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Northwest Regional ESD's CCR and STEM team are partnering with Clatsop & Tillamook CTE Regional Coordinators to offer educator externships! Before we begin our planning, we want to hear from you. Do you have an industry you are interested in? Complete this survey to share your input and to share your contact information to prepare for registration.
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Portland Area Career Technical Education Consortium (PACTEC) and Portland Metro STEM Partnership are teaming up with Northwest Regional ESD's CCR team to host educator externships in Columbia, Washington, and Multnomah counties. Please share your voice to help us design the externships to your benefit. Registration will become available closer to the end of the academic year.
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This exciting summer institute is designed for any high school and community college educators who may be interested in learning more about mapping, GIS, and Geospatial Technologies. Register for this opportunity to learn how geospatial technologies can be leveraged in classrooms across multiple disciplines. Attendees will receive a $400 stipend and graduate credits or PDUs. Learn more on their flyer or register here by March 31st, 2024.
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This training is designed to teach you more about how Oregon Employability Skills (OES) can be used in your AVID, CTE programs of study, social-emotional learning, and career connected learning classrooms. At the end of this training, you can expect to have the skills to implement the OES curriculum into your classroom and/or program.
This training is designed with the following in mind:
- School Counselors
- School to Work Specialists
- Transition Specialists
- Core Teachers
- CTE Teachers
- Etc!
Register here!
Thursday, April 4th
12pm-3:30pm (lunch provided)
Northwest Regional ESD Washington Service Center
Registration closes March 29th
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In this computer science professional development, content teachers and counselors from across the region will participate in a one-day professional development to help them learn how to implement computer science into their every day curriculum (with a focus on engaging female-identifying students.)
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In this summer learning experience, incoming 9th graders will participate in a two-day summer camp which provides hands-on activities in computer science in order to increase career exposure and awareness.
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Lookout for a future newsletter with registration information for these opportunities or email careerpathways@nwresd.k12.or.us with questions
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What is codeORcreateNW? A 3-day Work-Based Learning challenge for high school students aligned to computer science, communications & technology, and digital marketing.
Join us in shaping the Fall 2024 event, tentatively to be held in November at Tillamook Bay Community College. Educators or Parents can chaperone teams for this fun and engaging event!
If you are interested in attending, have questions, or would like to give feedback for Fall planning, please complete this Google survey. We would love to hear your thoughts on how increase your school's engagement.
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Junior Achievement registration links for the 2024-25 school year are now live! If you are interested in bringing your students to Junior Achievement Biztown or Junior Achievement Finance Park, register by clicking either of the buttons below. More details on these programs can also be found below. To help offset the cost for participation, limited mini-grants will be available during the 2024-25 school year. |
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What is Junior Achievement Biztown?
JA Biztown is a capstone program which combines in-class learning that culiminates to a day-long visit to a simulated town. Students have the opportunity to play roels such as citizens, workers, and consumers during their simulation and learn the importance of rights and responsibilities in a community. Students also learn about soft skills necessary for world of work. This program is recommended for grades 4-6. Watch this video to get a better idea of what the day is like for students.
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What is Junior Achievement Finance Park? Similar to JA Biztown, JA Finance Park is a capstone program designed for personal finance learning. This specific program helps students build a foundation on which they can make informed financial decisions as they grow older and begin to enter adulthood. Students are assigned random adult identities and walkthrough setting a budget with their hypothetical salary and various life events. If you're interested in learning more, watch this video for further details.
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Willamette Promise is a dual credit opportunity for high schools in our region. They offer a variety of accelerated credit courses transcribed with Western Oregon University and Oregon Institute of Technology that help students focus on post-secondary education and training.
Willamette Promise students have saved over $15,119,365 in tuition costs!
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Flexibility and professional development for teachers are key. Both WOU and OIT offer options for teachers who do not have the credentials for traditional dual credit through intensive PLCs and professional training. To learn more or see if you could qualify, please email CareerPathways@nwresd.k12.or.us
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April 2nd 2:30-3:30PM Virtual Demonstration
We invite you to join us on April 2nd for a virtual introduction to the SchooLinks Career and College Guidance platform. In this demonstration you will learn how SchooLinks can support your district in career connected learning! The student platform supports career and college exploration, college application document management, and has other optional features including work-based learning and much, much more!
Register for this virtual event; If you can't attend live, a recording will be emailed.
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High school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates are invited to apply for a two-week manufacturing summer bridge program hosted by us! The program will begin on July 8th and end on July 19th. In the program, teens can expect to develop employability skills, explore careers in manufacturing, engage with industry partners, and tour local companies. Students will earn a scholarship for completing the workshop in addition to work-readiness gear. More details can be found on this flier. If you know a student that may be interested, share the flier or direct them to the Google application. This student experience is made possible by Washington County ARPA grant funding. [Spanish application]
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This training is designed for special educators and/or administrators interested in learning more about the system(s) that aim to provide support to students before and/or after they exit school services. Sarah Statham, Transition Network Facilitator, will present alongside Nate Deeks and CJ Webb on April 23rd at 8:30 am. To learn more details, visit the PDNetworks page. |
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