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Our talented, experienced instructors come to our client's location, bringing all workshop supplies. In these custom-designed workshops, we encourage young women to explore a variety of 21st century STEM traditional and nontraditional careers, which the client picks from our list of <a href="http://www.camkit.info/careerpaths.html">career opportunities.</a> </p> <p class="P2">Through innovative and engaging methods and materials, our teachers encourage young women to discover their skills and interests. Within the context of this supportive team environment, the students gain insight into how to map their skills and values with various careers. Women from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds serve as mentors/role models. </p> <p class="P2">Students love our <a href="summercamp.html"> summer camps</a> where they "try on" a variety of careers while working on individual and team projects.</p> <p align="left"><b>EXPLORING CAREERS: THE MISSING LINK programming fulfills every school's needs for quality career education.</p></b> <ul> <li class="li"><b>Be an innovator</b>  Provide the missing link to financially rewarding and personally satisfying careers for your female students with exciting programs that benefit their future and complement your curriculum.</li> </p> <li class="li"><b>Students blossom</b>  Middle and high school women can mature as they explore new careers and gain confidence with creative, hands-on activities and our educators'positive reinforcement.</li> <li class="li"><b>Easy, affordable implementation</b>  After-school and other out-of-school-time programs require no internal staff or special equipment. Seasoned instructors come to your school, bringing all materials with them. The result is simple program administration with great results.</li> <li class="li"><b>Flexible schedules</b>  We offer out-of-school-time programs, vacation and summer camps, and 9th grade career exploratory programs to accommodate most schedules. Our activities encourage young women to consider careers that may be new to them.</li> <li class="li"><b>Supplemental introductory and wrap-up sessions</b>  encourage creativity and expand young women's exploration of personal interests, skills, and careers.</li> <hr style="background-color: rgb(115, 20, 114);" noshade="noshade" color="#731472" align="center" width="90%" size="2"></font></div> <table bordercolor="#660066" border="2" width="400" align="center"> <tr><td align="center"> <p><b>Note:</b> EXPLORING CAREERS: THE MISSING LINK is a project of <A href="staff.html">Sandpiper Creative.</a> The Program is patent pending and copyright protected.</p></td></tr> </table> <hr align="center" width=90% color=#731472> <p class="copyright"> Copyright © 2010, 2011. <A href="staff.html">Barbara Passero. 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