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MEBA’s Ready, Set, Connect! Watch our webinars and watch videos from SC companies for an inside look into their work environments.

NEW – BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

Access the following video and explore The Exciting World of Information Systems

Midlands Education and Business Alliance (MEBA)

Coloring sheets and word searches provide a great way to expose elementary school children to various careers and encourage thoughtful career exploration.

• Careers in the Automotive Industry Coloring Sheet
• Careers in Construction Industry Coloring Sheet
• Careers in Engineering Coloring Sheet
• Careers in Finance Coloring Sheet
• Careers in Health Care Coloring Sheet
• Careers in Information Technology Coloring Sheet
• Careers in Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Coloring Sheet
• Creating Career Connections Word Search
• 16 Career Clusters Coloring Sheet

ASVAB Virtual Post-Test Interpretations Workshops

You are invited to join a series of virtual career exploration workshops to make sure you get the most out of the ASVAB CEP experience. Students who took the ASVAB (in the last 2 years), parents, & educators are all welcome to participate! Sessions are specifically designed in helping educators and students explore career pathways and understand their ASVAB scores. Session are open to all educators, students and parents. To REGISTER visit https://bit.ly/3dbTIaL

Apprenticeship Carolina

See below for a good video specific to the Midlands and link to more apprenticeship videos on our YouTube – please feel free to share.

Apprenticeship Carolina

Midlands Youth Apprenticeship Signing Day 8-14-19

Boeing South Carolina

-Boeing and Discovery Education Launch ecoAction Virtual Field Trip Diving into Earth-Friendly Engineering – Amplify Virtual Learning and Environmental Activism by Connecting Sustainability and STEM

In preparation for Earth Day, Boeing and Discovery Education—the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—present the ecoAction Virtual Field Trip, premiering on April 15, 2020.

This no-cost virtual field trip offers students in grades 6-12 across the United States the opportunity to dive into Boeing’s cutting-edge research on sustainable solutions. From the comfort of their homes, students will tour Seattle and discover the ways STEM professionals develop and test innovative aviation technologies, re-imagine biofuels, restore waterways, and radically improve energy usage. Along with an exclusive view into technologies, participants will also enjoy unique access to the scientists, engineers, and other STEM experts improving sustainability and raising environmental awareness.

• Students and families can access the field trip on-demand here.
• Access Boeing ecoAction Press Release

-Boeing Global Engagement / Request for Information — Virtual Mentoring/Tutoring & Volunteer Needs – Boeing employees remain committed to our community in this time of social distancing and have expressed an interest in virtual mentoring and tutoring opportunities. Boeing Global Engagement is working to create a resource that will connect our employees with partners seeking virtual volunteers. If you are transitioning your education programming to a digital service delivery model and are looking for virtual mentors/tutors, or if you have other virtual volunteer opportunities available, please complete the information below and return it to me as soon as possible. The deadline to be included in the first resource list is Friday, 4/17. We know that the current environment is dynamic, so please feel free to send additional opportunities along as they arise after 4/17.

Organization Name:

Organization EIN Number:

Organization URL:

Volunteer description:

• Short description of volunteer task(s):
• Specify subject(s) and grade level(s):
• Specify any qualifications/knowledge required of volunteers:
• Is a background check required?
• Specify any technology/software requirements:

When:

• Date and time information (please include time zone):
• If reoccurring: what is the duration of the volunteer commitment?

How employees can sign up or learn more:

• Staff contact information (name and email or phone number) or URL:
• Please note that by providing your contact information, you are giving us permission to share your information with prospective Boeing volunteers. This information will only be used by Boeing Global Engagement to connect potential volunteers to your organization.

-This virtual field trip (VFT) takes students to Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The behind-the-scenes video tour introduces students to just a few of the amazing Boeing employees who are preparing to write the next chapter of space history with the launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the deployment of the Space Launch System (SLS). A Pre-Virtual Field Trip Companion Guide introduces students to topics they will encounter during the VFT (Length: two 45-minute class periods).

Grades 6-12                     Length: 28 Minutes, 6 segments

• Boeing Future U – Online Lesson Plans

-Standards-aligned STEM lessons guide students as they explore key concepts in aerospace and engineering. Students can contemplate moon tourism, create a landing system for the world’s first crewed Martian-bound spacecraft, learn about NASA’s citizen science projects, or design their own celestial body!

Designed for grades 6-8

Length: each activity is designed for three 45-60 minute class periods

Lessons can be adapted for completion by a single student

In addition to these FUTURE U resources, check out our 100 Days of Learning collection of lesson plans, videos, interactive media, and design challenges, all of which are intended to increase student interest and aptitude for 21^st-century skills.

