Programs/Media
Mission
The NET project is committed to preparing students for the 21st century workforce through the promotion of gender neutral educational strategies and practices.
This section offers information about nontraditional education and training programs developed by the Center for Innovation in Career Development (CICD). The programs have been designed to encourage and promote exploration of STEM and nontraditional careers.
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Camp GEOG is a week-long summer camp experience for middle school students that introduces
the technology of Global Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems in a hands-on program
of activities. Sponsored by CICD in partnership with University at Albany's Geography Department,
this new program was piloted with Girls Incorporated in August, 2006.
Girls Get I.T. is geared for 10th grade females, and will be launched on December 5th, 2006 at Time Warner Cable's Capital News 9 studio in Albany. This one-day event will introduce the high school girls to careers in Information Technology. Using a Project Adventure format, the students will engage in team problem solving to learn basic concepts, and then have opportunities to explore specific IT applications. Capital News 9 staff will lead teams through activities in meteorology, creative design, non-linear video editing, and bits and bytes of a TV station. Partners for this event include Capital Region BOCES and Time Warner Cable Capital News 9. Students from the component BOCES districts will be invited to attend.
Click here to read more about the Girls Get I.T. program.
The Vanguard Award is given annually to high school juniors and seniors enrolled in Career and Technical Education programs that prepare them for careers that are nontraditional for their gender. Students throughout New York State are nominated by teachers for this recognition award. Each year 4-6 students are selected through a competitive process to receive the Vanguard Award.