Road Show
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| Overview | Host an information table at high schools, career fairs, businesses, and community centers. |
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| Audience | Prospective students |
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| Time | Varies |
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| Sample Agenda |
Show Videos Run Activities Distribute Materials |
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Sample Agenda
By taking your program "on the road," you have a unique opportunity to reach prospective students who may not otherwise hear about or visit your program. Following is a sample agenda that highlights where you can integrate Pathways resources into an information table.Show Videos
Video acts as a hook to draw people in and entice them to learn more. Each of the Pathways videos and vignettes conveys a different message. Pick the video that's right for your technology program. You can play the whole piece, show a small portion, or mix it on a reel with some of your college's own video segments. Whatever you decide, you may wish to use the loop command, under the movie menu item in QuickTime, for continuous play.- Overview Video (1 minute, 15 seconds)
This brief video illustrates how community colleges prepare students for exciting and rewarding technology careers. - Vignettes (2-3 minutes each)
- Community Colleges: Academic Rigor and Skills
Students develop solid educational foundations at Advanced Technological Education programs. - Distance Learning
Community colleges offer flexible online courses. - Juggling Home, Work, and School
Students find ways to juggle school, work, and home as they move toward careers in technology. - Language and Support Systems
Community colleges offer various academic support systems, in areas from English proficiency to math skills. - Math and Science: Keys to Cool Careers
Technology courses, with math and science at the foundation, lead students to rewarding technology careers.
- Community Colleges: Academic Rigor and Skills
- Technology Field Videos (15 minutes)
Five subject-area videos illustrate what's involved in being a student in Biotechnology, Information Technology, Marine Science, Precision Agriculture, and Process Technology. - Success Stories (30 minutes)
Inspiring profiles feature six community college graduates and their career paths in engineering technology, modern manufacturing, and information and communication technology.
Run Activities
These activities are designed to be quick, interactive, and fun — great hooks to encourage participants to learn more about your program.- Shattering Stereotypes
Explore preconceived ideas about technology students and compare them with profiles of actual students to develop a broad understanding of who can succeed in technology programs. - Math and Science: Keys to Cool Careers
Meet three technology students who have varying experience in math and science, yet who are all succeeding in technology programs. - Career Connections
Play a word-matching game to discover the variety of technology careers available to program graduates.