Blythe Construction

Bush Gardens Tampa Bay

• Animal Bytes – Each Animal is a one-page fact sheet specifically designed to help you quickly find information about some of the most interesting creatures found in the animal kingdom.     Explore More

• Animal InfoBooks – InfoBooks are your resource for wildlife information. Explore the in depth details about animals, environments, conservation issues, and much more.     See InfoBooks

• Explore More Resources at SeaWorld.org

Challenger Learning Center in Richland One 

Columbia Metropolitan Airport

DX Printing

EVERFI 

Financial Literacy Support Materials for Educators & Families

International Paper

• Sustainability / Renewable Futures Video

Military Education Coalition

The Military Education Coalition is offering FREE ACCESS to educators, parents, and students to their on-line training modules to assist in dealing with the issues and challenges of distanced learning related to the COVID 19 outbreak, The trainings offer specific knowledge, skills and tools to enable a positive learning experience and outcomes in these difficult times. This training is of benefit to educators interaction with ALL children and parents, not just those in the military. There are six modules. Each lasts 45-60 minutes. A certificate of completion can be down-loaded if desired.

The modules:

1. Responding to changes in routine

2. Addressing anxiety

3. Maintaining connections and relationships

4. Making behavior management positive

5. Successful digital teaching and learning

6. Creating confidence in the midst of the unknown

The trainings are accessed through MCEC’s COVID19 webpage: www.militarychild.org/covid19

Please share this important, relevant and critically timely resource with colleagues, parents, and students as you deem applicable. We are all living in a world and at a time when we need to develop new models and mindsets to encourage and sustain a learning environment; this challenges us to learn, too. Working together, we will get through this and emerge stronger and smarter. A special appreciation to the Military Education Coalition for sharing such valuable resources!

Richland County Public Library

• Resources for Job Seekers during COVID-19
  
• Join Forces with Staffing Agencies for Successful Employment
  

• Support for Small Businesses

• Book a Learning Coach
  

SC Department of Commerce 

• COVID-19 Resources for Educators

SC Department of Education E-Learning Resources   

The SC Department of Education has developed remote learning resources that can be used by teachers, faculty, CTE instructors, school counseling and career guidance personnel. Resources will continue to be added as they are developed and vetted.

• bit.ly/SCDEresources

• Common Misconceptions about Archaeology: Careers and Specialties – VirtualSC Video Portal

– Memorandum from the Office of Career and Technology Education –  The attached memos provide information from the Office of Career and Technology Education regarding Work Based Learning, Project Lead The Way (PLTW), Cosmetology, Nail Technology, Esthetic and Barber/Master Hair Care, and more. Contact the individuals listed in the memos if you have questions.

Office of CTE Updates – March 24, 2020

Office of CTE Updates – March 17, 2020

Presentation on Hot Jobs in the State of SC – Conducted by: Ashley Hanna-Williams, Research and Planning Administrator with Business Intelligence at SC Department of Employment & Workforce.

• ZOOM Presentation: Hot Jobs in the State of SC

Labor Market Training

• Labor Market Training – Part 1
• Labor Market Training – Part 2

SC State Library

The South Carolina State Library will offer Tutor.com through Discus – South Carolina’s Virtual Library. This temporary offering is available until June 30, 2020 to support students, parents and educators while schools and libraries are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tutor.com connects students (and parents!) with expert tutors and career coaches in more than 80 subjects and test prep areas. The Tutor.com K-12 Learning Suite includes live, one-to-one tutoring, a real-time writing center, test preparation, practice quizzes and 24/7 access to worksheets, videos and tutorials.

Tutor.com has twenty years of experience providing online tutoring, homework help and test preparation and has served more than 18.5 million sessions. Ninety-five percent (95%) of their survey respondents report that Tutor.com helps them improve their grades, complete their homework assignments and raise their confidence.

South Carolina residents can access the online service from the library or from home on any computer or mobile device connected to the Internet. Tutoring is available 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m., seven days per week. This free service is made possible by the State Library of South Carolina.

To get started:

• Visit SCDiscus.org.
• In the A-Z list of resources, click on Tutor.com
• Login with your DISCUS account to get immediate access.

ServSafe

ServSafe is offering FREE food handler training – (4 hour training) and is also offering FREE COVID-19 Food Safety training (8 minute video)

Both can be accessed here https://www.servsafe.com/Landing-Pages/Free-Courses

Chef Jackson Lamb MBA, CSC, CHE, Professor of Hospitality with Metropolitan State University of Denver  created 46 5-minute videos for the ProStart students. These videos serve as a chapter introduction for all 44 chapters in both level 1 and 2. They could be used as homework assignments as well. For instance, in Level 2, chapter 9, Food costing, They really get into the math part.  Here are the YouTube Channel Videos links:

• Hospitality Videos Level 1
• Hospitality Videos Level 2

Pearson provided a link to send out to teachers: my Pearson Training Readiness Resources

The South Carolina National Guard

• The South Carolina National Guard

Total Comfort 

• Total Comfort Math Problems

WIN Learning

As we all shift to a different way of working and learning, WIN Learning has curated resources for Leaders and Learners. These are free resources for educators, families and work communities. Click on the link below to access them and please feel free to share the link as well.

Link: WIN Resources for Leaders and Learners

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