Introducing the Career and Mentor Kit (CAMKit) Programs, a
unique resource for young women to explore careers. CAMKit Programs
are effective and affordable career exploration workshops that are
easy to implement. CAMKit's 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 traditional and nontraditional careers, which the client
picks from our list of career
possibilities. Rather than emphasize one career or another,
CAMKit programs engage young women in thought-provoking activities
to help them explore careers that they might like to learn more
about.
Through innovative and engaging methods and materials, CAMKit
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.
Fifty-minute workshops on one or two careers are the building
blocks of the before- and after-school CAMKit programs. CAMKit
offers half-day and full-day vacation and summer camps, career days,
and 9th grade career exploratory programs. CAMKit programs can
accommodate most schedules. The registration
page on the CAMKit website provides additional information for
signing up for a program. You may also call (617) 484-6961 for
further information.
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Students read the real-life stories of
resilient women successfully working in their chosen
fields.
They learn about potential career opportunities by
engaging in creative, hands-on activities.
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CAMKit WINS Fans
CAMKit
Program instructors presented a workshop on the career of
environmental planner to the Women in Natural Sciences (WINS) Club
at the Blue Hill Observatory Science Center. The young women attend
Mrs. Katie Birdwell's eighth grade class at the Galvin Middle School
in Canton and other local schools.
Click here for
photos from the workshop.
CAMKit mentor Mary White, environmental compliance
manager for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA),
described her work in environmental planning. Then we divided the
WINS Club members into teams and assigned them a project. The
students spent a rewarding hour on their team projects, which they
took home.
WISE Women Pick CAMKIT
At the
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Conference, half of the
middle school students who attended a CAMKit workshop said it was
their favorite. The North Shore Educational Collaborative holds this
successful event every March at Salem State College. Contact Daryl
Mazzaglia (d.mazzaglia@roadrunner.com) for information about the
March 17, 2009, conference.
"I liked learning about two different careers
through the activities. The CAMKit workshop made me think."
"The CAMKit workshop was my favorite. I loved the
hands-on activities and being creative."
"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."
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