Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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Founded on June 24, 1896, Adelphi University is the first institution of higher education on Long Island. Its charter was one of the earliest granted by the New York State Board of Regents to a coeducational college. Now in its second century of practical preparation for undergraduates, graduate students, and returning adult students, Adelphi offers degrees in the arts, sciences, humanities, business, education, nursing and health maintenance, social welfare, and clinical psychology. Adelphi’s mission is to serve Long Island, the New York metropolitan region, and the nation.

Vision
Adelphi University will be the leading private university in the region for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty who value excellence in teaching, learning, research, scholarship, creative activity, and service to one's community. The University will be known for the competence of its graduates, its strong programs and interdisciplinary orientation, its welcoming of the community onto the campus, and its impact on the broader society through educational, economic, intellectual and cultural initiatives.

Adelphi University is a place where:

  • Exciting and challenging teaching, the high quality of libraries, laboratories, and technology, and the individual attention given to students, lead to high levels of student learning and rates of graduation, and to accomplished and high achieving graduates.
  • Students are known by name and know the faculty by name; students learn in safe, beautiful, and inspiring settings; highly accomplished alumni assist current students; campus organizations, the arts, sports, internships and volunteer service off-campus contribute to student learning and development.
  • Faculty are active scholars, artists, and practitioners; curricula are both grounded in the disciplines and interdisciplinary; and excellence is assured through continuing evaluation.
  • Personal achievement is measured at least as much in terms of ethics, character and good citizenship as in terms of financial success or material gain.
  • Members of the wider community find intellectual and cultural stimulation; and students from all parts of the world, and of all backgrounds and ages, find intellectual stimulation and engagement in the world of ideas.

 

Our Commitment to All Students:
The Opportunity To Succeed

IT IS THE MISSION OF DOWLING COLLEGE TO SUPPORT ALL OF ITS STUDENTS IN THEIR QUEST TO LEARN.

The faculty, administration and staff of Dowling College strive each day to ensure all students receive the instruction, facilities, technology, practical experience, and support services they require to succeed in the classroom and after graduation.

Dowling College is committed to hire and sustain skilled faculty, who are actively engaged in their fields of expertise; to offer small class sizes that enable individual instruction; to provide flexible class schedules that meet the varied demands of students; to ensure a diverse student body that enhances and broadens understanding of all human cultures and conditions; to engage all students, regardless of major, in a wide-ranging and challenging liberal arts curriculum; to provide students with the opportunity to put into practice what they have learned, and prepare them for fulfilling careers in their chosen fields.

On campus and off, Dowling College promotes and supports an environment in which student and teacher learn from each other. The College aspires to be a secure, safe place where students enrich their minds, enliven their compassion, become more fulfilled individuals and better citizens.

Above all, Dowling College attempts to instill in each student an appreciation of the process and rewards of education so that they will always strive to learn.

Robert Gaffney
President

LIRACHE is a consortium of the nineteen colleges and universities on Long Island, dedicated to improved educational effectiveness through inter-institutional cooperation.

For more information, contact LIRACHE via email at mona.goldstein@sunysb.edu, or by phone at 631-632-6586.

LIRACHE member institutions are listed below.

Food, clothing, toys, the roof over your head, even the schoolbooks you use all cost money! To afford these items, adults work to pay for them. One day, you will also have to choose a career to provide for the items you want and need. A career is not just about earning money however, it allows you to actively participate in issues that interest you. Do you love working with animals? Than a career as a veterinarian would be a perfect match. Do you feel at home outdoors? Exploring opportunities to work with nature might be the ideal fit. Do you love to talk and interact with people? There are thousands of careers that need individuals to do just that!

School superintendents & college presidents partnership of Nassau and Suffolk Counties--an outgrowth of the Long Island Works Coalition and the Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education made the following announcement:

Never before have college presidents and superintendents on Long Island come together to create a resource guide based on partnerships between school districts and colleges. Molloy College will host the launch of“The Long Island Education Partnership Resource Guide,” on May 4, 2006 at 11AM in the Anselma Room,Kellenberg Hall.

This Resource Guide is the result of collaboration between the Long Island Works Coalition, the Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education (LIRACHE) and the President/Superintendent Partnerships, an outgrowth of LIWorks and LIRACHE.

