Transcript Clips
How we made it happen
Prepared by Karen Knapton and Jeralyn Jargo
November 2009
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Five Year Enrollment Trends - FYE
7,000
6,716
Enrollment
6,133
6,000
6,288
5,980
5,956
FY06
5,980
FY07
5,956
5,000
4,000
3,000
FYE
FY05
6,133
Fiscal Year
FY08
6,288
FY09
6,716
FY05
FY06
FY07
FY08
FY09
Percent Female
58%
58%
57%
56%
55%
Percent Full-time
47%
48%
48%
47%
47%
Percent First-generation
61%
58%
59%
60%
61%
Percent New Students
35%
35%
36%
34%
34%
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Average Age
DEFINITION: A nontraditional
occupation for women is one in which
women comprise 25 percent or less of
total employment.
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Nontraditional Occupations:
Span all major occupational groups
Provide many employment opportunities
Generally offer higher entry-level wages and a
career ladder
▪ Initial pay $20.00-$30.00/hour
Examples include: detectives/investigative science
technologists, chefs, clergy, computer technicians and
support , construction and building inspectors, railroad
conductors, machinists, welders, public safety
personnel, aircraft pilots, engine mechanics
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Changes-there are successes!
Jobs have moved off the list:
Physicians and surgeons
Chemists
Judges and magistrates
Lawyers
Athletes
Coaches
Postal service mail carriers
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Catalyst: Century’s Perkins initiative around nontraditional offerings
Target: young women, diversity, hands-on
involvement
Critical Component: willingness of volunteers to
give of time and talent
Century faculty, staff and students
Community businesses
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Encourage young women grades 6-10
To discover their unique interests and talents
To explore the wide range of non-traditional
career opportunities
To connect their education to their economic
future
To visualize themselves as successful and
fulfilled workers
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Committee project planning (7 people)
Purpose Statement
Formation of Work Groups
▪ Publicity and Marketing
▪ Program: speakers and entertainment
▪ Operations: registration, catering, security, room
scheduling
▪ Donation and gifts: scholarship, coordination of
volunteers
Single point of leadership
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Key Note Speaker
•Mary GrandPre’--Art Illustrator for Harry Potter
Role model for the young women
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Key Note Speaker
•Kao Kalia Yang author of the Latehomecomer
“I watched our keynote speaker hold the attention of a crowd of 200
young women for more than an hour. There was not talking, fidgeting,
texting, or giggling! How is this possible?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSzQffmBmPI
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Key Note Speaker
•Ann Bancroft
•Role model for the young women
In February 2001, two middle aged schoolteachers-Bancroft and Arnesen, "total
stranger[s]," became the first women to
cross Antarctica on foot. International
educators and millions of students in 116
countries participated in an online
curriculum began their grueling 2,300-mile
journey in mid-November 2000.
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Welcome
Break out Groups
Lunch/Keynote
Break out Groups
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwqe4g7
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Divided by content
Technical
Non-traditional
Personal Growth
Engineering, healthcare (radiology technology, orthotic
and prosthetic) , Forensic sciences, FBI, Welding, Public
Safety, Veterinarian Science, Computer Aided Drawing,
Construction
Divide by participant age
6-7 graders
8-10 graders
Separate session for adults attending the conference
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How we grew…
2001
• First conference
• 92 girls from Northern suburbs participated
2003
• 113 girls from across the metro area participated
2004
•Year of the blizzard!
• 102 participated
2005
• 121 girls participated
• Adult sessions added
2008
• First keynote speaker
• Girls from around the state participated
2009
• 218 girls from as far away as Itasca participated
• Dramatically increased our diversity by
partnering with TRIO
Girls' Attendance by Organization
4% 2%1%
Girl Scouts
4%
26%
ETS
9%
Get Ready
General Registration
7%
Partnership Academy
Cleveland Middle School
8%
Boys & Girls Club
13%
26%
Skills for Tomorrow
Upw ard Bound
West 7th Community
Center
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“The conference was fun. My first session was self-defense. …the most
important message I learned was that girls can do whatever boys can do.”
“I enjoyed the keynote speaker. She is an author who wrote a book about her life
in Laos and in a refugee camp. What I learned from her is that she never gave up
hope.”
“What I liked about the whole day was that it helped me gain confidence. I
learned to be myself, to be an individual; I don’t have to be like everyone else.
After all, I won’t be a kid forever. I need to have plans for the future.”
I had never seen welding before-AWESOME!
The fire captain had “ something”. We all sat straighter when
she came into the room.
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I liked seeing how much the girls enjoyed it.
The conference staff work hard to make
every girl feel included. They taught them
how to interact with people they didn’t know.
We got to meet girls from all around the
state.
Fun to see the reactions to the keynote
speakers
Eye-opening for these young women.
College has changed.
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What a rewarding experience observing my current students proudly presenting
information about their career choice and getting the young women to actively participate
in the session activities!
There was an enthusiastic learning atmosphere. I believe the young women left the
session with a greater understanding of the role of our profession in today's health
care industry.
I am always so impressed with the questions they asked about being a women fire fighter!
I really enjoy the conference – it’s energizing being able to give back to this community of
young women.
I want these young women to know that as long as you are passionate about what you do,
everything will fall into place.
I want them to believe in themselves and their own strengths.
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Committee membership is critical!
Participants MUST indentify with the Key Note
Don’t worry about the budget---it will come.
(Faculty and Community Members volunteer.)
If you don’t ask you’ll never know what’s possible.
Volunteers are crucial the day of the event
(look for student clubs and groups)
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March 20, 2010
http://www.conservationminnesota.org/magazine/pages.cf
m?mag=142&subsec=169&id=839
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I realize that robots, computer games, and welding equipment might not be the first things
that come to mind when you think of gender equity. But really, getting more girls into CTE
programs is a critical part of the fight in advancing women’s rights and ensuring economic
security for women. Christie Turner, MARGARET Fund Fellow,
National Women’s Law Center
http://www.womenstake.org/2009/07/be-part-of-health-reform-history.html
US Department of Labor STATS regarding nontraditional careers
http://careerplanning.about.com/
http://www.quintcareers.com/
The Myth of Non-trad careers http://uhcc.hawaii.edu/nontrad/myths_facts.php
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We are happy to
answer other
questions.
Jeralyn.jargo
@century.edu
Karen.knapton
@century.edu
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