Press release from
March 2020 is Students@Work℠ Month in North Carolina
40,000 Students to Participate in 10th Annual Students@Work℠ Initiative
What: Students@Work℠ Month
Who: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE) and 40,000 students statewide
When: 47 programs will take place in the Asheville area and Southwestern NC on March 5, 10, 23, 24 and 25 (Most programs occur in the morning)
Where: Call 919-302-0259 or email ncbce@nc.gov for more details on which programs will be occurring on each day (during March 5-13, contact Morgan Crawford at 919-814-2021 or Morgan.h.crawford@nc.gov)
Fast Facts:
· The Students@Work℠ initiative is celebrating 10 years of offering nearly 251,000 North Carolina public school students the chance to connect classroom learning with careers they may choose to explore in the future.
· The program exposes middle school students to careers in their local communities that they may choose to explore in the future.
· Students@Work℠ is a partnership between the North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE) and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
· Businesses can participate through guest speakers, worksite visits or virtual programs.
· This year’s initiative includes 280 companies and will impact 40,000 students.
· While Students@Work℠ does involve some high school students, the program targets middle school students because it is a critical time as they begin to think about what classes they will take in high school and as they begin to explore various career options.
· Career Awareness is the first stage of work-based learning. Work-based learning includes career awareness efforts like Students@Work℠ and expands into career exploration and career experience. These efforts strengthen our state’s talent pipeline by enhancing important employability and technical skills.
· Students will get a chance to learn firsthand about careers in such fields as energy production, health care, hospitality, finance, biotechnology, education, public service, manufacturing and many others.
· Some of the programs that will be taking place throughout the week include firsthand exposure to production areas that are responsible for maintaining, fixing and re-working aircraft used in the U.S. military; a hands-on activity to learn about computer networking; participating in a marketing design competition; refurbishing computers; interactive activities that teach about healthcare, hospitality, finance and energy production; and learning about assembly work in a manufacturing setting.
· NCBCE is a nonprofit comprised of business leaders from across the state. Its mission is to ensure that every student in North Carolina graduates from high school ready for life and work in a global society. For more information about NCBCE, visit www.ncbce.org.
Before you comment
The comments section is here to provide a platform for civil dialogue on the issues we face together as a local community. Xpress is committed to offering this platform for all voices, but when the tone of the discussion gets nasty or strays off topic, we believe many people choose not to participate. Xpress editors are determined to moderate comments to ensure a constructive interchange is maintained. All comments judged not to be in keeping with the spirit of civil discourse will be removed and repeat violators will be banned. See here for our terms of service. Thank you for being part of this effort to promote respectful discussion.