 

“The Partnership Guide has been designed to help individuals recognize the wealth of collaboration that exists between K-12 schools and colleges and universities throughout Long Island,” explains Drew Bogner, Ph.D., President of Molloy College (Co-Chair of the Partnership 2003-’04, 2004-’05). “In producing this Guide, we hope to stimulate future collaborations.” Cheryl Davidson, Executive Director for LIWorks Coalition explains, “Partnerships between K-12 and colleges, and with our academic leaders, addresses ways of ensuring excellence for our students.”

Partnerships between K-12 schools and colleges and universities take many shapes and forms. “To organize the diversity of collaboration efforts, we have grouped partnerships into four sections; those aimed at the professional development of K-12 teachers, those designed to assist the needs of target student populations, those aimed at increasing students’ preparedness for college or careers, and fi nally, those aimed at promoting community service,” explains Carl Bonuso, Ed.D., Superintendent, Wantagh School District (Chair 2000-’01). “We have also included a section that lists the dual-credit programs offered by colleges in high school.”

Phil Cicero, Ed.D., Superintendent, Lynbrook School District (current Co-Chair) explains, “The proverbial walls of our respective institutions are crumbling down. This has resulted in an openness and willingness to share and collaborate with each other. The sharing of resources and information has made our institutions better for faculty and students alike.”

“The Partnership Guide is a valuable resource for all students offering a broad spectrum of quality higher education available on Long Island,” commented Sean Fanelli, Ph.D., President, Nassau Community College (current Co-Chair). Dr. Bogner refl ected, “With continued communication and collectively working together, the number of partnerships between K-12 and colleges and universities is endless. What better way to bridge the transition from K-12 education to higher education than to bring both sides of the education equation together for the betterment of our young people.”

The Long Island Education Partnership Resource Guide may be viewed at: www.molloy.edu/partnership.pdf

For more information, contact the Molloy College Office of Public Relations at 516-678-5000 ext. 6300.

 

 

This site provides economic upates concerning Long Island's economy with information provided by Dr. Pearl Kamer, Chief Economist for the Long Island Association.

Provides career exploration for elementary students based on their favorite school subjects. Each career listing includes details such as what the work entails, how many jobs there are, preparing for the job, average pay scale, and professional associations to contact for more information.

Presentation emphasizing how understanding this generation can improve strategies for preparing, managing, and retaining our newest generation of teachers

Long Island Association
Presents
Long Island: Your Future is Here (produced in 1998)

Find out more at the VIDEO GUIDE

This video gives Long Island middle & high school students a behind the scenes peek at some of the top companies on Long Island. Companies in exciting, fast-growing industries like:

Computer Software & the Internet
Electronic Technologies
Graphic Communications & Advertising
Biotechnology

These are the areas that will drive Long Island's economic growth engine for the foreseeable future... employing thousands of workers and growing bigger every year. The need for fresh, new talent is tremendous... and if students want to "make it" on Long Island, these are the industries they should look into.

Featured are young Long Islanders, fresh out of school, who work in these exciting fields. They describe their jobs...what they do every day, how they got started, and what they really enjoy about their careers. Also on display are presidents and CEO's, marketing directors and human resource professionals from Long Island corporations explaining what students need to do to come and work for them.

This video is a production of the Long Island Association's Project Long Island initiative and is made possible through the generosity of Cablevision, Inc. , Briarcliffe College, Mid-Suffolk Tech Prep Consortium, Artisan Columbia Printing & Graphic Arts Center, Nassau County School To Career Partnership, Long Island School To Career Partnership, Disc Graphics, and Computer Associates.

The Long Island Association - the LIA – is the voice of Long Island. Created over 80 years ago, the LIA brings together business, labor, education, government, not-for-profits, chambers of commerce and civic organizations working to make Long Island an even better place to live, work, raise a family, and do business.

The Long Island Association (LIA) is the largest business organization in New York, and the leading organization in the Long Island region. Founded in 1926, the LIA’s membership now comprises over 5,000 businesses, labor unions, colleges, universities, not-for-profits, government agencies, and civic groups, which employ two-thirds of Long Island’s workforce.

The LIA’s mission is to lead the region’s development, bringing together disparate factions within the community to forge regional solutions to Long Island’s problems. The LIA also acts as an umbrella business organization, providing products and services designed to assist the growth of businesses large and small. The association is lead by a 60-person board of directors, which includes the chief executives of many of the Island’s principal businesses, universities, and other organizations.

