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Gain Knowledge needed to assist middle
school students in exploring high demand
careers and educational opportunities to
prepare for these jobs of the future.
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With the technology we have today, students
are continuing to advance their skills in the
computer arena.
In this presentation, we have taken advantage
of that opportunity and now strive to educate
kids about careers via the computer.
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Met with David Gatewood, the Dean of the
Career Technology Education Department at
Irvine Valley College.
Michelle Scharf, IVC Counseling Department
Chair
Elizabeth Weiss, IVC Acting Project
Director/Counselor Career Technical
Education
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Link to their website with all the information on Career
Technology Education Pathways
www.ivc.edu
From the IVC Home (click above):
first, Choose the “Academics” tab
Next, click on the “Career Technical Education & Workforce
Development” tab
Then Click on the “Certificates” tab
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Presented a Career Pathways Exploration unit
to our middle school students
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Career Workshop Flyer: attached here
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Career Pathways tool used:
 www.driveofyourlife.org
 www.cacareerzone.org
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Sonya Bangston
◦ Television Production Specialist
◦ Irvine Valley College
◦ TV Dept-PIO/Marketing
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Bruce Franklin
◦ Key Visual Effects Coordinator
◦ Worked on the movie AVATAR
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She visited our middle school to talk about her
specific career pathway.
The students then got to prepare with her for an
actual video production interview with our next
guest speaker: Bruce Franklin
The Students created over 50 questions and had
Bruce choose 10 to answer for the interview:
Questions attached here
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Our students attended a field trip to IVC
where they had the opportunity to interview,
in the actual campus studio, Bruce Franklin:
Key Visual Effects Coordinator for the movie
AVATAR
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3 students conducted the interview with
Bruce
With the help of Sonya Bangston, 3 students
were the assistant camera crew
Click here to watch the
interview
(unedited version)
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Our middle school students really did rise to the
occasion while working on this project!
At the start of their journey they did not even
know what a “major” was. By the time they were
finished they had jumped in full force and
worked with IVC’s Television Production
Specialist in conducting an interview with the Key
Visual Effects Coordinator for the movie AVATAR.
The students received actual on-the-job training
in two specific career pathways and enjoyed
themselves while they did it!
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Sonya Bangston: Television Production Specialist
Irvine Valley College TV Dept.
Vincent Cooper: Television Production Specialist
Irvine Valley College TV Dept.
Bruce Franklin: Key Visual Effects Coordinator for the
movie AVATAR
David Gatewood: Dean of Career Technology
Education - Irvine Valley College
Donna Lack: Counselor – Lakeside Middle School
Michelle Scarf: IVC Counseling Department Chair
Angelique Strausheim: Project Success Counselor
Lakeside Middle School
Elizabeth Weiss: Irvine Valley College Acting Project
Director/Counselor