(event) Ground Hog Job Shadow Day

[Pam Mcketa]

These are great points. Leah and Dan both make the case for how important
job shadowing days/activities are to youths, especially in low income areas.
Lon's original post, from a teacher's perspective, recommends that these
type of special events be reserved for the summer.

I like how this discussion highlights how important out-of-school programs
are for rounding out what kids learn outside of school hours and outside of
the K-12 curriculum. Whether that learning is taking place after school, on
the weekends, during the summer, during school breaks...

(By the way, the chart that Dan refers to is on their web site under "best
practices")

Pam

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-----Original Message-----
From: Youthlearn Discussion Forum
[mailto:YOUTHLEARN at LISTSERV.MORINO.ORG]On Behalf Of Dan Bassill
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:26 PM
To: YOUTHLEARN at LISTSERV.MORINO.ORG
Subject: Re: (event) Ground Hog Job Shadow Day

<p>At the www.tutormentorconnection.org we show a chart that looks like a
wheel. The "hub" represents a child.  It shows a timeline that starts on the
left with preschool and ends on the right with "career".  Above the timeline
is a circle that represents the 9-3pm time each day a child spends in
school.  Below the time line are two circles, representing the 3-5pm hours
and after 5pm hours.

The spokes lead out to each of the 16 career tracks which youth might aspire
to (retailing, finance, education, health care, arts/culture/religion, etc).

Our goal is to recruit mentors from each of these spokes to become part of
an on-going process that exposes youth to more career aspirations than a
poverty neighborhood normally offers, and who become people who are
advocates, coaches, tutors, (and funders) of programs and schools where the
mentors and youth connect.

It is the on-going exposure to various career opportunities which influence
youth.  The more choices, the more likely one will match a child's natural
talent and expectations. In poverty areas there are too few positive choces
and too many negative career paths.

In such a process, we'd have job shadowding every day, not just one day a
year.

Dan Bassill
President
Cabrini Connections
Tutor/Mentor Connection
Chicago

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