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College and Career Readiness

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Through a collaboration of employers, educators, government leaders, and nonprofit leaders, we are working to improve students’ understanding of and exposure to potential careers by creating a better system to connect students to high-quality career exploration opportunities.

The Graduate Profile guides all college and career readiness projects.

We’re working on several projects in this area.

The Employer and School Community Model focuses on pairing employers, schools and community partners to increase opportunities for employers to work directly with students. This is done through a series of activities including a guest speaker’s series, mock interviews, job shadows, internships and other career exploration activities. Three projects underway include the SouthValley Demonstration project, the Hispano Philanthropic Society's work with Harrison, Polk, and Ernie Pyle middle schools, and the Young Leader's Society work with College and Career High School.

The Valencia County Partnership for a Work Ready Community is a private and public partnership formed specifically to meet the employment needs in Valencia County through education, guidance, community involvement, and support.

The Junior Achievement Job Shadow partnership between Mission: Graduate and Junior Achievement focuses on getting students out to businesses to learn about how each organization works, talk with employees, and get an understanding of the skills and education needed in those careers.

The Rotary-Stay-in-School project is organized by Mission: Graduate’s partners who bring Rotary members and other volunteers into classrooms to talk with ninth graders about the benefits of staying in school.

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Leadership

Staff

Alina Potrzebowski

College and Career Readiness Manager

Alina.Potrzebowski@uwcnm.org

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Related Research

Aligning Postsecondary Education and Workforce Strategies to Drive Attainment Year: 2016 Author: Allison Beer, Julie Ajinkya, Candice L. Staples
Publisher:
Institute for Higher Education Policy
Career Readiness: What It Is and How It's Done Year: 2017 Author: Derek Kuit
Publisher:
Mission: Graduate
Relationships Come First: How Four Career Development and Workforce Readiness Programs Prepare Young People for Work and Life Year: 2016 Author: Elizabeth Pufall Jones, Sean Flanagan, Jonathan F. Zaff, Craig McClay, Michelle Hynes et al.
Publisher:
America's Promise Alliance

Partners

Aaron Carter
ProjectsNMotion
Sarah Clawson
Career Services
Deborah Good
Future Focused Education
Marjori Krebs
University of New Mexico
Anne Tafoya
United Way Mission: Graduate
Amy Tapia
Sandia National Laboratories
Sylvia Vigil-Raines
Clover Leaf Solutions