Resources and Links
Career Readiness / Work-based Learning Resource Fair
On March 11, 2004, the School to Work Alliance hosted
its annual resource fair at Con Edison for educators to learn about various
work-based learning opportunities in New York City for students. A number
of organizations that offer work, volunteer, and internship programs participated
as exhibitors. For the names, descriptions and contact information for these
organizations and programs, please click here.
State Education
Department School to Work and related programs
This address will bring you directly to the division that is responsible for
school to work, vocational education, tech prep and many other areas. Look
on the left-hand side for a link to specific program areas. Under the Learning
Standards topic you will find a link to sharing success www.sharingsuccess.org
This site lists hundreds of lesson plans and learning activities that have
been deemed effective.
New York State Department
of Labor
Click on Labor Market Information. You will see sections for educators. Also
you will find the Department's career exploration program, Career Zone. This
tool helps teachers bring valuable information to students regarding thousands
of career choices, what do you need to do to prepare for the career of your
choice and what colleges and training programs in New York State provide post
high school programs for specific careers. You can also go directly to the
Career Zone site: www.nycareerzone.org
Career Voyages
This new Web site, a result of a collaboration between the US Departments of
Education and Labor, features detailed information about the fastest growing
industries and occupations, the skills and education required to prepare for
them, job openings by area, and wages, licensing requirements and growth rates
for numerous occupations. Although some career paths described on the Web site
require a four-year degree, Career Voyages expands post-secondary opportunities
to include on-the-job training, apprenticeship programs for skilled trades,
vocational certificates, and two-year professional degree programs at community
colleges that can all lead to promising careers.
National Centers for Career and Technical
Education
This site features a wide range of information on CTE efforts across the country,
including free electronic newsletters, downloadable reports, moderated list-serves,
professional development programs, E-mail lists that keep subscribers in the
loop on current CTE issues, research, and funding developments, and more.
U.S. Department
of Education: No Child Left Behind
This is the official site of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Included
are facts related to the legislation, tips for parents and citizens to support
students, frequently asked questions, resources, and recent news.
Buck Institute for Education
The Buck Institute for Education's web site features information on resource
materials related to project-based learning, teacher training and professional
development activities. There are also examples of how to implement project-based
learning into lessons, broken down by subject.
RubiStar
This is a web site for teachers who want to use rubrics in their project-based
learning activities, but do not have the time to develop them from scratch.
RubiStar provides generic rubrics that can simply be printed and used for many
typical projects and research assignments. The unique aspect of RubiStar, however,
is that it provides these generic rubrics in a format that can be customized.
Teachers can change almost all suggested text in the rubric to make it fit their
own projects. Also visit http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased for more general
information about project-based learning.
WebQuest
This site allows you to create, as well as use, project-based learning projects
and lessons that have been sorted by content area and grade/level. The directories
give you a good idea of the projects, which include "Buying Your First
Car," "Play and Evaluate Math Games," and "Plan and Budget
a Class Trip to Disney World." Also included are project ideas for Math,
Art, History/Social Studies, and career-related subjects.
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation that documents
and disseminates models of the most innovative practices in our nation's K-12
schools. Particularly, this web site stresses multiple intelligences, school-to-career,
technology integration, and project-based learning.
The
Center for Problem-Based Learning
The Center for Problem-Based Learning was established by the Illinois Mathematics
and Science Academy (IMSA) to engage in PBL research, information exchange,
and curriculum development for K-16. It's the base for a math/science Problem-Based
Network that is sponsored by the ASCD and which anyone can join for a fee to
dialogue with math/science teachers around the country. On the site, there is
also a free math/science sample bank of problem-based problems. The center also
sponsors professional development problem-based learning curriculum design institutes
and an annual PBL symposium.
ASCD
"Design Your Own Professional Development:
Where to Start" This is a short online survey developed
by ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) that can
serve as a tool to assist school districts in the development of a comprehensive
professional development program.
National Youth Employment
Coalition
NYEC is a non-partisan national organization dedicated to promoting policies
and initiatives that help youth succeed in becoming lifelong learners, productive
workers and self-sufficient citizens.
Virtual Enterprise
International (New York City)
This site offers a description of the Virtual Enterprise program, a list of
the virtual firms in New York City, news, events and links to other school to
careers programs.
The National
School-to-Work Intermediary Project
The School-to-Work Intermediary Project is designed to strengthen and raise
the public profile of local organizations that connect schools, workplaces and
other community resources. The site has many tools and materials for building
effective partnerships.
High
Schools That Work.
This is one of the most successful and wide spread school reform initiatives
for high schools. More than 1,100 HSTW sites in 26 states-including New York
State--are using the HSTW framework of goals and key practices to raise student
achievement.
Center
for Youth Development & Education.
Massachusetts's governmental agency that supports school to work and related
areas. They have a great project based learning guide available for $15.