Over the years, the LIA has spawned separate organizations to focus full-time attention on specific issues, including the Long Island Better Business Bureau; the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau; the Long Island Housing Partnership, which builds affordable housing; the LIA Health Alliance, which provides health insurance options for small businesses; the Long Island Works Coalition, which provides collaboration with the educational community for workforce development; LISTnet, which focuses on the information technology industry; and the Millennium Centers for Convergent Technologies, which is developing a high technology research program.

The LIA is the organization looked to both on and off the Island to articulate Long Island’s needs and its future direction. It works closely with organizations throughout the state and the country to positively influence public policy and to ensure a prosperous future for the region.

Members of the LIA enjoy a wide array of benefits, from participation on active committees addressing the major issues facing the region; to the regional general interest magazine, Long Island, which is co-published by the LIA; to networking events large and small; to major events that attract former Presidents of the United States, as well as other nationally-known and respected speakers; to a variety of unique publications that provide special insight into Long Island’s economy.

eXploring NY Career Zone
A lot of practical information about job searches

ASK THE CAREER COACH
HOW TO USE CAMPUS RESOURCES TO GAIN A CAREER ADVANTAGE
By "The Career Coach", Sharon Willen, President - Growth Connections, Inc.

Career management begins when a student who trades in his/her dependent mindset asks "What do I want to do after graduation? What are my long-term goals? And How do I plan to achieve them?" Many students wait until their senior year, spring semester, in high school or college to take their first career planning steps. That's a lot like deciding to go to a popular vacation resort at the last minute before spring break. You may be able to get there, but you'll have to take whatever accommodations are left after those who planned ahead have already booked the best. The career service centers on Long Island college campuses are like professional travel agents. They can help students decide what career direction is most likely to lead to their desired destination: success and satisfaction. And they have resources which can help make the trip decidedly quicker and easier. The key is not waiting until the last minute.

FRESHMAN YEAR: GETTING TO KNOW ME

Belle Dicker, Counselor at the Counseling Career Center at New York Institute of Technology describes freshman year as "a time for breaking away" from the dependent mindset of youth, a time for anchoring yourself academically and developing the self-discipline and time management skills that will serve you well beyond graduation." Tom Tyson, Interim Director - University Career Placement Center at S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, like most career counselors, emphasizes this open-minded, exploratory approach to freshman year. His advice is, "The first step is knowing what you want. Cover the first step well and you're well on your way." Counselors encourage students to sample a variety of subject areas and campus activities, including college-sponsored Career Fairs and Expos in the fall and spring.

A visit to the career center is included in most freshman orientations, however, it is usually brief and impersonal. It's a good idea, therefore, for freshmen to take the initiative to introduce themselves personally to a career counselor in the first semester, as soon as they feel reasonably adjusted to their coursework. "At NY Tech all freshmen take a 2 credit 'College Success Seminar' to get early momentum toward success, but if your school doesn't have such a seminar, simply make an appointment with a counselor to introduce yourself and become more familiar with available career services", suggests Ms. Dicker.

"A job at the Gap or Taco Bell might be easiest to get between freshman and sophomore year, but unless you're certain that you want retail or food service as a career," says Stephen Denniston, Director of Co-Op Programs for the Office of Intellectual Capital at Dowling College, "you're better off looking for work that will help you clarify or validate other career options." Look for a summer work or volunteer experience that gives you additional insight into a vocational area of some interest to you. Rather than trying to make firm career decisions in Freshman year, stay in an exploratory mode. This is a good time, though, to begin a career journal by simply recording personal reactions to your early college and work experiences in a notebook that you will add to over time.

SOPHMORE YEAR - PRELIMINARY CAREER CHOICES

Every college on Long Island will help students assess their interests, skills, personality, and preferences for on-the-job work conditions. Most subscribe to career choice software known as SIGI, FOCUS and/or DISCOVER. Sitting at a computer terminal, you privately answer questions about yourself and your preferences at the moment. Then these programs recommend college majors, career clusters, and specific job descriptions that might be good matches. C.W. Post has a home page on the internet. Students and alumni can access the internet through Post's computer labs, many local libraries, at the Processional Experience & Placement office or though computers that belong to local and national internet service providers. The home page includes general information about PEP and their services, provides links to other job related sites on the internet and gives individuals access to their Online Job Bulletin. S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook also prides itself on its net links to many career resources. Additional funds resulting from the State University's "Undergraduate Initiative" will be used to make it possible for students (with a password) to access Stony Brook's Career Advisor Network through the website.

