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NORDC 2012 Teen Career Exploration Camp - Bridging the Gap for Youth

Join the NORDC Teen Career Exploration Camp to gain life skills, job readiness, and career exposure through engaging activities, field trips, and job shadowing. Prepare for success in both personal and professional lives!

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NORDC 2012 Teen Career Exploration Camp - Bridging the Gap for Youth

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  1. Prepared by: Christina F. Pappion Teen Programs Coordinator NORDC

  2. 2012 Teen Career Exploration Camp Purpose The New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) would like to continue to provide & expand the successful Career Exploration Teen Camp program, in part, to bridge the lapse in learning in the summer months when youth are out of regular school. The department will collaborate with other agencies in the development of Life Skills, Job Readiness, and Career Exploration to serve 1,000 youth across the City. While all teenagers desire jobs during their summer months, there are not enough jobs to go around. Thus teen camps fill the gap by offering career exploration, job skills training and recreation with a stipend.

  3. 2012 Teen Career exploration camp Target Audience Exposure Additionally, the program will expose participants to occupational exposure and career exploration while engaging them in recreational activities, career & industry field trips, job shadowing, and roll-playing activities. • The program targets youth between the ages of 13 and 14 with the goals of increasing participants' awareness and use of life skills and job readiness skills thereby preparing them for success in their personal lives and careers.

  4. Teen Camp Curriculum Focus of Curriculum: • Effective communication • Conflict resolution • Goal setting • Family planning • Drug prevention • Financial literacy Job readiness training: • How to look for a job • Effective interviewing • Resume writing • The keys to being successful on the job • How to get promoted on the job. Participants will learn about careers through field trips and job shadowing.

  5. Teen Camp Field Trips • Students will go on career exploration field trips to some of the following places: • City Hall • Civil District Court • Zoo/ Animal Hospital • Global Green USA • New Orleans School of Cooking • Delgado School of Nursing Guest Speaker • Essence Music Festival • WGNO Tours / TV and Broadcasting

  6. Teen Camp College Partnerships There will be seven teen camp sites, each camp will be partnered with a University and it is proposed that this University provide the following: • Admissions Tour and Presentation • Student Involvement Exhibition • Workshops from Career Services or other related departments for example: Professional Dress, How to choose a major, etc. • Any other ideas you may have toward partnership are welcomed

  7. Looking for Guest speakers • To speak on : • effective communication • peer pressure • overcoming obstacles • College Experience • Professional & Business Etiquette • Other

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