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EEDW Insights and Highlights
June/July 2024 EEDW Project Newsletter
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We are in for a great school year! New sites, vastly expanded support for counselors and students, a very exciting 2-day career event for counselors and students, online discussion platforms for both students and counselors, and a snazzy set of high-interest videos featuring college IT students. And MORE.
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We are glad that you are on this journey with us!
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We are all about one thing: helping students get ready to take on their careers, whether or not they are pursuing IT pathways. We know that IT skills are essential in any career field, and we’re making sure that every student understands their opportunities to learn the skills they will need for success.
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Take a look below. You’ll find information about events, sample resources, a sample video, and spotlights from our ECHS, higher education, and industry partners.
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As always, feel free to reach out to the EEDW team. We’re with YOU on this journey to bring success to EVERY student.
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--David Bowman, EEDW Project Director
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New ECHS Spotlight
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"Leadership and Diversity in Learning!"
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We were excited to imagine a partnership in which our students were able to access more IT opportunities. Particularly of interest is the ability to identify and hone IT skills in all academic areas.
Read more...
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ECHS Counselor Spotlight
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Adriana Ortiz - Deming ECHS
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"Awakening Scholars to Greatness!"
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The value of the EEDW program has helped our school have a META program here at ECHS. META has helped our students become more tech-savvy; it has helped our students prepare for essential tech skills and become stem-ready.
Read more...
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EEDW IT Dept. Spotlight
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Dona Aña Community College
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"Solving Problems That Did Not Exist
Before and Succeeding!"
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Dual credit is important because it is a way to expose high school students to the college environment. This can be done face-to-face or online. A majority of our students are the first in their families to attend college. Letting high school students attend college classes should help reduce fear and anxiety about attending college.
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ECHS Industry Spotlight
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Understanding and Engaging Gen Z
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As counselors, understanding the unique characteristics and motivations of Gen Z is crucial in guiding the next generation of workers. By acknowledging the unique challenges and motivations of Gen Z, you can better prepare them for entering the workforce and navigating their careers. Encouraging flexibility, promoting mental and physical wellness, and aligning career advice with their intrinsic motivations will be key in supporting Gen Z's professional journeys.
Read more...
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Jamie James is a student at San Juan College. She shares how her introduction to coding classes motivated her to pursue a career in IT, specifically, IT Support. Watch to the end for some sage advice for future IT students!
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Share it with students you know!
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Registration begins soon for these exciting events! Stay tuned...
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On June 24th and 25th, the San Juan College School of Business hosted the 2024 CTE CyberNet Academy New Mexico. RING trainers Dr. Kristine Christensen, Co-Director of Education Pathway National Center, Jiri Jirik, Director of Education Pathway National Center and Jennifer Marden, Research Scientist/RING Trainer
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A special thank you to San Juan College and Murdoch Maloney, Dean of the School of Business. We look forward to doing this again in 2025 at Dona Aña Community College at the East Mesa Campus next year.
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From our evaluators at the RAND Corporation
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“Looking ahead to the next school year, RAND’s evaluation plan for the EEDW project has been updated and will ask less of counselors. Counselors are no longer being asked to complete any trackers about your interactions with students, nor do you need to know which students are in the “encouraged” group in your day-to-day work. Instead, RAND will simply invite counselors to participate in a brief (~5 minute) voluntary survey once per semester, which will ask questions about your experiences providing advice to ALL of your students about IT courses, pathways, and career opportunities. RAND will also continue to gather feedback through interviews from time to time with some of the counselors participating in EEDW.
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Once at the end of each school year, EEDW will ask counselors to provide enrollment data showing a list of which students at the school ended up enrolling in IT courses, so that we can track this outcome.
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EEDW will continue to coordinate with you around sending text messages about IT specifically to the “encouraged” student list, and will now also be mailing additional helpful information about IT opportunities to those “encouraged” students. EEDW will also work with schools and to help a subset of interested students from this group to attend the upcoming Fall “Tech Summit.”
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Newsletter Archives
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By the way, if you want to read past EEDW Newsletters, click here!
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A Few Final Thoughts about EEDW
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We have the potential through EEDW not only to improve learning experiences during the high school years and post-graduation studies but also to prepare students for success when they first step into their professional roles.
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Thank you for all you do!
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