Remember, a "terminal" is just that. Arrange another appointment with a career counselor to discuss your thoughts and ask questions and get ideas for next steps after using the software. Counselors serve the whole student body and alumni; they will appreciate and remember your initiative. By developing your relationship with a counselor early on, that person will later be more inclined and better able to help you get an appropriate internship or job interview.

Broaden your career exploration and employability in Sophomore year by going for leadership roles in campus and volunteer groups. Look particularly for opportunities to sharpen your presentation (public speaking) and human relations (influence) skills. Begin a portfolio or credentials file of letters of recommendation, clippings, and projects. Sophomore year is also the right time to inquire about co-op, internship, and work study positions. Co-op education integrates classroom learning with paid work experience related to a student's major. These positions may be full-time (usually summer) or part time. C.W. Post has a uniquely well-supported co-op education focus; five co-op positions each semester beginning with the Spring semester of freshman year. Two co-op formats make co-op accessible to everyone. Students in the "parallel plan" attend classes full- time while working 15-20 hours per week. In the "alternating plans" students alternate semesters of full-time study with semesters of full-time work. Dowling College offers a similar choice, but students cannot apply until they've completed two years of study.

At Suffolk Community College students are eligible to apply for acceptance into the extensive co-op program once they've completed the equivalent of one year of college course work and maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 with 2.8 in their major. "Our co-op program is open to students on all three campuses at Suffolk Community and is distinctive, structured, organized and recognized as experiential learning," says Bettye Easley, Assistant Dean of Corporate Training and Cooperative Education who has nurtured the program since she conceived of and initiated it. Before a student enrolls in co-op at Suffolk Community, the Office of Cooperative Education requires a petition to participate, a completed application packet, a positive recommendation by area faculty, and an interview. Co-op coordinators are responsible for job development, placements, site visits, student screening, monitoring and recruitment. Area faculty is responsible for conducting a weekly seminar, supporting students throughout the co-op experience, awarding grades and credits, grading the required term paper, developing learning objectives and recruiting students. Students themselves are responsible for attending the appropriate classes and seminars, keeping a journal of learning achieved during the 10-20 hours worked per week for the 15 weeks of co-op experience, evaluating the work experience and completing the requirements of the course. Several fields of study have been represented in Suffolk Community's Co-op Program, such as Graphic Design, Interior Design, Computer Science, Accounting, Paralegal, and Business Administration.

NYIT requires 45 credits completed with a GPA of 2.5 or better. Tech's emphasis is on students maintaining a competitive GPA and generally place co-op students part time during the school year in smaller local businesses. Their summer co-op programs, however, offer students full time placements in scientific and health agencies in Washington, D.C. and at General Electric in Schenectady, NY. Adelphi University has no co-op program. At Nassau Community College, co-op placements are offered by the academic departments, not the college itself. For example, in the Physical Therapy Assistant program, the final semester may be divided between 7.5 weeks of classroom study and 7.5 weeks of field placement . They also have an extensive number of paid part time internship opportunities, coordinated by the Department of Business and Accounting. Internships in most cases are non-paid, may be credit bearing and usually require less time than a co-op position.

At Stony Brook, there are no formal co-op programs, but departments in the colleges of Arts & Science and Engineering & Applied Science coordinate credit bearing semester long (or summer) internships. Tom Tyson gets employers calling with paid internship opportunities more frequently in recent years. As he sees it they'd rather pay a student for his/her on-the-job training and then be able to put the student to work part time, as compared with having a student on-site learning for "free", but restricted by law from doing productive work. Work study is generally part-time on-campus employment for students who have a financial need to meet college related expenses.

Whatever the format, the value of programs like these that lead to undergraduate work experience on a student's resume cannot be overstated. Dowling reports that in 1994-95, 58% of co-op students are permanently employed in satisfying positions within two months of graduation, compared with the 6-8 months it takes the average college graduate to find a position (14 months if you hold out for a choice position).

