Special Services Coordinator: Ann Bosworth
Location: CDC Room 501

Special Populations program is a federally funded program which provides remediation to students in vocational and technical areas. The 1998 Perkins Act identifies six categories of students of special populations that are to benefit from this program:

• Individuals with disabilities
• Individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including foster children
• Individuals preparing for nontraditional fields
• Single parents, including single pregnant women
• Displaced homemakers
• Individuals with with limited English proficiency.
  

The purpose of instructional services rendered by special populations personnel is to enable special populations students to experience success in their chosen vocational education programs. Student Services personnel may provide instruction for the disadvantaged vocational student in areas including mathematics, reading, and writing. The instruction is coordinated with the vocational instructor and services are delivered concurrently with enrollment in a vocational education program.

Career & Technical Counselor: Debbie Willliamson
Location: CDC Office

Career & Technical guidance services focus on: assisting students in determining their interests and aptitudes, selecting a program that meets their career/vocational goals, and expanding their individual options.

Program development includes recruitment and retention strategies, as well as providing articulation between the career & technical site, local area business and industry, and institutions of higher learning.

Community involvement also includes parent and family collaboration to support and nurture students' goals and improves the probability of successful completion of the program.

There are six designated areas directly relating to Vocational Counselors' activities:

1. Student Services(Counseling, Coordinating and Consulting,and Appraisal)
2. Program Accountability
3. Professional Development
   
4. Recruitment
5. Community Involvement
6. Emergency Response Management

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   START Center
   (Student, Teacher, and Adult Research Technology Center)

   Manager: Sandra Martin
   Location: Library

   Role of the START Center:

   • Assisting Students With Career and Educational Information
     • orientation
     • interest inventories
     • career/educational planning
     • college/financial aid searches
     • basic academic and employability skill preparation
     • investigate careers and interests

      

   • Assisting Counselors With Students' Career and Educational Planning
     • current software and internet resources
     • collect and maintain pertinent student data
     • development of high school and college career/educational plans
     • administering skill assessments and inventories
     • communication with college and military recruiters
     • additional scholarship and financial aid information

    

   • Assisting Teachers With Additional Instructional Resources
     • career resource materials related to subject areas
     • current guest speaker list
     • required activities to curriculum units for additional student grades
     • work with teachers to schedule students for required activities and other curriculum related activities

    

   • Coordinating Public Relations Activities
     • Promote benefits of the Career Center to the entire community
     • Help schedule speakers, representatives from business/industry
     • Build working relationships with parents and business leaders
     • Maintain regular contact regarding job market trends
     • Assist with coordinating Career Day activities