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In-Depth Interviews with Innovative Educators Using Career ChoicesWe conduct in-depth interviews with educators across the country to learn how they use and adapt the Career Choices curriculum for each of their special populations. Their approaches are insightful and creative. If you are conducting a Career Choices program, are seriously considering its adoption, you'll want to take the time to read these innovators' stories. The following stories are from Summer Youth programs funded by the Department of Labor. Pat Marabella - Havre, Montana Learn how Pat instilled a love of learning in his multi-cultural, at-risk group of students. Thirty percent of his students were Native American so his ideas for this population are worth looking at. Pre- and post-tests found significant increases in math and reading. Nancy Carter - Denver, Colorado Learn how Nancy structured her Summer Youth Program and the students' significant gains in learning, based on their outside evaluation. One strong component was that each student who successfully completed the program (100% attendance among other markers) received one unit of credit toward graduation. Zora Tammer - Berkeley, California Learn how Zora structured the six-hour day (over eight weeks) for reluctant learners that motivated and transformed the students who normally are turned-off by school. Ron Eydenberg - Boston, Massachusetts Learn how Ron brought academics into the worksite for his 500 Summer JTPA participants and the benefits of this approach. Eric Stephens - Los Angeles, California Learn how Eric adjusted his curriculum to the different learning styles of his at-risk population. Deb Mumford - Denver, Colorado Learn about the findings of the external evaluator of this academic enrichment program for at-risk students. The staff also share their insights on why they think this program worked. Anne Swygert - Greensboro, North Carolina Learn about Anne's seven-week summer JTPA program and some of her creative activities and approaches that exposed her students to a world they had never known. Jessy James - Marshall, Minnesota Learn about Jessy's students' significant gains in their math and reading and to what he attributes to these gains in the post-testing. Joe Werner - Monterey, California Learn about the strategies Joe used with his program for very high risk youth that, as he put it, "puts the needs of the students first." The strength of this program is the individualized attention each of his 78 students received. John Gill - Hempstead, New York Learn how John adapted Career Choices and Possibilities to work with his population of 700 at-risk students with varying abilities. |