JUNIOR YEAR - GETTING FOCUSED

After a second summer of work experience, which hopefully broadened your exposure to a variety of occupational choices and enhanced your skills base, junior year is the time to seriously begin your research into the employment market. Adelphi University faculty participate in a "Society of Mentors" and begin to put a student's education into a career perspective, while other academic advisors provide guidance to be sure students will have completed all course requirements for their field by graduation. C.W. Post has an extensive Career Advisor program, comprised of professionals in various fields of interest who are available for informational interviews and job shadowing. Angela Sanfilippo, Interim Director, Professional Experience & Placement at Post, speaks of a major advantage of contacting career advisors. "Informational interviewing is very useful in helping students get 'unstuck' from career directions they may have chosen based only on limited information or preconceptions. It's sometimes a kind of 'reality shock' to discover that the daily grind in your dream job is more like a nightmare than what you thought it would be. On the other hand, sometimes a student will learn just how competitive a field is, and decide to extend themselves while still in school to develop an outstanding portfolio by graduation. PEP helps them prepare." Junior year is the time to participate in resume planning and job search skills seminars offered on-campus and to begin researching graduate programs, admission requirements and procedures. Inquire about this year's career expose and on-campus recruiting schedule. Participating in your junior year is like taking the PSAT's; it helps you become familiar with registration deadlines, procedures and expectations, building your confidence and skill for Senior year. Make extensive use of career reference and business research libraries on-campus to build a targeted list of companies you'd like to work for. Stay in touch with your career counselor, perhaps discussing more general life-planning issues such as geographical preferences after graduation and career opportunities in those areas. Continue adding to your career portfolio.

SENIOR YEAR - BE PREPARED TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY

Now focused on a particular career, select a work experience between junior and senior year that will show increasing responsibility from previous positions. Volunteer for assignments that demonstrate not only your growth in job-specific technical skills, but also your understanding of organizational dynamics. Get assistance as needed from your career counselor to select a "hot list" of companies you've already targeted. Many schools have a special database of job postings, whether electronic or on paper. C.W. Post subscribes to FOCIS, a computerized listing of federal government positions. They also have a database of 2,800 employers with whom the school has built a relationship though co-op or on-campus recruiting programs. Most career services offices are updating such databases regularly, so you should check in often.

This is the time when a student can really see the concrete advantages of taking the time to build a solid relationship with a career counselor over two to four years. The counselor's contacts are part of this student's extended network and can be tapped to identify "hidden" or unadvertised jobs. There are many ways colleges help with placements for graduates. For example, Adelphi University and C.W. Post maintain telephone job-hotlines. Nassau Community College has a knowledgeable representative of the New York State Department of Labor working in their placement center. Dowling College puts out a weekly newsletter of local and national job postings for education majors.

In 1996, C.W. Post hosted the second annual Long Island Education Recruitment Consortium. This consortium consists of Long Island institutions of higher education who are working together to provide prospective teachers with an opportunity to meet with out-of-state school districts. The consortium concept was developed by Ms. Sanfilippo and was successfully implemented by career professionals from Adelphi, Post, Dowling, St. Joseph's College, and the State University of New York at Old Westbury and Stony Brook.

During senior years participate in seminars on networking, dressing for success, communicating with power, and interviewing techniques (including the dreaded videotape interview practice - it works!). Have your wardrobe, your resume and career portfolio, and your interviewing skills ready for action. Stay alert to important deadlines. Inquire and register early for on-campus recruiting events. Dress appropriately and come to each interview knowing something about the history, products and competitors of your targeted employers. Always follow-up appropriately, in writing and by phone.

It is said that this year's graduates may have 7 or more jobs in their work-lives and may change their career four or five times. Literacy, and familiarity with numbers and computers, basic human relations, and problems solving are skills desired by all employers. A student should have begun to develop thses skills in public school. Becoming a subject matter expert by completing a college degree and continuing your education thereafter establishes the possibility of significant career success. But only by knowing how to research the worldwide job market and to successfully sell yourself whenever necessary will you protect yourself against career turbulence. The college career services center is your passport to this knowledge and success.

SHARON WILLEN, "The Career Coach", and President, Growth Connections, Inc., is Coordinator of Career Development for Harborfields School District, Greenlawn, NY, and a Career Coach in private practice in the New York Metropolitan area.

The Long Island chapter of New York State Work Experience Coordinators Association is made up of certified school-to-career coordinators.  They are educators in high schools that are in charge of everything from work study programs to internships to shadowing to jobs.  They are the liaison between the educational and the business communities.

