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Non-Traditional Occupations The
Road Less Traveled Lesson plans developed by teachers. At the Staff Development Day in August 2002 teachers were asked to review an instructional unit entitled, “The Road Less Traveled.? Here are lesson plans developed based upon the material. To order “The Road Less Traveled?click on: http://www.mavcc.org/nontrad.htm Angela Davis-Manning: link Eileen Orth: link Mary Sanders/Pauline Buchannan: link Institute
for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS) A California-based national nonprofit organization dedicated to integrating women into traditionally male-dominated occupations.
Funded by the National Science Foundation to increase the number of women in technology programs.
Work4Women provides tools, strategies and a virtual community to help increase women and girls' integration and retention in high-wage jobs that are considered nontraditional for women. We are ironworkers, electricians, carpenters, pipe fitters, stone masons, surveyors, and other union members, who are working together to provide fair and safe conditions for women who work in the building trades. Women in Community Service, Inc. (WICS) reduces the number of women and youth living in poverty by promoting self-reliance and economic independence. The Workplace Solutions Project of Wider Opportunities for Women offers free resources and services to assist employers and unions to increase the access to and success of women in nontraditional apprenticeships, training programs and occupations.
Career
Role Models http://www.genderequity.org/index.html Teacher curriculum and lesson plans already developed to use in the classroom focusing on equity issues.
Oregon
Center
for Nursing admin@oregoncenterfornursing.org Poster, “Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse??available. The nursing profession offers unlimited opportunities for young men in careers that will be secure, interesting, and provide them with every chance to use their skills, intelligence, and compassion.
FREE
Non-Traditional Online Course This
course addresses awareness, recruitment, training, and placement issues
related to nontraditional careers. A certificate of completion for 15
hours can be used to document professional development.
Return to Serving the Needs of All Students
For more information on the programs and services offered by the Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program, please call (562) 922-6850.
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