The Future Starts with You
Discover best practices in the field of career readiness in the k12 space as Gabriel Diaz interviews educators, industry partners and others engaged in ensuring students are prepared for the future. Topics include career exploration, workforce development, Project-Based Learning, Career Education and any other programs designed to support students in making informed decisions about their future. This podcast is a product of the San Diego County Office of Education Innovation Division. Host and Producer: Gabriel Diaz www.podpage.com/TheFutureStartsWithYou/ www.SDCOE.net/CTE
Episodes
Today the Future Starts With Shawn Jough, (M.S., SPHR,SHRM-SCP) the Founder and Principal Consultant of Strategic HR Advisory. Shawn walks listeners through her career path in Human Resources and her own amazing story entering the field and becoming her own boss.
This episode is perfect for educators, students, or listeners who have no idea how to get into the HR field and would like to learn. This is also a great episode if you hav...
This special episode was recorded at the Apprenticeship Expo held at the San Diego College of Continuing Education and is four interviews split into two episodes.
On this second episode we get to learn about the San Diego College of Continuing Education from Dr. Shakerra Carter and the incredible work the college achieves.
That interview is followed up by a workforce development interview with Edgar Portilla who is with the City o...
This special episode was recorded at the Apprenticeship Expo held at the San Diego College of Continuing Education and is four interviews split into two episodes.
On this first episode we get to learn about workforce placement programs offered by Able-Disabled Advocacy from Angel Stancer.
Then Lorenzo Miles walks us through the in's and out's of our local 206 Sheet Metal Apprenticeship program.
Able-Disabled Advocacy website: able...
Join our host Gabriel Diaz as he interviews Ernesto Rivera of the San Diego County Office of Education. This week's conversation goes deep on apprenticeship offers and support, why apprenticeships matter and how schools can get involved. A great listen for anyone interested in alternative pathways to career readiness.
Apprenticeship expo link: here
Ernesto's contact for follow-up questions: here
Join us for an exciting “crossover” podcast! Students Liam Roman, Mirna Fawzi and Rawan Albadri in the Arts, Media and Entertainment pathway at El Cajon Valley High in the Grossmont Union High School District have been podcasting for two seasons now, and invited Jewyl to come by as a guest on their podcast.
After students recorded their podcast, we flipped the mic and Jewyl interviewed AME Teacher Brent Ford as well as Liam, Mir...
Join us as Jewyl interviews Daniel Pink a CTE teacher at Bonsall High school. Daniel tells us all about his journey from sunny Florida to sunny San Diego, as well as some exciting programs he is implementing for his students.
Join a conversation about everything from counseling in a rural community, building career ready opportunities for students, creating a unique spin on supporting students in getting early college credit and the promise of the new California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI). Eryn Barker is the Early College/CTE Coordinator for Bonsall High School, a rural community doing amazing things to support the success of their students.
On this episode Jewyl interviews two current students of Oceanside high school who are in the Media Makerz program. Cat and Ant share their experiences creating media at Oceanside high school, refining video techniques, projects that prepared them for the future, what pathways they hope to get into and what the future looks like after high school.
This special video podcast episode is recorded, edited and produced by Oceanside Hig...
On this episode Jewyl interviews two former students of Oceanside high school who are now with Media Makerz. Alec and Juan share their experiences leaving high school, finding work, discovering career aspirations and what drew them to Media Makerz.
This special video podcast episode is recorded, edited and produced by Oceanside High School Students in the Media Makers program!
Links:
YouTube Video Podcast: here
On this episode Jewyl talks with Lisa Stout and Lionel Saulsberry of Project Next an organization that helps students identify strengths, explore post-secondary options and prepare a pathway for college or career in the San Marcos Unified and Escondido school districts.
Project next
Links:
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Enjoy a lively discussion about how to prepare today’s youth for future careers in the creative industry from our Comic-Con recording of “The Future Starts with You” podcast. Hear about how we are building equitable access to creative careers.
Dr. Emily Schindler
Education Director, Comic-Con Museum
Stacy Snider
Actress, Producer, Co-founder of Mooncastle Films BRIC Foundation Collab
@stacysny...
Part 1 of 2:
Enjoy a lively discussion about how to prepare today’s youth for future careers in the creative industry from our Comic-Con recording of “The Future Starts with You” podcast. Hear about how we are building equitable access to creative careers.
Dr. Emily Schindler
Education Director, Comic-Con Museum
Stacy Snider
Actress, Producer, Co-founder of Mooncastle Films BRIC Foundation Collab
@stacysnyderl...
Join podcast host Jewyl Alderson and podcast producer Gabe Diaz as we look back at an amazing year, and look forward to what the future holds for the podcast. Hear a few behind the scenes details, some of our favorite podcast moments, and consider plans for next year. We will also talk about some cool professional development opportunities this summer - one of which will pay you $3000 in stipends for participation, and another...
The Future starts with Dual Enrollment with Mallory Stevens
Mallory Stevens supports local schools, districts and charters as they develop dual enrollment programs tied to our local community colleges. Dual enrollment programs allow students to take college courses on their high school campus, leading to increased post-secondary enrollment and engagement. Many dual enrollment courses are CTE and allow students to get an extra step...
The Future Starts in the Chula Vista Elementary District with Michael Bruder
The Chula Vista Elementary District provides every student with career driven experiences at the 4, 5 and 6 grade. In this episode we chat with Michael Bruder in the Innovation Station which is housed in the public library, and offers students an engineering experience designed with Qualcomm.
Michael and his team work with local industry partners to iden...
Episode 1.12: The future starts with Harold Mumford
Trained to be a lawyer, but called to be a teacher, Harold Mumford teaches English, Social Science and Engineering. He fell into it accidentally as a more traditional teacher, but after coaching First Robotics, Harold got sucked into project based learning and started teaching Project Lead the Way Engineering. He trains students to do the work, he wants them to “fire him”...
Episode 1.11: Back to the future with Jamie Davenport
Jamie is back on the podcast to talk more about Project-Based Learning! She left the field of Law to get into the field of education, and after a few years teaching English and social studies, she found out about CTE and has embraced it ever since! She was taught in a Law Academy at Crawford High in San Diego Unified, and eventually moved into a position suppo...
Episode 1.10: The future starts with George Randy Zubieta
How do we create a place where students can feel like they are good at something in the classroom and can find meaningful employment? That’s what inspired Randy when he was a high school woodshop student to dream of a day he would become a woodshop teacher himself. Getting hired a week before the covid shutdown meant he had to learn to pivot early on, but providing ...
Before coming to education, Ryan Parks started a production company creating music videos and doing freelance filmmaking. He asked himself “why is it so difficult to find good help” and that brought him to the field of education where he hopes to train and inspire the next generation of students to be competitive in the industry. Allowing students to build the skills they need to be successful in the industry builds a student’s abi...
Episode 1.08: The future starts in Oceanside with Teresa Collis
Oceanside Unified School District has a huge focus on Career Technical Education (CTE)! Hear from Teresa Collis, their district CTE Coordinator, about how she expanded programs when she was principal at Oceanside High School, and her work now at the district level engaging industry professionals from the community in the programs through advisory and work-base...
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