Resources for Educators
Career
Development/Nontraditional Careers:
NJ Next Stop Your Career
Njnextstop.org tells you what skills you will need to be in demand in New Jersey industries, including health care, finance, construction, utilities, manufacturing, tourism, transportation and information technology. Our research focuses on New Jersey industries, but most of the skill and job information applies to occupations wherever they are located. Our easy-to-navigate website allows you to match your skills and interests with occupations that will be highly marketable when you are ready to enter the workforce. Njnextstop.org lists and describes the various occupations within an expanding industry and provides statistical overviews that identify weekly earnings and projected growth within the industry. Developed by the State of New Jersey, Rutgers University and leading business experts, njnextstop.org is your source for pursuing a rewarding career course.
“Creating Opportunities for Special Populations and Students in Nontraditional Training”, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE):
This brochure contains strategies for local and state educational agencies build successful career and technical education programs. It is downloadable for free as a PDF, or can be ordered in hard copy from the site.Center for Occupational Employment Information (COEI)
The Center for Occupational Employment Information (COEI), a member of America's Career Resource Network (ACRN), is a state agency that attends to the occupational information needs of vocational education and employment and training program managers and policy makers and the career development needs of youth and adults.
COEI List of Nontraditional Occupations (in Adobe Acrobat format)
Equity
Issues: Gender and Other
New Jersey Deprtment of Education
Office of Special Population
The New Jersey Department of Education's Office of Special Populations oversees the equity component of our state's education. Recent changes in state law, including the implementation of New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:7, Managing for Equality and Equity in Education, are made easier for your institution to adapt through resources developed by this office.
For a copy of the Comprehensive Equity Plan, workshop information, and other equity resources, go to http://www.state.nj.us/njded/equity Information about vocational and career education through the Department of Education can be found at http://www.nj.gov/njded/voc/
Equity Assistance Center (EAC) at Rutgers University
There are ten regional Equity
Assistance Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education
under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the priorities of that
legislation are the basis for all EAC services and activities. Each of
the regional Equity Assistance Centers serves a particular geographic
region. New Jersey falls in Federal Region II, and is served by the EAC
at Metro Center which serves New
York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
According to the EAC website, its mission is "To provide services to school districts on issues related to discrimination based on race, gender, and national origin. To provide technical assistance and training, at the request of schools boards and other responsible governmental agencies in the preparation, adoption, and implementation of plans for the desegregation of public schools and, the development of effective methods of coping with special educational problems occasioned by desegregation, including inequities in education on the basis of race, gender, and national origin." The site contains several resources and services which can be helpful to educators, including programs, speakers, curriculums, newsletters, and technical assistance. The Resource Center for the EAC is located at Rutgers University, and contains a special collection of print and video resources which can be used to promote educational equity in curriculum and instruction in K-12.
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology by Catherine Good
A recent article "Improving Adolescents' Standardized Test Performance: An Intervention to Reduce the Effects of Stereotype Threat," in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology by Catherine Good, et al., looks at the important issue of standardized tests and "stigmatized" groups.
The study looked at students in stigmatized groups such as African Americans and women. Earlier research has shown that these groups often perform less well on standardized tests, due in part to stereotypes that denigrate their intelligence and academic performance.
The researchers tested ways that this effect can be eliminated, and one of the most successful was through mentoring. The mentors in this study were undergraduate students who counteracted these stereotypes by encouraging their mentees to change their views of how learning can improve their intelligence. The students who received this mentoring did much better than those who did not.
The article is available online to subscribers of the journal and for purchase.
For more information, see:
http://www.elsevierpsychology.com/journals%20a-z.html
STEM:
Mudd Math Fun Facts
“Fun Facts” are daily mathematical tidbits from all areas of mathematics, meant to arouse students’ curiosity and fascination with the subject. Fun Facts give students a glimpse that mathematics is full of interesting ideas, patterns, and new modes of thinking.
Visit the site http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/.
Figure This!
demonstrates challenging middle school mathematics and emphasizes the importance of high-quality math education for all students. This site is designed to help families enjoy mathematics outside school through a series of fun and engaging, high-quality challenges.
Visit the site http://www.figurethis.org/index.html.
The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
has just released 'Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women: 2004.' This report takes a comprehensive look at the statistical indicators of educational performance of girls and boys at the K-12 levels. To view this report please visit, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/equity/The Futures Channel
provides access to a large collection of outstanding video, sound, digital, image and print resources that link education to the real world—excellent for making the career connection and helping students understand how skills and knowledge come into play in career choices.Any educator, parent or student who wants to connect educational topics in mathematics or science to their real-world applications, and anyone who wants to find out more about fascinating and rewarding careers that are related to mathematics, science, technology or the arts. Futures Channel products are exactly correlated to the curriculum, and are produced in formats and lengths that are most useful for lessons.”
