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Creating Career Pipelines for Underrepresented Students

Creating Career Pipelines for Underrepresented Students. Presenters: Erik Miller, Wentworth Institute of Technology Erica DeBiase , Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants Diane Scott, Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School. Agenda for Our Session.

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Creating Career Pipelines for Underrepresented Students

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  1. Creating CareerPipelines forUnderrepresentedStudents Presenters: Erik Miller, Wentworth Institute of Technology Erica DeBiase, Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants Diane Scott, Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School

  2. Agenda for Our Session • Quick intros of presenters and topic • Jumpstart activities • Reflect and pair share on your owncareer journey • Challenges in your work to improve college & career exposure/connection for students • Panel • Q&A/discussion

  3. Reflecting on Your Own Career Journey • Are you in the career you thought youwould be in when you were a teenager? • What experiences helped you thinkabout what careers you might want? • Who were the key people/mentorsin your early career pathway?

  4. Reflecting on Your Own Career Journey (continued) • If you could go back and change something inyour career journey, what would it be and why? • How do you talk about exploring careers andpost-secondary educational pathways with theyoung people with whom you work?

  5. Pathways in Building Design & Construction • ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering)Mentor Program of Greater Boston • Part of national initiative • Partnership of Wentworth Institute of Technology, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Boston Society of Architects, SMMA (SymmesMainiMcKee & Associates) architectural firm

  6. Pathways in Building Design & Construction (continued) • FREE, weekly after-school program – interactive activities on-site with mentors • Design a space or building in your community (e.g., emergency shelter in the Seaport)

  7. Academic & Career Development Events& Programs (MSCPA) • Priority of the MSCPA to diversify the field • ‘Is Accounting for Me?’ (one-day intro events) • CAMP and ACAP (week-long summer programs) • FREE student membershipin the MA Society of CPAs • Scholarships for college, including partneringwith firm for shadow, internships

  8. Some Thoughts from the High School Side • Naviance modules: Do What You Are (9th),Career Interest Profiler (10th) • Early College (dual enrollment) courses(11th spring & 12th fall and spring) • New initiative: Lunch Roundtables (e.g., BlackLaw Student Association, Suffolk University)

  9. Some Thoughts from the High School Side (continued) • Partnerships, partnerships, partnerships!!! • Required summer experiences – 75 hours; college, career, community service – contextualized in personal growth and development & social justice

  10. Thank You for Coming!Hope it Was Helpful! Erik Miller: millere1@wit.edu Erica DeBiase: edebiase@mscpaonline.org Diane Scott: dscott@pacrim.org

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