The Career Pathways Quiz

To see which of the Career Majors/ Pathways you might be interested in for career exploration, take these six quick and easy quizzes below. Your highest "yes" response indicates a Major you should explore further.

ARTS/ HUMANITIES
Are you... Creative? Yes      No
... Imaginative? Yes      No
Do you like to Work... Independently? Yes      No
... With other people? Yes      No
Do you have... Artistic ability? Yes      No
...Musical ability? Yes      No
BUSINESS/ INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Do you... Enjoy working with numbers or words? Yes      No
... Believe you are well organized? Yes      No
... Prefer giving orders to others? Yes      No
... Enjoy meeting and speaking with people? Yes      No
... See yourself as ambitious? Yes      No
ENGINEERING/ TECHNOLOGIES
Do you enjoy... Working with machines? Yes      No
... Working precisely? Yes      No
... Math and science? Yes      No
... Solving problems? Yes      No
... Have good eye-hand coordination? Yes      No
HEALTH CAREERS
Do you... Want to help people? Yes      No
... Know a little about how the human body works? Yes      No
... Value a healthy body? Yes      No
... Follow procedures accurately? Yes      No
... Enjoy working as a member of a team? Yes      No
HUMAN & PUBLIC SERVICE
Are you... Concerned about people and their problems? Yes      No
... Able to speak clearly? Yes      No
... Patient with people who ask a lot of questions? Yes      No
... Good at writing? Yes      No
... Able to inspire trust in others? Yes      No
NATURAL & AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Do you... Enjoy working outdoors? Yes      No
... Love animals, both large and small? Yes      No
... Have reasonably good mechanical ability? Yes      No
... Like math and science? Yes      No
... Enjoy solving problems about improving the natural habitat? Yes      No

NEXT STEPS
To learn more about how to set and achieve your career goal, see your guidance counselor.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Provides career exploration for elementary students based on their favorite school subjects. Each career listing includes details such as what the work entails, how many jobs there are, preparing for the job, average pay scale, and professional associations to contact for more information.

Kids and Jobs
This site, developed by the Public Television Outreach Alliance (PTOA), is for teens, parents and educators who want to find out how together we can contribute to the world of work with "New Century " careers

Call to Parents
As parents, we need to help our teens identify their interests. Once we identify a teen's passions, we can help teens connect those passions to real jobs in the real world.

You have a little more time to help tomorrow's teachers build tomorrow's learning tools. But don't wait to long, tomorrow's students are growing up fast! The application deadline for ThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers has been extended to March 31, 1999, and eligibility has been simplified! Visit the Web site http://www.thinkquest.org for details.

ThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers is a is an exciting new initiative designed to engage the energy and experience of college-level and school district educators to work with the teachers of tomorrow to create 21st century teaching and learning resources.

The non-profit Advanced Network & Services will award more than $500,000.00 to the teams who create the most valuable resources. Visit the ThinkQuest Web site at http://www.thinkquest.org/tqtt to learn more about the Tomorrow's Teachers Challenge. On the Tomorrow's Teachers Web site you can also find teammates, discuss ideas with other teams, and view a sample project. A full time help desk and a collection of technical resources are also available to assist individuals and teams.

Long Island Association (LIA)
& Long Island School to Career Partnership (LISTCP)

Introduction - The LIA has initiated Project Long Island, an aggressive plan to identify and strengthen the high technology industries on Long Island that have the best opportunities for growth and high value job creation in the future. The industries that have been identified are biotechnology/bioengineering, emerging electronics, graphic communications and information technology.

A major component of Project Long Island is the design of a broad based initiative that will provide guidance counselors, technology, home and career skills teachers, and principal with information and support to increase their awareness of the Project Long Island industries and their technologies and to provide access to these technologies. We invite you to support this exciting opportunity to become an advocate for creating a highly skilled workforce and promoting career opportunities on Long Island.

What is an Externship? A paid, in-service program in which teachers have an opportunity to gain current knowledge and experience in industry, and bring this knowledge back in to the classroom. Educators will have a 2-day placement with industry, plus a day of orientation and a day of debriefing)

What are the Benefits?

  • Increased awareness of the needs of industry
  • A better understanding of the skill requirements for specific jobs
  • Knowledge regarding post secondary education requirements for students
  • Professional growth and development
  • Knowledge of career opportunities in LI growth industries