Awardees, projects and amounts follow:

This summer’s externship program, sponsored by the K-16 Council, the Western Region STC Council, and the University of Nevada, Reno, offers educators two options: a three week ($750 stipend) and three day "Extern Lite" ($100 stipend) option. Stipends are paid out of School to Careers Grants. The program’s goal is to have educators understand how what they teach in the classroom (English, math, social studies, science, etc.) relates to the realities of the out-of-school workplace. Through their

TMCC has added five additional web sites with a school-to-careers focus to the one it designed for the state of Nevada (www.nevada.edu/stc). The other web sites include TMCC School-to-Careers (www.tmcc.edu/stc), Tech Prep (www.tmcc.edu/techprep), Jump Start college opportunities for high school students (www.tmcc.edu/jumpstart), Standards-Based Curriculum Design & Nevada WIDS Training Center (www.tmcc.edu/standards), and the 1999 36^th National Conference on Technical Education (www.tmcc.edu/ATEA99).

In April, over 100 TMCC employees and community members benefited from the hands-on experiences provided by 12 students enrolled in TMCC’s Massage Program. One-hour and 30-minute massages have been given by students on each Tuesday during the Spring 1999 semester. Appointments have been scheduled by the School-to-Careers Projects office staff. Lucky participants have expressed their delight in this new program and its contribution to stress reduction and relaxation. Unfortunately, all remaining appointments for May have been filled. Sorry!

Over 50 TMCC students are currently participating in Service Learning experiences which complement their classroom learning experiences. English composition students are "language buddies" with ESL students. Career Development students volunteer at an agency, focusing on and exploring the career they wish to pursue. Child Care Center students volunteer at child care facilities, working with administrators to see how things are run and what skills go into running a facility. Also, a Service Learning Manual was developed and training provided to TMCC faculty by Patti Hanlon, Service Learning Coordinator.

TMCC now has two Career Centers at the Dandini and Old Town Mall campuses. A third Career Center will open soon at the TMCC Technical Institution on the Edison campus. (See www.tmcc.edu/stc for updates.)

TMCC offered two one-day externships for TMCC faculty on April 23 and 30 in the Health industry. Faculty visited long term care and managed care facilities to experience the changing world of

work, see specific examples of academic skills being applied in the workplace, and discuss how to better prepare students for the real world of work in a health occupation. Fourteen Deans, Department Chairs, and Vice Presidents from TMCC attended a 4-day Basic WIDS training during their spring break – April 5-8. The TMCC administrators evaluated WIDS, Wisconsin Instructional Design System, as a useful tool in curriculum design for TMCC. They also received training on how to provide leadership for professors in designing outcome-based curriculum. WIDS received a unanimous "thumbs up" from TMCC’s leadership. (See the web site at www.tmcc.edu/standards.)

Quarterly activities for the Career Opportunity Centers have been extensive.

McQueen High School sophomores (all 500 of them) worked with employees of St. Mary’s and Boomtown to learn job readiness skills. They created their own resumes, filled out applications and applied for twelve "mock positions." After a ten-minute interview students were provided with immediate feedback from one of 70 Partners-in-Education.

Incline High School is busy working with Limited English students this month. They are learning about the resources available in the Career Opportunity Center and filling out career plans, learning to use the Nevada Career Information system with help from a Spanish translation of the program. Students will complete an application form in addition to researching two occupations and creating a career timeline. Beginning in May, Incline freshman will begin a career unit based on the use of career assessment and will utilize computerized career delivery systems as well as paper and pencil Personalized Education and Career Plans.

Hug High School sophomore World History/World Geography classes updated their career plans and completed a computerized career assessment on Choices. Juniors worked with the Nevada Army National Guard and completed an employability’s skills unit followed by mock interviews.

All Career Opportunity Centers participated in the community-wide job fair. This was a first time ever collaboration between education, for profit entities and non-profit groups. We are looking for sustainability and seeing how all these groups’ objectives can be met through a single project. All schools participated either by bringing students to the event or by working in the Career Link Booth. Many thanks to Angie Pilkington of Washoe High School for the tremendous contribution of time and energy into this project.

Many thanks to Galena High School for hosting Randy Dorn in their wonderful auditorium. Galena staff along with previous educator externs and the Career Link personnel were motivated by Washington State’s own "edutainer" and were given hands-on learning in reaching some of those hard to reach students. School-to-Career information was highlighted in a unique and entertaining way throughout the presentation.

The Career Development Facilitators (CDF’s) program is winding down. Eighteen Career Development Facilitators will graduate from their 120-hour training on June 5. They will bring their newly acquired skills to the Washoe Region and four other counties in the Western and Northeastern Regions. This is the first of its kind of program to be available in this manner. The Washoe Region will have 15 nationally certified CDF’s working in the schools, JOIN and at TMCC.