What do Middle Graders REALLY Need to be on the Path to "Career Readiness"?

Presentation Category: 
Middle School Connections
Session Type: 
CA Career Pathways Session
Presentation Description: 
This session will discuss (1) Why CTE, school counselors, the School-to-Work movement, "soft skills", and rich and varied electives have all played second-fiddle to English Language Arts and Math achievement; and (2) What tools can we use in the Middle Grades to prepare ALL students for careers as well as post-secondary education?

Session Time

March 3, 2014 10:15am to 11:30am
Venue: Sacramento Convention Center
Room: 103/104

Presentor/s

David Militzer
21st Century Skills Education Programs Consultant
CA Dept. of Education
Rebecca Dedmond, Ph.D
Director, M.A. in School of Counseling; Director, Freshmen Transition Initiative
George Washington University

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