The Girls’ Career and Mentor Kit (CAMKit) Program

 

 

 

 

Girls of all cultures need guidance to choose appropriate career paths.

 

Appropriate education or training can be key to achieving financial stability and personal satisfaction.

 

Help young women take the “right” next steps

The Girls' Career and Mentor Kit (CAMKit) Program* sets the stage for ongoing career exploration and lays foundations for self-actualization and success.

Our CAMKit programs:

  • Introduce a range of career paths through the real-life stories of resilient women successfully working in their chosen careers.
  • Feature biographies of mentors from diverse ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds, offering young women personal connections with success.
  • Encourage young women to recognize potential opportunities and to explore careers they likely have not learned about in the past.
  • Engage middle and high school students in hands-on exploration of a variety of skill sets—such as spatial reasoning, problem solving, and teamwork—with games, puzzles, and other interactive formats.

*Patent pending and copyright protected. Copyright © 2008. Barbara Passero.

Creative solutions for your school. . .after school or during vacation

  • Our experienced teachers bring our program to your school.
  • We bring all the classroom materials and supplies we need.**
  • CAMKit workshops are limited to 15 young women to provide your students with personal support and attention.

**At least one in-classroom computer with Internet access, word processing, and other software applications required.

Experienced proposal writers find funding for CAMKit Programs

  • Expertise in grantwriting
  • Relationship building
  • Developing interdisciplinary curriculum
  • Internet research
  • Evaluating after-school programs

Our most popular programs . . .innovative and creative

  • Six-week series of once-a-week, 50-minute after-school programs. You choose the careers.
  • One-week school vacation programs
  • One- or two-week summer camps that provide unique educational opportunities with lots of fun experiences

CAMKit Programs fulfill every school's needs for quality career education

  • At vocational schools, we use some of the shops to introduce young women to working in nontraditional, financially rewarding, and personally satisfying careers
  • Supplemental sessions to encourage creativity to explore personal interests, skills, and careers.

CAMKit Program at Women in Science and Engineering Conference (WISE)

At the WISE Conference on March 11, 2008, at Salem State College, half of the middle school students who attended the CAMKit program said it was their favorite. The North Shore Eduational Collaborative holds this very successful event for middle school girls every March at Salem State College.

"The CAMKit workshop was my favorite. I loved the hands-on activities and being creative."

"I liked learning about two different careers through the activities. The CAMKit workshop made me think."

"I wasn’t thinking about a career in science but now I’m considering this field."

"My father is a carpenter, so this workshop was really interesting. I just loved working with my hands."

Click here for a CAMKit program brochure.

Click here for a Mentor Recruitment Flyer.

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For information about participating in this project, contact:

Barbara Passero, Director SandpiperCREATIVE, bpassero@camkit.info
(617) 484-6961 or (617) 999-9546 (cell)

Copyright © 2008. Barbara Passero. SandpiperCREATIVE All rights reserved worldwide.

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