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Recruiting Women into Nontraditional Careers at Central Lakes College Brainerd and Staples campuses
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Recruiting Women intoNontraditional CareersatCentral Lakes CollegeBrainerd and Staples campuses
Presenters
Geri PohlkampCareer Projects Coordinator
Kim PilgrimAssociate Director, META-5 Displaced Homemaker Program, A Women Work! Affiliate
Minnesota
Brainerd
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Duluth
Staples
What we do
Career Workshops for WomenCareer Exploration Camp
2000
Pathway to Nontraditional Careers2001
Focus on Nontraditional Careers2002
Who we serve
Single parents
Displaced homemakers
Low-income women
Limited education beyond high school
No high school diploma
Nontraditional in age
Barriers to education
Belief system
Support systems
Financial Situation
Walking through the college door
Negative home life and self-talk
Where we get the participants
Women Work! clientsWorkforce Center clientsCurrent college students who are unsure of their careerPublic advertising
NewspaperRadioHigh school studentsBrochure distribution
One day of information awareness
Two days of business tours relating to the classroom careers they will be experiencing
Two days of hands-on classroom experience
How we do it
Day One:Information Awareness Day
Specific program information is presented
Description of support services available at the college
Financial Aid information
Process of application and enrollment
Days Two and Three:Business Tours
Tour businesses relating to the careers participants will experience on their hands-on days
Former graduates and program advisory council members are used when available
Small group tours – no more than 8 women
Days Four and Five:Hands-on classroom experience
Participants spend six hours in classrooms working on projects and gathering information about each program
Each participant experiences two different careers
Hands-on classroom experience
Carefully choose the instructors
Female when you can
Put time and effort into this part
Participants should be able to take something home from each career area they experience – something they made
First part of classroom day …
Instructors should explain the career
Job opportunities
Placement rates
Expected wages
Where the jobs are
Safety issues
Show and explain the machines and tools
Second part of classroom day ...
Instructors and classroom helpers (former graduates or work-study students) assist participants in their projects. Participants actually do the project themselves. They fully experience the career program.
Welding
Design a project, draw it on CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine
Program CNC to cut out the design from a sheet of steel on the plasma cutter
Grind the cut-out to smooth the edges
Weld the pieces together
Drawing the design
Cutting out the design
Grinding the cutout to smooth the edges
Using the Press Brake
Welding
The final project
Auto Body Repair and Painting
Students learned about mixing paints and different kinds of paint and fillers
They chose colors and painted sheets of steel
Some painted their projects from Welding
Participants were able to put the final touches on this car that was repaired and painted at the college
Engineering
All aspects of engineering were described via a computer program
Science
Participants mixed chemicals and conducted experimentsHomemade soap was made by some participants
Science
Participants completed experiments with chemicals, dry ice, rocks, and burners
Computer Careers
Computer Careers
Participants took apart a computer, looked at all the parts, identified them and then put the computer back together. It had to work when they were done.
Each participant received a computer took kit
Additional Career Programs
Program participation is determined by availability of instructors and enrollment
options for students
Horticulture and Landscaping
Participants built a retaining wall, planted shrubs, worked in our greenhouse transplanting plants and shrubs
Participants were able to take shrubs and plants home with them. Some made floral arrangements too.
Automotive Technician
Participants learned how to change oil and change a tireThey learned how the transmission works and they learned how the motor worksThe participants were able to connect vehicles to the computer to diagnose problemsParticipants took car tool kits home with them
Mechanical Drafting
Participants were shown the process of drawing a design - blueprints, programming the computer for Machine Trades and making the product that was designed.
Participants took home their blueprints
Machine Trades
Each participants cut out two cubes from a block of steel
Dice were made from the cubes through drilling and grinding
Law Enforcement
Workshop participants learned how to dust for fingerprints
Participants conducted Field Sobriety Tests on each other
Breathalizer testing
Organic Analysis – Crime Lab
Continued Support
We can’t give these women hope for their future during the workshop and then forget about them when it is over
We continue with:
one-on-one support
referrals to the appropriate resources
counseling
career advising
social program information
being there for them when they need someone to talk to or discuss their educational options.
Statistics
110 women have attended in three years60 women enrolled in college (55%)27 women (of the 60) enrolled in nontraditional career programs (45%)
50% of participants enrolled in other career programs or liberal arts program at CLC5% have enrolled in other area colleges
How much does this cost?
2002 (38 women)
$8,360
2001 (31 women)
$6,895
2000 (41 women)
$9,047
Amount spent each year
Budget Items
Where the money is spent. . .
InstructorsBetween $150 and $250 per day per instructor. Include fringe benefits in budget
Cost has gone up over the last three years. Pay is based on average pay per instructor at our college. They must work during their summer vacation so pay is increased slightly compared to their regular salary.
Advertising$150 per newspaper (2 runs)
Used six area newspapers
BrochuresCost varies from about $500 to $1,000
Varies if professionally developed or if we develop it
FoodApprox. $12.00 per person per day
Snacks in the morning, lunch and afternoon snack
TransportationBussing – approx. $500
Classroom Supplies – approx. $2,000
Tool kitsSteelChemicalsPaperPlants and shrubsPaintMiscellaneous, etc.
Career test booklets and suppliesApproximately $600
Inspirational/Motivational Speaker$300 to $600
Funding
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technology Education Act of 1998 grant funds
Women Work! Affiliate (Meta-5)
College support through staff time and in-kind funds
Private Foundation Grant (Bremer Foundation)
School-to-Work Grant funds
Quotes from evaluation surveys completed by the
workshop participants
The best part of this workshop was:
“A reason to get up in the morning”
“Being with women only was not threatening to me”
“Meeting new people and learning about different careers”
“For me it was taking apart a computer and putting it back together. I never thought I could do that.”
“Welding was the best. I’d never done that before.”
“Being able to do the hands-on projects – not just watching someone do it”
“The teachers had an enthusiasm for teaching and they made sure each person participated”
“We learned through hard work and perseverance, that we could land a well-paying job”
“Visiting the different work places, we got to talk to the people working and they explained what they did. It gave us a chance to experience the business before we actually worked there.”
“We walked away with a lot of ideas about our future making tomorrow look brighter”
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes
Marcel Proust
