state of California through a web-based platform that thousands of students will be able to access on their mobile devices. Teachers will receive training and support for how to use the game-based tools. The grant includes rigorous evaluation of the effects of game play on students’ college trajectories.
 
Our collaborative research team includes Gale Sinatra from USC’s Rossier School of Education, Dennis Wixon from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and an independent evaluation team led by Robert Reichardt from Augenblick, Palaich, and Associates. Key development partners include game designers from FutureBound, a company that grew out of a collaboration between the USC Pullias Center and Game Innovation Lab, and social media experts from MTV’s Get Schooled Foundation. Dissemination and implementation will be facilitated through a partnership with the California Student Aid Commission and their Cal-SOAP affiliates.
 
The new grant builds upon development, research, and evaluation activities funded by the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, and the TG Public Benefits Program. The project began with internal support from USC’s Office of the Provost.
 
For more information and updates on the project, please contact Zoƫ Corwin at zcorwin@usc.edu or visit Pullias Center Games Project.
 
 
 
 
 

Chemeketa's Winter Workshop


 Save the date

Dear Janet,
Please save the date for our winter workshop for high school counselors and student advocates. Continental breakfast and lunch included.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
8 am - 1 pm
Chemeketa Center for Business & Industry
This is a great opportunity to learn first-hand what Chemeketa has to offer for your college-bound high school students.
New this year is an afternoon session presented by Winston Cornwall of the Oregon Dept. of Education Civil Rights office. Mr. Cornwall will explain the responsibilities of public schools in educating students with disabilities.
More details and registration information will be e-mailed to you in January.

FAFSA Q&A

FAFSA questions and answers from the Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/finance/index.ssf/2014/11/reader_questions_on_fafsa_as_c.html

Fall Issue of Link Magazine

The Fall issue of the LINK magazine for counselors is out and available digitally. You can download it at the link below.