Dates/Time:
April 14 - 28, 2004

Details:
All Harrisburg 7th grade PA State GEAR UP students will attend a Career Exploration Day at the Wildwood Conference Center on the Harrisburg Area Community College campus this April. Students from William Penn, Melrose, Steele and Shimmell will visit the campus on April 14; Downey Woodward, Foose, Lincoln and Scott schools will attend on April 19; and, Riverside, Camp Curtin, Hamilton and Marshall schools will visit have their career day on April 28.

PA State GEAR UP is partnering with Leadership Harrisburg Area to provide these events for the Harrisburg students. Members of Leadership Harrisburg Area are contributing approximately 150 collective hours to design, plan and implement these very important career awareness days for our Harrisburg students.

Students will have an interactive day experiencing what people do in a variety of professions. They will learn what postsecondary education is needed for specific professions and how core classes they take in middle and high school will prepare them for the higher education required for these professions.

Professions represented at the career exploration day are:

1. Public service: law enforcement; rescue/fire/EMS; security; corrections
2. Professional/Business: banker; lawyer; accountant; insurance; entrepreneur; business owner/executive
3. Human services/Non-profit: social worker, domestic relations, trade organizations
4. Government/politics: city council, state employee, legislator
5. Science/Math: forensics; geologist; aerospace; pilot/air traffic controller; chemist
6. Hospitality/Tourism: culinary arts, hotel manager, interior design, travel agent
7. Manufacturing/Trade: electrician, plumber, CAD designer
8. Arts/Theatre/Entertainment/Communications: newspaper/newscaster; singer; actor; artist; choreographer; state/production/lighting; filmmakers
9. Engineering/Architecture/Construction: engineer, draftsman, site manager, designer
10. Health Science: massage; medicine/nursing
11. Agriculture/Natural Resources/Forestry: environmental sciences, park ranger, wildlife rescue
12. Education: swim instructor, pre-school teacher, college professor, professional trainer
13. Marketing/Sales/Service: advertising
14. IT/Computer Professionals