Visit the site
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/index.html
The National Science Foundation
had published “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2004” in June. The publication has statistical information on demographics, enrollments (undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral), and employment by sex, race/ethnicity, minority women, and disability. See http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/wmpd/start.htm."Women are Scientists"
"Women are Scientists" is a series of FREE videos and posters that showcases successful female scientists in their specialty, and is intended to inform students about the available options, educational requirements, rewards and challenges of a career in the biomedical sciences. Each video gives a detailed view of one or more medical scientists, from varying ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, as role models for their particular career. A poster that depicts the subject of the film is included with each video. This informative series is designed to motivate students to elect more challenging advanced science and math courses, and enable them to successfully direct their own career paths.
Visit the site http://science.education.nih.gov/women/scientists/index.html.
Center for Women and Information Technology
It was established at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in July, 1998, [and] seeks to address and rectify the above-mentioned problems and to enhance our understanding of the relationship between gender and IT. The Center has a four-fold mission:
--to encourage more women and girls to study computer science and/or information systems and to pursue careers in IT
--to enable all women and girls to use IT comfortably and knowledgeably
--to assure that the richness and breadth of women's lives and concerns are fully represented and readily available on the Internet
--to foster research concerning the relationship between gender and IT
Visit the site http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/.
The National Network of Eisenhower Consortia and Clearinghouse
has developed a new resource for educators interested in improving mathematics and science teaching and learning. This web page provides links to a wide range of products developed by the Network in mathematics, science, assessment, equity, using data, professional development, lesson study, technology, and special populations, as well as journals and newsletters.Many of the resources are free and available on the web. Others can be ordered by following the links on the site http://www.mathsciencenetwork.org/products.htm.
The Technology Educators Association of New Jersey (TEANJ)
The Technology Educators Association of New Jersey (TEANJ) has run a special issue of their newsletter, Interface, about gender equity and diversity in technology education. The publication is full of recent information on the state of gender equity in technology fields, as well as practical recruitment strategies for your classroom. For more information about TEANJ, visit their website at http://www.teanj.org.
Early
Childhood/Elementary Education:
Similarities and Differences Found in What Youth of Color Need to Succeed
The Search Institute, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization, recently published a report entitled "Unique Strengths, SharedStrengths: Developmental Assets Among Youth of Color." The report finds that African American, American Indian, Asian American, Latino/Latina,White, and Multiracial youth all benefit similarly from experiencing more positive relationships, opportunities, and internal strengths(known as developmental assets) in their lives, regardless of theirsocioeconomic status. At the same time, they do not all experiencedevelopmental assets in the same way.
These conclusions are based on analyses of Search Institute's aggregate data set of 217,277 6th- to 12th-grade youth (including 69,731 youth ofcolor) surveyed in 318 U.S. communities during the 1999-2000 schoolyear. At the core of the study are Search Institute's framework of 40 developmental assets, which are building blocks of healthy development that, when present, help young people grow up successfully.
To read further, visit: http://www.search-institute.org/research/Insights/
Careers in Demand
NJ Department Of Labor (NJDOL)
The shortage of qualified teachers is causing
a national crisis in our educational system. The New Jersey Department
of Labor and NJN are working together to promote public awareness of the
shortage in the teaching profession.
Building
Trades:
Careers in Demand
NJ Department Of Labor (NJDOL)The construction industry plays an important
role in New Jersey's vibrant economy. The State needs skilled labor in
a wide range of trades including carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical
installation, framing, sheet metal, and ironwork. Individuals can learn
about the trades in vocational schools, apprentice programs, and unions.
Building schools and careers (Friday, 2/13/2004, Star-Ledger )
In a third-floor classroom in Newark's Central Ward, an unlikely assortment of students gathered for an orientation program. Some were middle-age, others barely out of high school. Most were men, and all were black or Latino.
Nursing
and Allied Health:
Careers in Demand
NJ Department Of Labor (NJDOL)
The shortage of qualified nurses is causing a national crisis in our healthcare system. The New Jersey Department of Labor and NJN are working together to promote public awareness of the shortage in the nursing profession.
GEM Nursing
An on-line resource for young people (ages 15-21) to explore nursing career opportunities, types of work environments, local nursing career events, information on nursing schools and programs, and financial aid information.
Men in Nursing
http://www.aamn.org/
The American Assembly for Men in Nursing maintains a website with information and resources about the nursing profession. There is also an interactive bulletin board for discussion where you can post questions or information about experiences of men in the field.
Presentations
by the NCRC:
Nontraditional Career Resource Center
Center for Women and Work
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Telephone: 732-932-5473
Fax: 732-932-1254
ncrc@rci.rutgers.edu
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