Virginia Career VIEW New to VIEW

www.vacareerview.org

Virginia TechCollege of Liberal Arts and Human SciencesSchool of Education Office of Education, Research, and Outreach404 Wallace HallBlacksburg, VA 24061

EXPLORE…EDUCATE…ENGAGE…WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Virginia Career VIEW’s K-8 Career Exploration System Virginia Career VIEW

•Includes resources, workshops, outreach, and activities for students in grades K-8. •Meets academic standards of learning & ASCA national standards for school counseling.

•Free to everyone – Really –no login needed•Continuously updated

 

Purpose of this tutorial:

•Overview of the VIEW web site

•Explore how it can be used with

-Students

-Parents

-Counselor Resources

-Educators

Virginia Career VIEW’s Mission

For over 34 years Virginia Career VIEW’s mission has been to inform, encourage, and support the education and career development of the people of Virginia.

VIEW’s History• Began at VT’s Counselor Education

Department with professor Dr. Carl McDaniels to create a way for Virginian’s (H.S. & adults) to learn about different jobs and their educational requirements.

V- VITAL

I- Information

E-Education

W-Work

Virginia Career VIEW: Funding

• Funding

• Virginia Tech

• School of Education

• Office of Educational Research & Outreach

VIEW 3 Main Components

Workshops &

Webinars Website Outreach

VA Career VIEW Annual Workshops• FREE workshops and

webinars throughout Virginia

• 4 sessions offered

• Provides 5 CEU points under Professional Conference

• Training on new products and state initiatives

• Hands on Training in computer labs

2013-2014 Outreach

504 13% 2129

Students55%

2546%

102 3%

900Counselors23%

□Since 2010, VIEW’s outreach has increased by 38%.□This year, VIEW’s outreach to professionals increased by 48% compared to 2012-2013.

2013-2014 Outreach Examples

• Parents

• Ways to Explore Careers with Students

• Academic & Career Plan

• Professionals

• Inservice Training

• Teachers/ Districts

• Students

• Career Day

• Career Exploration Class Guests

• Counselor Ed. Classes

• Conferences

• VA Counselors Assoc

• VA School Counselor Assoc

• VA Career Development Association

• Virginia Children’s Engineering Conference

Website Hits: 2013-2014

125,088,057

344,396

2,941

1,071,132

• Total Hits

• Avg. Hits per day

• Avg. Users per day• Total Visiting

Users

VIEW’s website hits have increased by 37% since last year.

Top 10 Virginia Schools Using VIEW 2013-2014 statistics (in

random order)

•Botetourt County

•Midlothian

• Spotsylvania

•Ashburn

•Newport News

• Fairfax County

• Roanoke County

• Faquier County

• Chesapeake

• Appomattox

Website Most popular areas• K-5

• Kid’s Search

• Career Town

• Student Page

• 6-8

• Student Page

• Who R U Career Assessment

• School Search

• Career Search

What makes VIEW work?• Linking all activities to

Academic Standards

• Increases teacher participation

• Gives value to career exploration activities

• Encourages parents to use VIEW with students

• Linking activities to Counseling Standards

• Provides a structure for counselors

• Framework to create programs

• Toolkits

• Guides and Grids

Computer Searches & Games

• Career Town

• Kids Search

• Who R U?

• Career Search

• School Search

Print Materials• Take homes for

parents

• Encourages classroom activities

• Easy to distribute

• Extra activities

• Grades K-5

• Grades 6-8

Contests, Experiences, & More

• Age appropriate

• Hands on Exploration

• State & National Contests

Monthly Features- What’s New

• September Activities

• Focus on State Resources

• Student Apps

Get Parents in on the Fun

• Parent Section

•Brochures

• Fact Sheets

• Fun Sheets

•Book Lists

Keep Professionals informed

• Free Workshops & Webinars

• Earn CEU credits from Virginia Tech• Custom Outreach

• Hands on Workshops

• District Wide Training

Let’s visit the website:

www.vacareerview.org

Major Focus Areas

• Grades K-5

• Grades 6-8

• Parents

• Professionals

Keeping it all together• Make a folder

Folder creationWho can use a folder?

• 1. Click “My Folder”

• 2. Please login or view help.

•  3. Please Log In or Register:

• 4. Enter your email address and password.

How to make a folder

Anyone 13 or older Parents Professionals Keep all links in one

place